The name game
"Arnold, Arnold bo Barnold, Bonana fanna fo Farnold, Fee fy mo Marnold, Arnold!"
"Glen, Glen bo blen, bonana fanna fo flen, fee fy mo mlen, Glen!"
"Pei Pei, Pei Pei bo bei bei, bonana fanna fo fei fei, fee fy mo mei mei, Pei Pei!"
*laugh* This is kinda stupid isnt it?
An additional Alex to the phonebook prompted this latest entry. The grand total of the number of Alexes in my phonebook to date - 7
"erm, Alex, okay, Alex what?"
The surname is important in this case. Throw a stone into the crowd and it may hit an Alex anytime. Or yell "alex" down orchard road, chances of a substantial number heads turning in bewilderment are pretty high. If your name happens to be Alex, and your ancestors incidentally the Tans, you belong to the league of unoriginally named gentlemen. *laugh*
Over at the mademoiselle's, Cheryl's it. I reckon I know at least 5 with this name, though I must admit Cheryl's a pretty name. It's prevalent enough for me to safely assume that should I introduce myself as that, the chances of identifying me again are rather slim. Yes, Cheryl's my other name. Self declared for non-official purposes.
"eh you know Cheryl?"
"Cheryl what, from where?"
Blank looks...
Ahhh... the power of a unique name. My Chemistry teacher back in Sec 3 declared to the class she was gonna name her baby girl Methane. The whole class thought it cool then, but seriously, imagine the distress of the poor kid when she gets to Secondary Sch. Then there is this celeb who proudly named her son Beckham. Sheesh, I would think my dad played a real big joke on me if he named me after the last name of some poseur soccer bigwig.
"Glen, Glen bo blen, bonana fanna fo flen, fee fy mo mlen, Glen!"
"Pei Pei, Pei Pei bo bei bei, bonana fanna fo fei fei, fee fy mo mei mei, Pei Pei!"
*laugh* This is kinda stupid isnt it?
An additional Alex to the phonebook prompted this latest entry. The grand total of the number of Alexes in my phonebook to date - 7
"erm, Alex, okay, Alex what?"
The surname is important in this case. Throw a stone into the crowd and it may hit an Alex anytime. Or yell "alex" down orchard road, chances of a substantial number heads turning in bewilderment are pretty high. If your name happens to be Alex, and your ancestors incidentally the Tans, you belong to the league of unoriginally named gentlemen. *laugh*
Over at the mademoiselle's, Cheryl's it. I reckon I know at least 5 with this name, though I must admit Cheryl's a pretty name. It's prevalent enough for me to safely assume that should I introduce myself as that, the chances of identifying me again are rather slim. Yes, Cheryl's my other name. Self declared for non-official purposes.
"eh you know Cheryl?"
"Cheryl what, from where?"
Blank looks...
Ahhh... the power of a unique name. My Chemistry teacher back in Sec 3 declared to the class she was gonna name her baby girl Methane. The whole class thought it cool then, but seriously, imagine the distress of the poor kid when she gets to Secondary Sch. Then there is this celeb who proudly named her son Beckham. Sheesh, I would think my dad played a real big joke on me if he named me after the last name of some poseur soccer bigwig.
Being Chinese, I believe surnames are immensely essential. Please do take a while to rehearse the sounds of the dialect name before you mark it down in your little bundle of joy's birth certificate. A friend told me he used to take a dig at a friend named "Chao Chee Wai". *laugh* And there are also the poor peeps out there called "Ji Hong".
I knew a girl whose parents named her "Pebble". I thought it endearing, sounds like that of a pup. *laugh* In future when naming your kid, choose something out of this world, something like "Hamburger". With a name like that, being a Tan doesnt matter anymore. Yes, Hamburger Tan. Love that name. *laugh*
posted by Epiphany @ 10:41 AM
1 Comments:
Alex is a nice name! but the guy with a nice name normally isnt nice afterall... bcos if he is really nice...then there's no need for a nice name! :P
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