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| Quote carl_spackler="carl_spackler"Speaking of Hull Uni and names, I used to know somebody who worked there in admissions who told me that a lot of the students with traditional chinese names tend to adopt an English name rather than have people mangling the pronunciation of their real name. Apparently they had a tendency of using what they thought would be common, traditional names from classic English literature (Dickens being a popular choice), resulting in a few old names that aren't particularly in common usage any more after all, such as Henry/Henrietta, Walter, Frederick, Cecil and the like. Quite a few Roses as well, although that does seem to have had a revival anyway since the return of Dr Who.
When I was studying elsewhere with some chinese students they went by similar names too, so it seems like she was right. I'll always remember William being mad as a box of frogs.'"
This is not uncommon. Asians do the same. For simplicity and also for business reasons. |
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| Quote Ferocious Aardvark="Ferocious Aardvark"Somewhere out there is a child officially named Number 16 Bus Shelter.
I'm just surprised two didn't come at once.'"
New Zealand. They banned Benson and Hedges and Fish and Chips as names for twins. |
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| Quote carl_spackler="carl_spackler"When I was studying elsewhere with some chinese students they went by similar names too, so it seems like she was right. I'll always remember William being mad as a box of frogs.'"
A lot of Chinese adopt western names that sound something like their Chinese names. |
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| Quote Ferocious Aardvark="Ferocious Aardvark"I don't mind there being "rules". We have "rules". I just prefer our reactive system to ludicrously proactive systems where you actually have to have every name pre-approved. Which means basically you can ludicrously only use names someone else used first. This is ludicrous, because I can use "Gudrun", or whatever, through the happy chance that the "naming committee" only came into existence after someone came up with it; but had it been the other way round, then I couldn't, as you can't "invent" a new name. That is just silly.
The only issue should be a sane assessment of the welfare of the child, and nothing else.
Is this his school: [urlhttp://www.staroftheseaschool.co.uk/[/url ? If so, he went to school with my lad, here's an old class photo-
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You do know I was only pulling yours, surely?
Yep, that's him, third Asteroidea from the left. Good looking kid. |
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I heard of a lad called Sidney Bridge once.
And what about Gary and Phil's dad, Neville?
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| Quote wigan_rlfc="wigan_rlfc"I heard of a lad called Sidney Bridge once.
And what about Gary and Phil's dad, Neville?'"
Altogether now.....
Neville Neville (So good they named him twice) ....I love it! .........etc |
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Frank Zappa's daughter is called Moon Unit.
My mate's son is called Bonneville after the bike (everyone calls him Bonnie).
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| It's not in its own right particularly offensive but I enjoyed the Leeds fans pictured in the match proggy last night who had an eight-year old called Bailey  |
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There's a girl at my eldest's school called =#FF0000R=#FFFF00a=#FF40BFi=#00BF00n=#8000BFb=#FF8000o=#0000FFw.
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The head of RBS Netherlands is called Rudolf Reinders.
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| Quote kirkstaller="kirkstaller"There's a girl at my eldest's school called =#FF0000R=#FFFF00a=#FF40BFi=#00BF00n=#8000BFb=#FF8000o=#0000FFw.'"
There's some jazzy ones in the [iBook Of Bullshoite[/i if you need a few pointers?
[iCozbi, Keziah, Zeresh, Gomer.[/i
I'd plump for [iGomer[/i if I was you.
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And there goes another thread.
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