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HelpBonjour or Buongiorno?
I've suggested these names for my mother; we're getting a puppy sometime in the Spring and I was surprised to hear her reject them, along with "Hola", "Arrivederci", "Sayonara", "Gracias", "Auf-Wiedersehen", "Pourquoi", "Quoi", "Qué", "Aloha", "Danke", "Mahalo", "Por-favor", "Ohayō", and the like. She even rejected "Hello"!
This message was edited 12/31/2008, 1:25 PM
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Get the picture, like, duh.
Hey, try a few more languages. Are you STILL going to be surprised when they're rejected?
Try ANOTHER word or phrase. Preferably not a greeting. It's a name. How would you feel if your mother had named you "Goodmorning?"
Hey, try a few more languages. Are you STILL going to be surprised when they're rejected?
Try ANOTHER word or phrase. Preferably not a greeting. It's a name. How would you feel if your mother had named you "Goodmorning?"
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your mama's right
Aside from the fact that many of those foreign words are awfully long to use as names...
Why on earth would you name anything, evena dog, Hello?
Like, hellooooo?!
Aside from the fact that many of those foreign words are awfully long to use as names...
Why on earth would you name anything, evena dog, Hello?
Like, hellooooo?!
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THIS was the reason that I began this thread; it looked so ridiculous that I just had to elaborate:
http://www.mikesblender.com/japangrish_one_15.htm
http://www.mikesblender.com/japangrish_one_15.htm
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I don't blame her.
I wouldn't really want to name a puppy any of those things either.
I wouldn't really want to name a puppy any of those things either.
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Me neither, but
At least it isn't for a human baby?
At least it isn't for a human baby?
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Agreed
...can you imagine it would be like to be a kid on a school trip to France, named Porquoi?! :P
...can you imagine it would be like to be a kid on a school trip to France, named Porquoi?! :P
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