Shéna or Shiina? - Page 6

Jonny · 2007.05.23, 04:00 PM

That scam is as old as the interwebs.

golem09 · 2007.05.23, 08:25 PM

oho yes, good ol times^^

justriiingo · 2007.05.23, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by EmilScherbe

I heard Chinese and Korean has more unyielding stand than Japanese about this.

Well, there's Yo-yo Ma. Outside of Asia I wite my name the other way round too. I find it somewhat strange, but it's better than people calling me by my surname.

Kasanagi · 2007.05.24, 03:14 PM

Dunno bout Koreans, but Chinese tend to have a separate English name, or using the Chinese given name as a middle name. If my parents are anything to go by, it bothers them when people pronounce their Chinese name in an English accent

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badtzmaru · 2007.05.27, 06:31 PM

A lot second generation Koreans here do that, too. Most of them just make up an American nickname, and ask people to call them that instead of their legal name, especially at school. For me, Erin is my legal name and Yae-rin is my Korean name, but I don't have a middle name.

frecklegirl · 2007.05.30, 09:16 PM

^ I didn't know that! I thought you were white because your name was Erin. XD

But yeah, it would always kinda shock me (back in elementary/middle school) to find out my Asian friends' "names" were actually American nicknames, and their parents called them something totally different. @_@

Jonny · 2007.05.31, 12:30 AM

It can be more confusing. I just yesterday called a Japanese person by his last name, thinking it was his first name, cause he wrote it last. Turned out he changed them...oh well.

Linnéa · 2007.05.31, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by frecklegirl

^ I didn't know that! I thought you were white because your name was Erin. XD

But yeah, it would always kinda shock me (back in elementary/middle school) to find out my Asian friends' "names" were actually American nicknames, and their parents called them something totally different. @_@

And sometimes they choose the strangest English names; in China we did an exchange with a high school there, so we stayed with Chinese kids. "My" Chinese didn't use her English name, but the girl my best friend stayed with had named herself Seven, "because i like number seven"

fluffiethesock · 2007.05.31, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by badtzmaru

A lot second generation Koreans here do that, too. Most of them just make up an American nickname, and ask people to call them that instead of their legal name, especially at school. For me, Erin is my legal name and Yae-rin is my Korean name, but I don't have a middle name.

I have a friend named YeJi who said that people called her Jessie in high school because they couldn't pronounce her name. Haha

And you have to get your friends to make a middle name for you, badtzmaru! I gave two of my Japanese friends middle names, and they said that they actually adopted them as their own.

golem09 · 2007.05.31, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by Linnéa

And sometimes they choose the strangest English names; in China we did an exchange with a high school there, so we stayed with Chinese kids. "My" Chinese didn't use her English name, but the girl my best friend stayed with had named herself Seven, "because i like number seven"

LoL, that reminds me of my 09^^

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2007.05.24, 03:14 PM	#54
Kasanagi Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yumiko's Kitchen Posts: 589	Dunno bout Koreans, but Chinese tend to have a separate English name, or using the Chinese given name as a middle name. If my parents are anything to go by, it bothers them when people pronounce their Chinese name in an English accent . __________________

2007.05.27, 06:31 PM	#55
badtzmaru Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gorgeoustown Posts: 865	A lot second generation Koreans here do that, too. Most of them just make up an American nickname, and ask people to call them that instead of their legal name, especially at school. For me, Erin is my legal name and Yae-rin is my Korean name, but I don't have a middle name. __________________ Ringo is the apple of my eye! "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift--that's why they call it the present." -Master Uguay

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2007.05.23, 04:00 PM	#51
Jonny Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 小平事変 Posts: 1,538	That scam is as old as the interwebs.

2007.05.31, 12:30 AM	#57
Jonny Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 小平事変 Posts: 1,538	It can be more confusing. I just yesterday called a Japanese person by his last name, thinking it was his first name, cause he wrote it last. Turned out he changed them...oh well.