A spirit, or maybe a language

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My first name is a spirit, or maybe a language, or maybe my middle name.

My middle name is a sound, or maybe a command, or maybe my last name.

My surname is eleven, or maybe a direction, or maybe my first name.

Who am I?

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My first name is a spirit, or maybe a language, or maybe my middle name.

My middle name is a sound, or maybe a command, or maybe my last name.

My surname is eleven, or maybe a direction, or maybe my first name.

Who am I?

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My first name is a spirit, or maybe a language, or maybe my middle name.

My middle name is a sound, or maybe a command, or maybe my last name.

My surname is eleven, or maybe a direction, or maybe my first name.

Who am I?

asked Aug 11 at 6:29

jafe

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My first name is a spirit, or maybe a language, or maybe my middle name.

My middle name is a sound, or maybe a command, or maybe my last name.

My surname is eleven, or maybe a direction, or maybe my first name.

Who am I?

asked Aug 11 at 6:29

jafe

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asked Aug 11 at 6:29

jafe

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asked Aug 11 at 6:29

jafe

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First, a somewhat spoileriffic warning for anyone trying to solve this on their own: This is pretty much unsolvable unless

you have at least a rudimentary understanding of East Asian languages and culture.

The cyclic thing with the first name maybe being the second, etc, comes from

the way westerners often insist on writing the given name(s) before the family name, even though the family name is always written first in Chinese

With all this out of the way, here are the rest of the clues:

Eleven or direction

Xi, 11 in roman numerals, "west" in Chinese (written and pronounced differently though)

Spirit or language

Jin (djinn or Jin Chinese)

Sound or command

Ping (onomatopoetic word, or the command to check network connectivity between two computers)

Which gives the final answer of

Xi Jinping, the guy that ruined the perfect gag of "Who is the leader of China?"

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answered Aug 11 at 7:05

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up vote
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accepted

First, a somewhat spoileriffic warning for anyone trying to solve this on their own: This is pretty much unsolvable unless

you have at least a rudimentary understanding of East Asian languages and culture.

The cyclic thing with the first name maybe being the second, etc, comes from

the way westerners often insist on writing the given name(s) before the family name, even though the family name is always written first in Chinese

With all this out of the way, here are the rest of the clues:

Eleven or direction

Xi, 11 in roman numerals, "west" in Chinese (written and pronounced differently though)

Spirit or language

Jin (djinn or Jin Chinese)

Sound or command

Ping (onomatopoetic word, or the command to check network connectivity between two computers)

Which gives the final answer of

Xi Jinping, the guy that ruined the perfect gag of "Who is the leader of China?"

edited Aug 11 at 7:35

answered Aug 11 at 7:05

Bass

21.9k354143

nice one, definitely wouldn't have gotten it myself.
â€“Â Shahriar Mahmud Sajid
Aug 11 at 7:09

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
7
down vote

accepted

First, a somewhat spoileriffic warning for anyone trying to solve this on their own: This is pretty much unsolvable unless

you have at least a rudimentary understanding of East Asian languages and culture.

The cyclic thing with the first name maybe being the second, etc, comes from

the way westerners often insist on writing the given name(s) before the family name, even though the family name is always written first in Chinese

With all this out of the way, here are the rest of the clues:

Eleven or direction

Xi, 11 in roman numerals, "west" in Chinese (written and pronounced differently though)

Spirit or language

Jin (djinn or Jin Chinese)

Sound or command

Ping (onomatopoetic word, or the command to check network connectivity between two computers)

Which gives the final answer of

Xi Jinping, the guy that ruined the perfect gag of "Who is the leader of China?"

edited Aug 11 at 7:35

answered Aug 11 at 7:05

Bass

21.9k354143

nice one, definitely wouldn't have gotten it myself.
â€“Â Shahriar Mahmud Sajid
Aug 11 at 7:09

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
7
down vote

accepted

First, a somewhat spoileriffic warning for anyone trying to solve this on their own: This is pretty much unsolvable unless

you have at least a rudimentary understanding of East Asian languages and culture.

The cyclic thing with the first name maybe being the second, etc, comes from

the way westerners often insist on writing the given name(s) before the family name, even though the family name is always written first in Chinese

With all this out of the way, here are the rest of the clues:

Eleven or direction

Xi, 11 in roman numerals, "west" in Chinese (written and pronounced differently though)

Spirit or language

Jin (djinn or Jin Chinese)

Sound or command

Ping (onomatopoetic word, or the command to check network connectivity between two computers)

Which gives the final answer of

Xi Jinping, the guy that ruined the perfect gag of "Who is the leader of China?"

edited Aug 11 at 7:35

answered Aug 11 at 7:05

Bass

21.9k354143

First, a somewhat spoileriffic warning for anyone trying to solve this on their own: This is pretty much unsolvable unless

you have at least a rudimentary understanding of East Asian languages and culture.

The cyclic thing with the first name maybe being the second, etc, comes from

the way westerners often insist on writing the given name(s) before the family name, even though the family name is always written first in Chinese

With all this out of the way, here are the rest of the clues:

Eleven or direction

Xi, 11 in roman numerals, "west" in Chinese (written and pronounced differently though)

Spirit or language

Jin (djinn or Jin Chinese)

Sound or command

Ping (onomatopoetic word, or the command to check network connectivity between two computers)

Which gives the final answer of

Xi Jinping, the guy that ruined the perfect gag of "Who is the leader of China?"

edited Aug 11 at 7:35

answered Aug 11 at 7:05

Bass

21.9k354143

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Bass

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Bass

21.9k354143

answered Aug 11 at 7:05

Bass

21.9k354143

nice one, definitely wouldn't have gotten it myself.
â€“Â Shahriar Mahmud Sajid
Aug 11 at 7:09

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nice one, definitely wouldn't have gotten it myself.
â€“Â Shahriar Mahmud Sajid
Aug 11 at 7:09

nice one, definitely wouldn't have gotten it myself.
â€“Â Shahriar Mahmud Sajid
Aug 11 at 7:09

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