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You say potato, I say tomato

By Mu Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-14 07:57

You say potato, I say tomato

Calligraphers from Taiwan and the mainland write excerpts from The Analects at the Third Cross-Straits Chinese Character Art Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. Mu Qian / China Daily

People in Taiwan province use the term woxin to indicate the feeling of warmth and happiness; but the same word means the exact opposite, "upset", on the mainland.

You say potato, I say tomato

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