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English Names Chosen by Chinese Students
I spent the past summer teaching English in a smallish city in mainland China. The students at the private school often chose their own English names. The names listed below are among the more bizarre and I am sure I've forgotten some...Enjoy!Girls:
Nebula -- 20 years old
Rainbow -- 14 years old
Kiwi
Lampicka -- 13 years old, she told me her English teacher in regular school (who is Chinese) gave her this name. Pronounced Lamb-Peek-Ah
Cookie
Shine
Maygan
Sunny
Icey -- about 45 years old
Paddy
Cherry
Boys:
Horsey-Ma -- His surname is "Ma" which means "horse" in Chinese
Wonderful
Wavedance -- 15 years old
Dream -- about 30 years old
Porpoise -- 16 years old
Honey-Bee -- 18 years old and about to go to Canada to study in college
Strong
Jerry-Su
Kobe -- I had three students with this name. Kobe Bryant is extremely popular there
Imagine -- 20 years old
Dandy -- 18 years old
Honestly, it was difficult to say some of these names with a straight face half the time :P
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English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Juliet  ·  11/21/2009, 3:14 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Anneza  ·  11/23/2009, 12:38 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Chrysanthemum  ·  11/21/2009, 7:20 PM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Callie  ·  11/21/2009, 2:25 PM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  BBH  ·  11/21/2009, 10:04 AM
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Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  MoonAgeDaydreamer  ·  11/21/2009, 9:49 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Juliet  ·  11/22/2009, 4:44 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Rachel Shaina  ·  11/21/2009, 7:24 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  jennifer  ·  11/21/2009, 7:22 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Juliet  ·  11/22/2009, 4:48 AM
Re: English Names Chosen by Chinese Students  ·  Murasaki  ·  11/21/2009, 3:43 AM