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Cattlegod

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oh, and btw, this girl at my work was named chou (pronounced chew) married an american guy with the last name cox. her name is chou cox.
 
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Farang

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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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Yes but they do change their names. They all use nicknames. Some examples: Fluke ("like fuck up"), Punch, Sign, and I think half of the country of Thailand is named "A"
 
Hacp

Hacp

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Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
i'm not changing my name so some lazy fucks can spare a few seconds trying to figure out how to pronounce it. Besides I have an awesome name so there is no way i'd change it for some easy-to-pronounce anglicized name which has no meaning to me.
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That's a good attitude. However, if you read the article, the congresswoman's remarks were made after some guy whined about the dual name system. If you're willing to work hard to explain your two name system, go ahead. Just don't expect government to accommodate you.
 
destrekor

destrekor

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Nov 18, 2005
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Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: spidey07
Ng? What the hell kind of name is that?
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:roll: It's pronounced ing. At least it's not some weird ass eastern euro name.
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LOL no kidding, I knew a Polish guy named Grzegorz. I guess "z" is a vowel in Polish? :D

But seriously? WTF, it's not that hard to learn foreign names. Just takes a little longer. But many Chinese names are shorter than American/Western European names. I don't see a problem as long as they consistently use the same name on all legal documentation. What is this, Ellis Island?
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Yeah, the Polish are weird like that... they keep their Slavic name, spelling and all, and if you're not Polish or know common Polish pronunciation rules, you won't know how the hell to pronounce it.

At least other Slavic languages, when writing their name in English, basically spell out the pronunciation for you, like English. Helps that basically all other Slavic languages have quite a few non-Latin letters, whereas I think Polish has very few, and they might swap letters with those that are somewhat similar in English when printing in English alphabet.
 
TehMac

TehMac

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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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Crono

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I have no problem with tough names, so long as you don't mind if I give you a nickname :p
 
zerocool84

zerocool84

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I went to a mainly asian highschool and sorry to say guys but some of those names were damn hard to pronounce but :thumbsdown: to this lady for telling people to change them.
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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Why does someone voting need to pronounce a name? You check the id, and see if it matches.
 
Hacp

Hacp

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Originally posted by: lxskllr
Why does someone voting need to pronounce a name? You check the id, and see if it matches.
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You didn't read the article. There was an asian guy complaining because many asians put their non-legal name on their IDs and because of this, they would have a hard time registering. The congresswoman rightly said that if they wanted to avoid an issue, change your name!

Or else, put your freaking legal name on the stupid ID.
 
sandorski

sandorski

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: lxskllr
Why does someone voting need to pronounce a name? You check the id, and see if it matches.
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No. Everyone should be able to Spell everyone elses name simply by sound alone. Which is why "John" has to go.
 
sandorski

sandorski

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: Hacp
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Why does someone voting need to pronounce a name? You check the id, and see if it matches.
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You didn't read the article. There was an asian guy complaining because many asians put their non-legal name on their IDs and they would have a hard time registering. The congresswoman rightly said that if they wanted to avoid an issue, change your name!

Or else, put your freaking legal name on the stupid ID.
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ah, ok, that makes sense...caught not having read article
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

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Jan 4, 2001
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Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
LOL no kidding, I knew a Polish guy named Grzegorz. I guess "z" is a vowel in Polish? :D

But seriously? WTF, it's not that hard to learn foreign names. Just takes a little longer. But many Chinese names are shorter than American/Western European names. I don't see a problem as long as they consistently use the same name on all legal documentation. What is this, Ellis Island?
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Another Polish last name, someone I knew throughout school: Czysz.
"Chish" is how it was pronounced.


Also, my CalcII professor was from China. Dr. Mingying Lu.
Dr. Lu. I'm sure even Ms. Betty Brown could handle that.

(Dr. Lu was....well, daaamn she must have spent a long time in college, or else just took to the stuff very well. B.S. in Mathematics. M.S. in Applied Mathematics. M.S. in Computer Science. Ph.D. in Mathematics. :shocked: )

 
lxskllr

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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Originally posted by: Hacp
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Why does someone voting need to pronounce a name? You check the id, and see if it matches.
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You didn't read the article. There was an asian guy complaining because many asians put their non-legal name on their IDs and because of this, they would have a hard time registering. The congresswoman rightly said that if they wanted to avoid an issue, change your name!

Or else, put your freaking legal name on the stupid ID.
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I read it, but I missed that part. I guess I tend to agree with Brown. It's the immigrant's own fault for selling out their given name.
 
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spidey07

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Aug 4, 2000
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You guys crack me up...now all I can think of is Ryu nemiwashi his fireballs.

How-osh-shin!
 
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