February 2015
2015: The Year of the Goat
Chinese New Year 2015 welcomed the Year of the Goat. Decorations reflect this and people born under the Goat sign will hope to have a lucky year. Dragon Dances were held in the streets of cities all over the country and most restaurants served special menus of foods to commemorate the new year. Many Chinese arrived in the US as immigrant workers building the huge railroad network across the country. Linguistically, like all immigrant groups, they brought with them words that quickly became a part of the fabric of the English language.Did you know these words originated in China?
