tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196408116686002095.post2924714132592864695..comments2023-07-17T11:58:00.816-03:00Comments on What the kimchi???: What the ... name game?!?!?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196408116686002095.post-39229862270206710502010-11-15T14:24:57.372-04:002010-11-15T14:24:57.372-04:00People adopt various nicknames or cognomina throug...People adopt various nicknames or <i>cognomina</i> throughout their lives for various reasons. When I started learning Spanish in middle school I was assigned a Spanish-language name almost at once. There is nothing inherently wicked about assigning English-language names or nicknames to learners of English as part of the teaching process. There is nothing inherently wrong with a visitor to Korea wanting a nickname that can be written in Chinese graphs, whether for the fun of it or as a courtesy to Korean hosts who can't pronounce the visitor's name. Nor do I feel a need to pass judgment helter-skelter on speakers of other languages who adopt English-language names. A hypothetical individual born in the far East, speaking, say, Cantonese as a first language, might (or might not) be glad to take an English name for himself because, while his given name was assigned according to family tradition, his English-language name is one he took for himself. People have all kinds of reasons for adopting new names and aliases, and I see no cause to find fault with anyone who does so before I even know what the reasons are.Mockingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012024824620380483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196408116686002095.post-2027425354448113272010-11-11T21:17:45.493-04:002010-11-11T21:17:45.493-04:00Heh :)Heh :)Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751432023350206246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196408116686002095.post-61206475347031674032010-11-11T21:12:48.978-04:002010-11-11T21:12:48.978-04:00I hope that all of the assembled leaders do gallop...I hope that all of the assembled leaders do gallop around like horses...that would make for some interesting footage.<br /><br />Oh...and Obama had best avoid Jeju...they eat horses there.Burndoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810891417843137002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196408116686002095.post-8829573614776559602010-11-11T20:52:09.851-04:002010-11-11T20:52:09.851-04:00Ethan Sunshine. I like it. :)Ethan Sunshine. I like it. :)Flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751432023350206246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196408116686002095.post-29226370346327013042010-11-11T20:07:21.562-04:002010-11-11T20:07:21.562-04:00It's just bullshit heads of state have to put ...It's just bullshit heads of state have to put up with. They gave Hillary Clinton a Korean name too. He'll do it because the doesn't want to look like a dick, and he wants to sell Fords in Korea. <br /><br />You have a point about Korean names though. What if Ban Ki Moon, went around telling everybody to call him Ethan Sunshine, and greeted everyone he saw with a high five and a wassup man.3gyupsalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221321128938672113noreply@blogger.com