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There was another one: "made in Hong Kong". I remember seeing that in various things, ever since my father pointed it out. It was common enough to exist in dai
by bostik 10y ago
There was another one: "made in Hong Kong".
I remember seeing that in various things, ever since my father pointed it out. It was common enough to exist in daily lingo.
Most of the time it was a synonym for cheap knock-offs.
- smcl 10y agoI also remember seeing "Made in Macau" on the bottom of little toy cars I played with when I was a kid, as well as other cheap toys and things. Bit of a contrast to today where Macau is the Vegas of the east
- dredmorbius 10y agoMacau didn't seem to be a big player relatively: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=made+in+China%2Cmade+in+Japan%2Cmade+in+Taiwan%2Cmade+in+Hong+Kong%2Cmade+in+Macau&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1960&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cmade%20in%20China%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmade%20in%20China%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMade%20in%20China%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bmade%20in%20china%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMADE%20IN%20CHINA%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cmade%20in%20Japan%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmade%20in%20Japan%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMade%20in%20Japan%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMADE%20IN%20JAPAN%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMade%20In%20Japan%3B%2Cc0%3B%3Bmade%20in%20japan%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cmade%20in%20Taiwan%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmade%20in%20Taiwan%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMade%20in%20Taiwan%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMADE%20IN%20TAIWAN%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cmade%20in%20Hong%20Kong%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bmade%20in%20Hong%20Kong%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMade%20in%20Hong%20Kong%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BMADE%20IN%20HONG%20KONG%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmade%20in%20Macau%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=made+in+China%...
- grkvlt 10y agoMacau has been the Vegas of the East (or, the Monte Carlo of the East) for a long time - Portugal made gambling legal there in 1850 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Macau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Macau