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I prefer it when Asians choose to keep their real name for me it comes across as "phony" and superficial and like they're trying "too hard" to fit it. I'm willing to make the effort to learn to pronounce their authentic name and I think most people are.
I think it's similar to how many European immigrants in te early 20th century "Americanized" their ethnic names once they got here as well.
I think we Californians are so used to names from all over that we are very accustomed to pronouncing them as close as possible to ow they should be but a lot of others don't have the same amount of contact so such names really are more foreign to them.
Don't think much about it. Quite common to have western names for HK people. Some use it as their main name, others prefer their Chinese name. Both is fine to me.
As for people from the mainland, I think it's kinda weird how they sometimes come up with their English names and how they seem to change their names as they seem fit. I know a handful of people who changed their English names twice or even three times during the last year... Quite confusing... Then again, they don't seem to have regular contact to English speaking people.
A lot of East Asians and Southeast Asians have Anglo names like David, Peter, Grace (this one is sooo over represented), Maggie... Some were born in the west and named by parents, but many others just adopted the names by themselves.
Do you like it?
Disgusting question.
Just because someone appears to be Asian does not mean they should have an Asian name.
I think it's similar to how many European immigrants in te early 20th century "Americanized" their ethnic names once they got here as well.
I think we Californians are so used to names from all over that we are very accustomed to pronouncing them as close as possible to ow they should be but a lot of others don't have the same amount of contact so such names really are more foreign to them.
I have spoken with people from that generation often times when the kids entered school the teachers gave them an abbreviated given name and totally butchered the pronunciation of their surname(which sometimes stuck sadly and sounds horrible).
Disgusting question.
Just because someone appears to be Asian does not mean they should have an Asian name.
My sister is Asian. Chinese. Her name is Karen.
Deal with it.
I think he is referring to Asians that use English names when staying abroad. Kinda like nicknames to accommodate those that can't pronounce their "real" names.
Yueng-ling seems to be from China where that's quite common.
I think it's similar to how many European immigrants in te early 20th century "Americanized" their ethnic names once they got here as well.
I think we Californians are so used to names from all over that we are very accustomed to pronouncing them as close as possible to ow they should be but a lot of others don't have the same amount of contact so such names really are more foreign to them.
My Grandmother immigrated from Germany when she was a child, her and her siblings names were
Americanized by Immigration Authorities and they had no choice to use those names.
My Grandmother immigrated from Germany when she was a child, her and her siblings names were
Americanized by Immigration Authorities and they had no choice to use those names.
Yeah there were also a significant number of immigrants that were illiterate and immigration officials recorded names on what they heard phonetically or substituted for a phonetically similar 'American' surname. There are cases of people being told "you will do better in America with an American name, take mine". There was a big push to "hide who you were and fit in". I know of one first hand account from the 1940's of a Portuguese kid whose best friend hated Portuguese people and often spoke ill of them bet never suspected his best friend was Portuguese. Those days are over all I can say is if someone doesn't like my ethnic name they can kiss my ass.
Yeah there were also a significant number of immigrants that were illiterate and immigration officials recorded names on what they heard phonetically or substituted for a phonetically similar 'American' surname. There are cases of people being told "you will do better in America with an American name, take mine". There was a big push to "hide who you were and fit in". I know of one first hand account from the 1940's of a Portuguese kid whose best friend hated Portuguese people and often spoke ill of them bet never suspected his best friend was Portuguese. Those days are over all I can say is if someone doesn't like my ethnic name they can kiss my ass.
If you don't mind me asking, from what language is your name?
My name, all three of them are among the most boring and plain American combinations. I'm a Black guy but if you only say my name, I could be a Black or White person.
A lot of East Asians and Southeast Asians have Anglo names like David, Peter, Grace (this one is sooo over represented), Maggie... Some were born in the west and named by parents, but many others just adopted the names by themselves.
Do you like it?
How are David and Peter Anglo names? Aren't the origins of both these names from Hebrew or Aramaic, and hence Israel which is in Asia? Shouldn't the question be do you like "Anglos" with Asian names? Maybe you prefer more western European names like Brian or Aiden or Eric? :-)
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