My friend and I were discussing about names in msn ytd night. I would say that it was a rather crappy but interesting conversation.
It started off like this:
- Chat in confidential - haha
Wayne: I like names like1)Chanel2)Charmaine3)Jermaine4)Shermaine etc etc.
Friend: what about silver, gold, jade?or platinium or copper?
Wayne: titanium or steel?
Friend: Rain or snow or dew
Wayne: u honeydew la or u wan watermelon
make yr name more high class la...maybe Chanel, Prada, Louis Vuitton.. i noe.... Cherry--rhyme wif your name arh
Wayne: but i'm afraid next time if i tell pple hey my name is wayne... den they'll jus say.. hey wei wei wei ( wayne wayne wayne )too bad my dad dun haf eng name, eg if my dad's name is john, den i'll be johnson
jack.. den jackson
Talking about names, I remembered vividly that my Pri 6 English Teacher, Ms Lim pronounced my name in a wierd way.
People pronounce JIAYE as - JIAYE, JIA YI or JIA EE. Whatever it is, I'm used to it. However, Ms Lim pronounced it as JI AYE. Do u know how to pronounce AYE? But, with her creative mind, she managed to.
I'd got another teacher, also called Ms Lim, who mispronounced my name too. She was my Junior College teacher. She superbly pronounce JIAYE as YUE TING.
Well, it seems that most Ms Lims do not know their hanyu pinyin well. Is my name that difficult to pronounce in the first place? I guessed so....
In my work place, I will never tell any reservistman that my name is Jiaye. Because they'll simply reply 'huh?' I'll say, just call me CPL Woo. Well, problem arises again. They'll ask 'CPL Wu?' Fed up with these questions, I guess I will have to say 'I am CPL Double U, Oh, Oh (Woo)'in the future.
I hope you guys understand my exasperation.
Never mind, if there is a problem, there will be a solution.