foo

[Douglas G. Wilson]

I suppose the "fu" is the first character on this page ...
http://uukt.idv.tw/shop/fd.htm ... (second character is the "dog")

MW3 says "fu2" which would be right.

Here is "fu dog" applied to a Pekingese (called "lion dog" in Chinese):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekingese (English) [see "Foo (or Fu) dog"
under "alternative names", upper right]

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%AE%E5%AD%90%E7%8B%97 (Chinese) [see
Chinese equivalent, upper right]

Here is the story about "foo", Smoky Stover and all, in Chinese:

http://linux.sheup.com/linux/linux16.htm

... and whoever wrote this uses this character [around mid-page where it
says "(fu)"].

-- Doug Wilson


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