[General] I would like to wish everyone....

[Silverobama]

Today when I was using tiktok (an app for short videos), I read a sentence written in English by a non-native English speaker. Yes, there are many excellent non-native speakers, but I still want to ask if I can use his sentence "I would like to wish everyone an above average Chinese New Year" next year?

Is the italic sentence natural?

 

[emsr2d2]

Today, when I was using TikTok (an app for sharing short videos), I read a sentence written in English by a non-native English speaker. Yes, there are many excellent non-native speakers, but I still want to ask if I can use [STRIKE]his[/STRIKE] the following sentence.

"I would like to wish everyone an above average Chinese New Year" next year?

Is the italic sentence natural?

Note my corrections above. The company app name is TikTok and you must use the capital letters the same way they do.

I'm confused about the two words and the question mark after "Chinese New Year". Did that person write "next year" or not? Are you, in fact, asking if, next year, you can use his sentence?

 

[jutfrank]

I think it's perfectly natural. It's deliberately meant to sound a little bit odd, though, so I don't really think you need to use it yourself. Do you understand the humour that the writer intended by replacing the typical word happy with above-average?

 

[Silverobama]

The company app name is TikTok and you must use the capital letters the same way they do.

Got it! Much appreciated!

Did that person write "next year" or not? Are you, in fact, asking if, next year, you can use his sentence?

I wrote the "next year". Yes. I wondered if I could use his sentence next year.

Do you understand the humour that the writer intended by replacing the typical word happy with above-average?

Yes. I think it means that, say, last year everything is just on an average scale or something. I don't know how to explain that but I know its meaning. And I hope next year everything could be better.

Since it's natural, I'll write it down for future reference. Much appreciated! Emsr2d2 and jutfrank.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't think using "above-average New Year" is an attempt to make any reference to last year.
It's just a downplayed version of "a great/fantastic/wonderful/marvellous/splendid New Year".