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in reply to a message by Caprice
O is a surname in Korea. I remember reading once about a Korean immigrant to the USA who eventually had to change the spelling of his surname to "Oh" because the bureaucrats at places like the drivers' license office just wouldn't believe his last name could be "O". !
There also have been quite a few people in the USA whose parents have given them names which are just initials. Usually there are at least two letters which are always both pronounced when the person is being addressed: A.J., J.B., etc., though I suppose that some of these people probably have a single letter in the first name spot on their birth certificiates, with the second letter in the middle name spot.
There also have been quite a few people in the USA whose parents have given them names which are just initials. Usually there are at least two letters which are always both pronounced when the person is being addressed: A.J., J.B., etc., though I suppose that some of these people probably have a single letter in the first name spot on their birth certificiates, with the second letter in the middle name spot.
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Incidentally...
I used to have a co-worker of Korean origin with the last name Oh. Unless she is a descendant of that same immigrant, I'd imagine that Oh is a pretty standard transcription of O.
[And it did create misunderstandings. Several times I'd say "You need to speak to [first name] Oh," and people would ask what her full name was, apparently assuming that O. was just an initial used to differentiate her from another person with that first name. The fact that we *did* have another person with the same first name in the office didn't help a bit :)]
I used to have a co-worker of Korean origin with the last name Oh. Unless she is a descendant of that same immigrant, I'd imagine that Oh is a pretty standard transcription of O.
[And it did create misunderstandings. Several times I'd say "You need to speak to [first name] Oh," and people would ask what her full name was, apparently assuming that O. was just an initial used to differentiate her from another person with that first name. The fact that we *did* have another person with the same first name in the office didn't help a bit :)]
This message was edited 3/26/2007, 5:31 PM
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