It’s a popular
trend for the Chinese to adopt Western ‘names’.
All of our students and local staff have these; the majority were given
to them by their parents, others have been plucked from obscurity/internet name
lists. Although some names may be weird
and wonderful, I have to admit, it makes life a whole lot easier than
struggling to pronounce Chinese names, and perfect the tones so you don’t
unintentionally call someone something obscene.
I’ve categorised
a selection below, so you can see just what we’re dealing with:
Cartoon
characters – Dora, Jerry, Minnie.
Colours – Black,
White.
Film stars – Angelina,
Harrison.
Nonsense names –
Cherney, Gogo, Kison, Ticko, Turing, Wydia, Yamor.
Random nouns – Apple, Cherry, Flower, Mountain, Queen, Spring, Tear, Tiger, Yoyo.
Stripper names– Angel, Candy, Cindy, Kitty.
Unusual/names with connotations – Ivan, Lucky, Malboro, Dick, Johnson.
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