>>>>OK. I will leave any further comments to Europeans. You're there, I'm not.
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>>>I am and guess what : i like it. We do live in exciting times.
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>>Now this is something... someone to like to live in interesting times. Been there, survived, and happily got bored later.
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>First of all, I have no idea if "exciting" or "interesting" is closer to the chinese proverb. Secondly your operational definitions might be different <bg>.


FWIW I have always heard the Chinese proverb translated into English as "May you live in interesting times."