Would you guys give me grief if I told you my last name is Wang?

[alkemyst]

we had a just.dick@company.com submit an email recently.

Justin Dick was his name

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: ivan2

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: Leros
I know a lot of Wangs. Isn't it pronounced Wong though?

wtf I never heard that before

I've been told that Wang, Huang, and Wong are the same name.

no. they are 2 names. wang and huang is different.

edit: actually wang and huang are the same in cantonese that is wong...

p.s. my last name is not wang.

I was told on two separate occasions that "Wong is Wang" and "Wong is Huang", so I just assumed that Wang is Huang too. Faulty logic

 

[SeaSerpent]

hmmm....Barfo Wang, interesting.

 

[Modular]

Barfo the Wang <3'er

LoL

 

[Squisher]

c/o 97.1 The Ticket

Other headlines involving the Yankee's Wang.

10- Other headlines involving Wang: former Yankee Jose Canseco doesn?t think Wang has been productive since switching to small ball. -Brett POd -

9- Jason Kidd doesn't like Wang, Richard Jefferson disagrees. -Joe in Bellville -

8- Fans apalled when Charlie Weis takes Wang out. -TYler in NY -

7- Other headlines involving Wang: aging George Steinbrenner hopes Wang can still perform. -PBP at Work-

6- Other headlines involving Wang: Lindsay Lohan no longer fan of Wang. -Fabreetz in Farmington -

5- Wang lays the pipe for Habitat for Humanity. -West in Farmington -

4- Wang wants trade, says rest of team is nuts! -Mike G in Southfield -

3- San Fransisco shows interest in Wang. -Crum -

2- From the Deadliest Catch's new boat, "The Wang", news headline: Wang nets giant crabs! -Phil in Livonia -

1- Wang continues to be main butter and egg man, still crunk's the boys from big D. -J in Oxfor

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: Leros
I know a lot of Wangs. Isn't it pronounced Wong though?

wtf I never heard that before

I've been told that Wang, Huang, and Wong are the same name.

You do realize that they have to translate Asian names into the Latin Alphabet. There isn't always a single way to do that.


Edit:

So according to Wikipeida: "Wong is the Cantonese romanization of two common Chinese surnames; Huang (?; literally "yellow") and Wang (?; literally "king")."

So, Huang and Wang are different. Wong could be either name.

huang doesn't literally mean yellow. it's hononym literally means yellow, the actual word for huang means royal or something, like "huang dee" which means emperor.

 

[zzuupp]

No, Shorty I would not.

 

[her209]

Suk Mai Wang

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: astroidea

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Gothgar

Originally posted by: Leros
I know a lot of Wangs. Isn't it pronounced Wong though?

wtf I never heard that before

I've been told that Wang, Huang, and Wong are the same name.

You do realize that they have to translate Asian names into the Latin Alphabet. There isn't always a single way to do that.


Edit:

So according to Wikipeida: "Wong is the Cantonese romanization of two common Chinese surnames; Huang (?; literally "yellow") and Wang (?; literally "king")."

So, Huang and Wang are different. Wong could be either name.

huang doesn't literally mean yellow. it's hononym literally means yellow, the actual word for huang means royal or something, like "huang dee" which means emperor.

You should go edit wikipedia then

 

[Toonces]

Originally posted by: l0cke
A guy at my school (and his sister) have the last name glasscock. Even spelled that way. WTF

A friend of mine from High School's name was Sarah Cockhead... it was so easy that no one really gave her much grief for it.