A web flavored Chinese lesson
First, a little vocabulary:
"Palm Pre" - which sounds like "胖皮" - reads "fat and mischevious."
"Apple" - which sounds like "阿婆" - reads "grandma."
Next, a little metaphor:
In Chinese forums, each thread is considered an upside-down high-rise with each post being an individual apartment in the building. New posters refer to old ones as upstairs neighbors, which is much more endearing than "previous poster." If yours was the 57th post in a thread, others may refer to you as "the guy on the 57th floor." Thread starters are also referred to as building owners in this regard.
See, the Chinese language can be sophisticated and cute.
