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oogabooga

oogabooga

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Originally posted by: uhohs
Originally posted by: illusion88
I've always thought Asian names were pretty easy.
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thai names
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Seriously. As a Korean-American when I heard about this I thought "Park? Chung? Lee? Kim" Really? I thought about Japanese last names, which I think are kinda fun to pronounce. Chinese some are harder than others, but really?

Then I remembered Thai first and last names and can feel some sympathy. Damn, some of those names are hard (if not impossible for a non-native speaker) to pronounce... but what Brown said was a really dumb anyways.

I guess we all can't be lucky enough to be named "Betty Brown"
 
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spidey07

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Originally posted by: evident
Originally posted by: spidey07
You guys crack me up...now all I can think of is Ryu nemiwashi his fireballs.

How-osh-shin!
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isn't it ha-dou-ken? :confused:
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I swear, if you could be in a meeting with me and "hoshin" activities are brought up. To see me jump up with my fireball hands and scream - "how-osh-shin" you'd be laughing out loud.

Then I do a rotating kick in rhythm to a

Nem
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0roo0roo

0roo0roo

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maybe its a viet or whatever thing, most other asians have english names. even our parents because of places like hong kong english was also used so they had english names from the get go or adopted them. very few immigrant chinese kids have chinese names, if they do its because they came as older folk or hate fobby parents.

 
0roo0roo

0roo0roo

No Lifer
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yea vietnamese name spellings are just weird, someone messed up somewhere a long the line.
 
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txrandom

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I wouldn't mind seeing English as an official language in Texas, but forcing people to Anglicize their names is dumb. They are already Romanizing them.
 
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EGGO

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"Say your name!"
"Kunta...Kente..." *WHIP*

Originally posted by: dbk
Korean names are pretty easy to pronounce - they're all one syllable.
I think it's the same with Chinese.
Don't think Vietnamese is - Japanese is definitely not.
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*tries to remember his Korean friends' last names* Holy crap you're right! I never noticed this.
 
dawp

dawp

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Originally posted by: txrandom
I wouldn't mind seeing English as an official language in Texas, but forcing people to Anglicize their names is dumb. They are already Romanizing them.
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Just wait a few more years and y'all will be speaking spanish.
 
Jschmuck2

Jschmuck2

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Originally posted by: TehMac
Originally posted by: Riceninja
i know a guy named chain.

opened the article, saw this uppity white old lady, closed it right away. didnt even have to read this to feel her hate.
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If you bothered reading the article she was suggesting it for the voting process.


of course all the little sensitive people like you have to get your hotpink panties in a twist about it.
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http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2252732
 
Jschmuck2

Jschmuck2

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And from that same thread, my favorite response:

How about you fuck off, you sack of useless shit? All you do is shit on other people, pretending like you're hot shit, and then call other people trolls and the like. How about you shape up and quit acting like an assclown, and maybe more people would care for what you say.
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mrSHEiK124

mrSHEiK124

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Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
And from that same thread, my favorite response:

How about you fuck off, you sack of useless shit? All you do is shit on other people, pretending like you're hot shit, and then call other people trolls and the like. How about you shape up and quit acting like an assclown, and maybe more people would care for what you say.
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Such hate!
 
Jschmuck2

Jschmuck2

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Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
And from that same thread, my favorite response:

How about you fuck off, you sack of useless shit? All you do is shit on other people, pretending like you're hot shit, and then call other people trolls and the like. How about you shape up and quit acting like an assclown, and maybe more people would care for what you say.
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Such hate!
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CRAWLING IN MY SKIN
 
Mo0o

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Originally posted by: spidey07
Ng? What the hell kind of name is that?
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Wow, that would break my ticket form validation rule right there. I never realized there was 2 letter names LOL.
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Li
Lo
Ma
 
her209

her209

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In regards to Polish surnames, why is it "*ski" for guys and "*ska" for gals?
 
Born2bwire

Born2bwire

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Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: loki8481
I work with a guy from Hong Kong named Turbo.

asian names ftw.
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If you want the most flammboyant names, look no further than Hong Kong. They are officially part of China, but the culture is so different.
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They all choose an English first name that they generally use for workplace names (like the name on the name tag) and for foreigners. The names they choose can be kind of fun. There's a girl that works in a bakery who is named "Cake."
 
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blahblah99

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I think Texas has bigger problems to deal with than to worry about why my name is Chin Tu Fat.
 
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