特别有创造性的是那些房地产大王,他们给予他们那些闪耀玻璃光华的豪华建筑物以越来越荒谬的名字。上海有住宅小区叫“Harvard Impression”(哈佛印象)或者“Oriental Rome”(东方罗马)的;在北京(那里会外语的人比上海更少),有个小区甚至叫“Chateau Edinburgh”(爱丁堡城堡),还有一栋楼以神秘学口号招揽客户:“Shangri-la is in your mind, but your buffalo is not”(香格里拉在你的脑里,但你的水牛却不是的)。要义是:不管怎么样,反正这些外语能让这些建筑物显得豪华,显得是进口的。
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