Change your name Asians

[MrDudeMan]

lol @ all the idiots who didn't read the article. She isn't telling them to change their name because she thinks we can't pronounce it. :roll:

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
lol @ all the idiots who didn't read the article. She isn't telling them to change their name because she thinks we can't pronounce it. :roll:

It's ok, no one cares really. It's now a thread for free expressions and thinly disguised racism towards Asians.

In that case, I was considering shortening my middle name to something easier to write and pronounce. My middle name is my Chinese name and it's two words hyphenated, and I sometimes get people who mistake that as my last name...just have to figure out a way to shorten it so that it still sound phonetically similar.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: spidey07
Ng? What the hell kind of name is that?

Wow, that would break my ticket form validation rule right there. I never realized there was 2 letter names LOL.

One of my friends in high school had a one-letter last name. It was I.

No, 'I'.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
lol @ all the idiots who didn't read the article. She isn't telling them to change their name because she thinks we can't pronounce it. :roll:

It's ok, no one cares really. It's now a thread for free expressions and thinly disguised racism towards Asians.

In that case, I was considering shortening my middle name to something easier to write and pronounce. My middle name is my Chinese name and it's two words hyphenated, and I sometimes get people who mistake that as my last name...just have to figure out a way to shorten it so that it still sound phonetically similar.

What is it?

 

[manowar821]

Dumb-ass language lazy people. It's not that hard.

 

[QueBert]

I don't really care if people change there name or not, that's totally up to them. But if you chose to keep some unfucking pronounceable name, deal with it when I fuck it up it. I'm not going to learn how to say it properly, or even try. People get upset at me when I say their name wrong, every Middle Easterner I've worked for/with used an American name, probably due to being sick of people fucking it up. My ex boss Majidi = Mike. His brother Galebeh(sp?) was Gary. My city has a ton of people from Lose(sp?) with crazy names, and they haven't seemed to have caught on to what the Middle Easterners do

 

[Kadarin]

Looking at that lady's picture in the article, I can imagine that nothing short of Jesus coming back to life right in front of her would change her mind on anything.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: QueBert
I don't really care if people change there name or not, that's totally up to them. But if you chose to keep some unfucking pronounceable name, deal with it when I fuck it up it. I'm not going to learn how to say it properly, or even try. People get upset at me when I say their name wrong, every Middle Easterner I've worked for/with used an American name, probably due to being sick of people fucking it up. My ex boss Majidi = Mike. His brother Galebeh(sp?) was Gary. My city has a ton of people from Lose(sp?) with crazy names, and they haven't seemed to have caught on to what the Middle Easterners do

lol, you are an ignorant fuck.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I'm with you OP, let's start with all you Na-gew-yens first!

 

[Phokus]

Throw all republicans into the ocean

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: QueBert
I don't really care if people change there name or not, that's totally up to them. But if you chose to keep some unfucking pronounceable name, deal with it when I fuck it up it. I'm not going to learn how to say it properly, or even try. People get upset at me when I say their name wrong, every Middle Easterner I've worked for/with used an American name, probably due to being sick of people fucking it up. My ex boss Majidi = Mike. His brother Galebeh(sp?) was Gary. My city has a ton of people from Lose(sp?) with crazy names, and they haven't seemed to have caught on to what the Middle Easterners do

All that fast food has rotted your brain.

 

[zebano]

Speaking of Asian names, a guy that my father in law worked with was named "Fu". He was pulled over by a cop and in the process of writing out his ticket, for some reason the officer asked for his name (rather than a license). The conversation went something like this:

What's your name?
Fu xxx
What?
Fu xxxx
Spell that
F. U. ...

 

[Jschmuck2]

Originally posted by: QueBert
I don't really care if people change there name or not, that's totally up to them. But if you chose to keep some unfucking pronounceable name, deal with it when I fuck it up it. I'm not going to learn how to say it properly, or even try. People get upset at me when I say their name wrong, every Middle Easterner I've worked for/with used an American name, probably due to being sick of people fucking it up. My ex boss Majidi = Mike. His brother Galebeh(sp?) was Gary. My city has a ton of people from Lose(sp?) with crazy names, and they haven't seemed to have caught on to what the Middle Easterners do

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you , California's Inland Empire.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Throw all republicans into the ocean

I'd rather sell you to the Mexicans.

