My friend's cousin is named Ima. Her last name is Pigg. I think her parents should endure Chinese water torture and other nasties for what that poor girl had to endure through her school years.
My niece's name is Penelope. Of course, she goes by Penny. My brother-in-law's family name is Baggs. Penny Baggs isn't nearly as bad as Ima Pigg, but still...
Then there's the story about the lady who had a daughter in an Atlanta hospital. When the nurse was working on some paperwork, the mother looked over and said, "Oh, you've already given her a name!" "Feh-mah-lay. What a pretty name!" Of course, she was probably on too many painkillers to realize she was reading the word "Female".
My own name isn't funny, but the story of how I got it is, if you're in the right mood... Anyways, my mother is haole (white), and my father is Chinese. I was born at home, with the help of a midwife, so my mother simply took her time giving me a name. She wanted to give me a nice Chinese name, but wanted to go to the library to research it first. Of course, she was in no condition to do so for a few days. It so happened that the fourth day, when she finally regained her strength, was a Wednesday. She went to the library to find it was closed on Wednesdays.:P So, she returned home, and I remained nameless here forevermore... Err...too much Poe, sorry. I only remained nameless for another hour or so, actually. The midwife told my mother, "look, you NEED to put SOMETHING on your son's birth certificate." Each morning previous, my mother would wake up and say "hi, son" to me. So, at four days old, I was finally given a name. Hysun I became from then on. I don't know how she arrived at the spelling, but it looks Chinese enough.:P
The only other Hysun I've heard of is a certain Korean lady who, by some very strange twist of fate, also shares my last name. Go figure.:P
I thoroughly enjoy having such a unique name, but as I'm one of those paranoid types, I wonder if something more generic would be nicer. After all, when you can google yourself and find yourself at the first link, you start to worry about identity theft and such...
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My friend's cousin is named Ima. Her last name is Pigg. I think her parents should endure Chinese water torture and other nasties for what that poor girl had to endure through her school years.
:P So, she returned home, and I remained nameless here forevermore... Err...too much Poe, sorry. I only remained nameless for another hour or so, actually. The midwife told my mother, "look, you NEED to put SOMETHING on your son's birth certificate." Each morning previous, my mother would wake up and say "hi, son" to me. So, at four days old, I was finally given a name. Hysun I became from then on. I don't know how she arrived at the spelling, but it looks Chinese enough. :P
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My niece's name is Penelope. Of course, she goes by Penny. My brother-in-law's family name is Baggs. Penny Baggs isn't nearly as bad as Ima Pigg, but still...
Then there's the story about the lady who had a daughter in an Atlanta hospital. When the nurse was working on some paperwork, the mother looked over and said, "Oh, you've already given her a name!" "Feh-mah-lay. What a pretty name!" Of course, she was probably on too many painkillers to realize she was reading the word "Female".
My own name isn't funny, but the story of how I got it is, if you're in the right mood... Anyways, my mother is haole (white), and my father is Chinese. I was born at home, with the help of a midwife, so my mother simply took her time giving me a name. She wanted to give me a nice Chinese name, but wanted to go to the library to research it first. Of course, she was in no condition to do so for a few days. It so happened that the fourth day, when she finally regained her strength, was a Wednesday. She went to the library to find it was closed on Wednesdays.
The only other Hysun I've heard of is a certain Korean lady who, by some very strange twist of fate, also shares my last name. Go figure.
I thoroughly enjoy having such a unique name, but as I'm one of those paranoid types, I wonder if something more generic would be nicer. After all, when you can google yourself and find yourself at the first link, you start to worry about identity theft and such...
My $0.02.
-azmaveth