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Chinese people's English namesPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, December 16, 2009 3:45 AM
Tabloid translation website ChinaSmack is holding a competition to give away copies of a new book about Chinese people's English names. ChinaSmack editor Fauna had this to say:
Below is a Sexy Beijing video from 2006 about the same subject:
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Comments on Chinese people's English names
hilarious... I once met a Chinese girl who gave herself a English first name.
funny！
Saying that, a lot of foreigners give themselves funny Chinese names as well, such as Bao Zi (stuffed bun), Xiao Bai (stupid) etc.
I spent five years in China teaching English, and the majority of students, children and adults, gave themselves English names and were proud of them, though I did tell Fish, Beer and Hitler (yes, really!) that they might want to rethink their choices.
that wasn't very funny..
Luckily, my name is one for which the Chinese have an equivalent-Qiao Zhi.
I had a student that named herself Ice Cream....because she liked ice cream...hellooooo!
This was a very funny video.
There's a Hong Kong blogger who calls himself HKSAR.
He has the most comprehensive listing I've seen of English names thought up by Chinese people. (In this case, all Hong Kong Chinese people). It's here
When I was living in Hong Kong in 1964, there was a guy who called himself Elvis Banana Wong.
Sumanfar??
Man this is hilarious.
That is some funny stuff right there. Although not nearly as bad as the others mentioned, I have a translator in Qingdao that used to call herself Candy. I mentioned to her that this was a popular hooker and stripper name in America, and she had me give her a new more common name, which we decided on Jenny. She likes the new one much better.
Great Video!!!