 

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: Baked
Hey fuck you, I can have any name I want.

fuk you is a legit chinese name in Hong Kong.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
lol @ all the idiots who didn't read the article. She isn't telling them to change their name because she thinks we can't pronounce it. :roll:

As I understand it, there are really two separate issues that people are flitting between:

1. Foreigners (especially east Asians) who use a Western-style nickname to make it easier for friends and colleagues to remember their name but who then inadvertently use their nickname for some official documents and their original given name for others.

2. An old lady who said these things:

?Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese ? I understand it?s a rather difficult language ? do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?? Brown said.

Brown later told Ko: ?Can?t you see that this is something that would make it a lot easier for you and the people who are poll workers if you could adopt a name just for identification purposes that?s easier for Americans to deal with??

Now maybe her intent was to simply require everyone to use the same name and spelling on all forms of identification. Many people of all backgrounds use nicknames or alternate names among friends, but have a different legal name. Know anyone who goes by their middle name? They have to be careful not to slip up and accidentally put their middle name down as their first name on identification forms. I'm sure most don't screw up in that manner but it probably happens sometimes. And I'm sure it's more difficult for people who move here and may not know English perfectly.

As for point #1, I think it's a good idea to make sure you consistently use a single legal name. Maybe they use their given name and only use a Westernized name as a nickname, not officially. Or maybe they pick a Westernized name as their legal name and stick to that. I don't really care but it seems like a reasonable point of view to insist that everyone consistently use a single legal name.

But for point #2, she could have done a hugely better job of wording her comments. I hope she's really just looking for consistency, but it sure is easy for her statements to be interpreted as being insensitive or ignorant. She's saying that Chinese people ought to adopt new names when they move here, but they have no obligation to do so. Many do choose to adopt new names but that's where point #1 comes in - don't force people to take new names, but do force them to choose a single official name. You can use any nicknames you want, just don't put them on official documents.

 

[oznerol]

Naga.... Naga..... Notgonnaworkhereanymore.

 

[oznerol]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Throw all republicans into the ocean

Because republicans can't swim - weighed down too much by their concealed weapons, BBQ ribs, and lynching ropes.

 

[Fritzo]

So, if an American moves to an Asian country, do they have to add a bunch of Xi's and Lo's to their name to make it easier to pronouce for them?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
So, if an American moves to an Asian country, do they have to add a bunch of Xi's and Lo's to their name to make it easier to pronouce for them?

Many Americans and other expatriates in China take on unofficial Chinese names. They're usually either approximate transliterations or simply a name that they like. Some common names have official transliterations; for example, David -> DaWei. Don't really know others...

 

[GeneValgene]

http://blogs.chron.com/texaspo...4/lawmaker_sugges.html

Brown also asked Ko if Chinese people have to show identification to vote in their home country. He noted there are not any elections in the People's Republic of China.

haha check out the audio at the bottom of that link, that has the full testimony (not the clip at the top). listen to 5:13-5:30. even the legislature is lauging at this crazy woman

 

[Koing]

I tell you whats funny...

When I went to Uni most of my oriental friends had 'English names' and they were all born abroad and I have a Chinese name even though I have lived in England most of my life haha.

I used an English name until I was 14 then I started to use my Chinese name.

Koing

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: evident

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: mozirry

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!

isn't it ha-dou-ken?

i thought it was hy-dough-kin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadouken

frickin noobs :roll: :beer:

wow...how osh shin?? hy dough!?! LOL

 

[Sacraster]

Originally posted by: Imp

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

asian names ftw.

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.

lol. i know a guy in college who's name is Do Man. he is from hong kong.

 

[polarmystery]

English is the 4th most common language in the united states, behind Hindi, Spanish, and Mandarin being number 1. If they can't pronounce it, it's their own stupid fault and they should learn a new language or deal with it.

LOL at picture of the woman in the article.