'Don't Speak'

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A Nobel for China. Wall Street Journal, Oct 13, 2012 (in the Saturday panel called Sentiment Tracker) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 48590278397264.html

Note:
(a) In the right upper corner of the panel, under the heading Jokes, is: 'Mo Yan, whose name means "don't speak," becomes first Nobel laureate to have same name as a No Doubt song.'

No Doubt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Doubt
(an American rock band from Anaheim, California, that formed in 1986; Since 1989 the group has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani and keyboardist Tony Kanal, among others)

Quote: "The band's diamond-certified album Tragic Kingdom (1995) helped launch the third-wave ska revival of the 1990s, and 'Don't Speak,' the third single from the album, set a record when it spent 16 weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart."
(b) ska
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska
(a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae; section 1 Etymology)
(c) Don't Speak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Speak
(Vocalist Gwen Stefani wrote the song about her bandmate and ex-boyfriend Tony Kanal shortly after he ended their seven-year relationship together)
(d)
(i) Gwen Stefani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Stefani
(1969- ; section 4 Personal life)
(ii) The Italian surname Stefani means offspring of Stefano, which as a personal (or given) name is Italian form of Latin Stephanus, which in turn is from Greek Stephanos ‘crown.’
Dictionary of American Family Names, published by Oxford University Press.
(e) The lyrics and video clip of "Don't Speak" can be found inthe Web.