tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post5893622676618039671..comments2023-10-10T02:26:04.141-07:00Comments on A Broad Abroad (a blog a blog): Engrish NamesJQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-52297365094935409102015-04-07T21:38:29.074-07:002015-04-07T21:38:29.074-07:00Typical Finnish names are like, Jarkko, Leena, Mik...Typical Finnish names are like, Jarkko, Leena, Mikko, Antti, Elvi, Satu and then the Those people come who just take some chinese and form it into something which might somehow resemble a Finnish name such as Meini for example.<br /><br />My wife also was surprised why people would do that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-13218616833332449592015-04-07T05:53:59.816-07:002015-04-07T05:53:59.816-07:00I saw. I hate myself for not thinking of it myself...I saw. I hate myself for not thinking of it myself as well. Maybe we could be her competition? LOL! JQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-67293418821918434782015-04-07T05:51:58.249-07:002015-04-07T05:51:58.249-07:00Not being familiar with a typical Finnish name, ca...Not being familiar with a typical Finnish name, can you give an example of this? What does your wife think of these oddball names?JQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-75921860924465588532015-04-07T05:27:59.072-07:002015-04-07T05:27:59.072-07:00Go to today's Shanghaiist, and you can read a...Go to today's Shanghaiist, and you can read about a smart woman who has monetized this problem. She runs a website which helps Chinese people pick reasonable English names. She's earning about $1000 a day. Now why didn't I think of that?!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09211691412408934332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-36929269846372809702015-04-05T07:07:10.915-07:002015-04-05T07:07:10.915-07:00Oh people giving weird names, especially English o...Oh people giving weird names, especially English ones is really amusing sometimes. WOrse it gets when Chinese move to Finland, marry a Finnish person as descide to give them a Finnish name...oh wait, not Finnish but some perverted form of it. We have two friends who did that to their child and one even gave her Chinese family name as a second name to the girl...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-78394133740720681062015-04-03T23:11:57.223-07:002015-04-03T23:11:57.223-07:00Because it's good business. When I lived in Ko...Because it's good business. When I lived in Korea, I had a Korean name I'd use. My husband gave me a Chinese name when we moved here. And when these little darlings go off into the world, if they move to the US, Canada, Australia or other primarily English-speaking countries, they will find that if their resume says "Ann Cho" for example instead of "Soojin Cho" that they are much more likely to get consideration. It's not something I've made up. I read about this topic quite recently though can't recall where I found it. I know one of the articles I read about was a Hispanic guy in America who changed his name from "Jose" to "Joe" and suddenly was getting calls back on his resume. Is it fair? No, of course not. But until that changes you better believe my husband's name on his resume is listed as "Jeremy."JQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-69239038820238227032015-04-03T15:58:30.570-07:002015-04-03T15:58:30.570-07:00The poor spelling and pronunciation are one issue,...The poor spelling and pronunciation are one issue, but aside from the Engrish names you also disapprove of students using their actual Korean name and spelling it phonetically, because English speakers can't pronounce them? Why does the rest of the world have to cater to the comfort of monolingual English speakers?Truanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518315007492406634noreply@blogger.com