Funny English Names
One of the more amusing things I've taken up recently is making a list of funny English names that locals have given themselves. Granted, most of them are not fluent in the language, and probably are unaware that their chosen names might be funny to some of us, but it's still worth a laugh or two when I come across those really peculiar ones. While most of us ex-pats have met our shares of Apples (quite common with children here), there are some others that I've come across that either raise an eyebrow or are just downright ironic and/or comical:
(not in any particular order)
1. Cola
2. Straight (as in...?)
3. Bulletin (my favorite so far)
4. Katfinny (wtf?)
5. Fanny / Fannie (this one is very common, and funny only if you're familiar with what it means in British English)
6. Big Bird (seen on the name plaque on the back of a city bus)
7. Bear (also on a bus, but it was a tiny old guy)
8. Aska ("Ask'a what?")
9. Marlboro
10. Truth
11. Bird
12. Boss
13. Pudding
posted by Brently at 2:03 PM
1 Comments:
I think this is a very interesting phenomenon and one that a few, though only a few, Taiwanese people are beginning to wake up to.
For those who can read Chinese, there's an interesting blog article, written by a Taiwanese woman, asking why it is that Taiwanese people feel the need to do it.
It's very interesting, as are the comments of here readers. You can find it here:
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/Turvey/21065037
10:20 PM
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