Richard Ng in The Bill!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Sep 2005, 07:30

Was watching The Bill last night when I noticed a familiar looking face as the shopkeeper. Yes - it was Richard Ng! It was only one small scene - but he got a good few lines in English. I know he lives in London so I guess bit parts help pay the rent.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Sep 2005, 09:49

Damn, I didnt know he was in it - I missed it

MLAM · Post by **MLAM** » 24 Sep 2005, 02:00

Yep he sure was, I had this ep taped onto my PC from freeview and just realised i still have it!

Here is a pic of him in it

Credited as Richard Woo

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 24 Sep 2005, 02:19

Richard Woo? Did he realise Ng was a bit hard from Englishmen or what?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 24 Sep 2005, 02:43

Actually, Wu or Woo is the mandarin pronunciation of Ng.

Mordib · Post by **Mordib** » 24 Sep 2005, 07:58

really??? that git Hou Ming Ng who was one of my friends at school made us all learn the pronunciation of Ng... you wouldve though he could have at least met usa halfway. Mmmm he had a hot sister....

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Sep 2005, 09:24

Is "Woo" the same as "Wu" then? I didnt know this.

Is "Ng" pronounced like "Mm" or something like that?

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 24 Sep 2005, 09:59

grim_tales wrote:Is "Woo" the same as "Wu" then? I didnt know this.

Is "Ng" pronounced like "Mm" or something like that?

Correct.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 24 Sep 2005, 10:48

I was totally confused. I was thinking of Francis Ng and thought, that doesn't look like him. lol.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Sep 2005, 11:21

Thanks IM

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 24 Sep 2005, 11:25

Uhm... in my Mandarin lesson, I have learned that in pin yin when you stumble across an "ng" it is pronounced like the 'ng' in the end of the word 'ring'.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Sep 2005, 11:29

But its pronounced "Mm" in Cantonese

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Oct 2005, 12:35

Actually, if you're being picky "Woo" isn't quite right in this instance.

Richard's name in Cantonese is Ng Yiu Hon and in Mandarin Wu Yao Han.

It's possible for someone with the Mandarin surname "Wu" to be "Woo" in Cantonese but they would have a different Chinese character for their surname than Richard has. His name should either be Richard Wu or Richard Ng. I can only assume he choose a phonetic spelling to save any bother.

Ng is pronounced "mm".

Sorry for the late reply I forgot about this thread....

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Oct 2005, 12:40

thelostdragon wrote:Uhm... in my Mandarin lesson, I have learned that in pin yin when you stumble across an "ng" it is pronounced like the 'ng' in the end of the word 'ring'.

The Cantonese "Ng" doesn't exist in Mandarin. So the "ng as in ring" sound you've been taught would apply to Mandarin names like Ling, Ming or Ping, etc. (Actually all those names are applicible in Cantonese too with roughly the same pronounciation)