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Originally posted by carnation
OMG. The post on ethnic names reminded me--not only does the community college here have a professor named Long Wang, but the pronunciation of the name of a boy that my oldest graduated with was "Chew My Dong". I don't know what the spelling was.
The graduates were waiting expectantly to hear the superintendent say his name. He said it real fast but they all fell out of their seats laughing anyway.
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See that's what I don't get. One doesn't lose his or her ethnic identity if they change their name to something more westernized. "Chew My Dong" would still be the same person if his name were, say Michael, Donald or Charles/Charlie. .My mom only had a Chinese name until she started junior high school at a Catholic school run by American nuns. Adding a westernized name didn't change her one bit.
Edited because I just realized that I had "would still be the same person" twice!!!
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