Unfortunate name.

[texas1928]

I feel sorry for this kid.

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. I think I know his sister

Her name's Heidi.

:rofl:



Actually, I do know someone named Holly Ho.

[leftofthedial]

2. There are two other sisters too

Ima and Ura

[texas1928]

5. We will call this post "Pete"

[leftofthedial]

3. There are two other sisters too

Ima and Ura


Now why did it do that?

Double posting thing?

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. One for each sister?

:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

7. LOL

[texas1928]

6. And we will call this post "Repete."

[leftofthedial]

8. youse guys are good!

:thumbsup:




:rofl:

[underpants]

9. I think I know his uncle the farmer

Hay

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. And his second cousin, the Stooge

Moe.

[BikeWriter]

10. Whoa...

[texas1928]

15. Whoa Ho?!?!?

:rofl:

[Radio_Guy]

11. Don't give him any drugs

Then he will be High Ho.

[texas1928]

16. Or any alcohol

Then he would be a Drunk Ho.

[no name no slogan]

12. Worked for a mortgage co. right out of college

the name of one applicant: PHUC DEAP

Truth in advertising, perhaps?

[texas1928]

17. Did you ask him if he could back that name up?

:rofl:

[bluethruandthru]

14. And his cousin from England...

Tally

[texas1928]

18. That one is a groaner.

UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!



Good thinking though.

[bluethruandthru]

19. Sorry...

:-)

[Dukkha]

20. I knew a guy named Lyon Kuntz

and get this...he was a lawyer! Talk about destiny "The Law Office of Lyon Kuntz" truth in advertising there.

[texas1928]

23. I hope he did not have a lot of female partners.

Nobody would ever come to them.

[Miss Marmelstein]

21. Hey, Texy....

I used to have a neighbor named Harry Balzac...he was nuts!

:evilgrin:

[texas1928]

22. RIIIIGHT

Hey Sexy how is it going? Did 4 Jr. get done with his visit?

[Miss Marmelstein]

25. Yes....

I'm going thru withdrawals now. I really miss the little shit when he's gone. But, he'll be back in June for the summer!

How you doing? Still raining?

:hug:

[texas1928]

26. I am fine...

Not raining now, sunny and in the 70's with a nice breeze.

[kwassa]

24. Club Dong Bang

Third Street, Los Angeles

[texas1928]

27. I once had a customer I had to talk to that was names.

Houng Doung.

[applegrove]

28. Not since a four year old explained to me that his new name was

"north americanized" and as "teacher" I should no longer call him by his real name.

[texas1928]

29. HUH???

:confused:

[applegrove]

30. Broke my heart when a four year old told me he had a new name because

his old one was from China. Really happens.

[wickerwoman]

35. Lots of people change their names.

Would you feel sad if you heard my brother wanted to be called "Bill" instead of "Billy" because he isn't a little kid anymore?

Some Chinese names are *really* unfortunate in an English context. I live on "Dong Fang" road for example. I know a girl named "DuoDuo" pronounced "DooDoo". Is it going to be better for her in the long term, living in America, to walk around saying my name is "DooDoo" or to use an Americanized name with her American friends?

[applegrove]

37. Planning on naming any of your kids after their parents? Or grandparents?

Cause darn if American names are not actually not Billy, or Sarah, or Ian. Those are names from somewhere else. They are family names or cultural names. They are not american ones.

[wickerwoman]

39. What does that have to do with anything?

I never claimed there were "American" names or said there was anything wrong with cultural names. I simply don't think kids should be lumbered indefinitely with a culturally tone-deaf name because that's their "real" name and they should honor their heritage.

I came with an inch of being named "Albina" after an ancient Italian relative I've never met. I never would have left the house until I was 21. I thank my parents daily for not hanging the "Albina"tross around my neck. It's just an ugly name taken out of it's Italian context.

Imagine you or your husband were sent to work in Dubai. You enroll your darling son Nick in preschool. You pick him up after the first day and he's crying hysterically because all the other students and even the teacher are sniggering at him all day and he doesn't understand why. You ask your Arab colleagues only to find out that "Nick" is one of the most obscene words in Arabic. Oops. Do you force your kid to use a name that means "Penis" or "Fuck" in the local language, or do you start shopping around for a nice neutral "UAE" name to call him?

You were the one who said you were heart-broken because a kid changed his name. Maybe he was getting shit from the other students. Is he ultimately going to be more damaged from having a local-name he uses at school and a home-name he uses with his parents or going through 12 years of school with a name like "Doo-Doo", "Wang", "Dong", etc. etc.?

Let the kid embrace their heritage in college. In the meantime, If Duoduo gets through a day without crying because her friends call her "Kathy" or if Dat Ho can concentrate a little more on his alphabet if the teacher calls him "Jimmy" or even if Zhongguo gets tired of saying and spelling his name 6,000 times a day who are we to judge them for adopting a more Western name at school?

I'm in the process of choosing my Chinese name because I'm sick to death of trying to sign my Western name in the teeny tiny signature spaces of Chinese forms. I'm still trying to choose a good family name. I like "Haiying" for the personal name because it's relatively easy to write and say. Am I doing my identity irreperable harm by using different names in different contexts? Or course not. I've always had nicknames. When I lived in Germany, I had a German name. When I studied Russian, I chose a Russian name. Welcome to the global village. :shrug:

[bigwillq]

31. Oh, that made me laugh!

:rofl:

Poor kid.

[texas1928]

33. It is funny and sad at the same time.

But it is funny.

[Beaverhausen]

32. I'm not halfway through this thread and I am LMAO!!!!

and crying! You guys are going to get me fired!!!

[texas1928]

34. Chuckle under your breath.

Don't get fired.

[begin_within]

36. Our neighbor across the street was named Fanny Large.

Actually Frances Large, but all her friends called her Fanny.

[trof]

38. Izzat one of Don's grandkids?

http://www.hawaiiactivities.com/website/activities/images/Don%5FHo%5F2%5FL%2Ejpg

[Random_Australian]

40. I know a girl by the name of Chauqon Wang.

Yes, as in choke on.... never mind you are too young.