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Thank you! That was the question I was asking . . . if you would have thought twice upon meeting this little girl if her name was "Mai". Her mother and father, bless their souls, thought she didn't look the part, while I thought that -- simply by virtue of the fact that she is a member of the culture -- she has every right to have the name, whether she looks the part or not.
I didn't mean to say that a person of Vietnamese descent is Asian enough to have an Asian name -- I meant that she is part Vietnamese so, by default, there is aboslutely nothing wrong with giving her a Vietnamese name (actually, I guess I mistyped because I did mean to write "part Vietnamese" to begin with . . . but I wasn't logged in so I can't fix it now ~_~).
I didn't mean to say that a person of Vietnamese descent is Asian enough to have an Asian name -- I meant that she is part Vietnamese so, by default, there is aboslutely nothing wrong with giving her a Vietnamese name (actually, I guess I mistyped because I did mean to write "part Vietnamese" to begin with . . . but I wasn't logged in so I can't fix it now ~_~).
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I meant that she is part Vietnamese so, by default, there is aboslutely nothing wrong with giving her a Vietnamese name
The part that I find fault with is that you think her looks don't matter because she is Asian. My point is that people seem to think it's wrong if she were neither Asian nor looked the part. A half French/half Slovak person living in Alaska should be able to be named Mai without people thinking twice.
Edited because the face looks weird as a link with the underline through it. :)
I meant that she is part Vietnamese so, by default, there is aboslutely nothing wrong with giving her a Vietnamese name
The part that I find fault with is that you think her looks don't matter because she is Asian. My point is that people seem to think it's wrong if she were neither Asian nor looked the part. A half French/half Slovak person living in Alaska should be able to be named Mai without people thinking twice.
Edited because the face looks weird as a link with the underline through it. :)
This message was edited 1/5/2007, 1:18 AM
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Phew . . . here's where we agree
As do I. However, her parents were bothered by the idea of naming a non-ethnic-looking child an ethnic name, which is what I was curious about -- if anyone else thought the child, despite looking Caucasian in the parents opinion, did not look ethnic enough to be given an ethnic name.
I don't think that an individual has to be a member of a specific creed or culture to have the right to a name . . . but my point is that it shouldn't have bothered her parents in the least because she is a member of that culture and, therefore, has a right to be named thusly regardless of whether or not she looks it. The way a phrased the statement was meant to punctuate the fact that, even though the parents obviously think that one has to be a member of a culture to have a name from said culture, the simple fact that she is a member of the culture should have been enough for them without her appearance factoring into it.
As do I. However, her parents were bothered by the idea of naming a non-ethnic-looking child an ethnic name, which is what I was curious about -- if anyone else thought the child, despite looking Caucasian in the parents opinion, did not look ethnic enough to be given an ethnic name.
I don't think that an individual has to be a member of a specific creed or culture to have the right to a name . . . but my point is that it shouldn't have bothered her parents in the least because she is a member of that culture and, therefore, has a right to be named thusly regardless of whether or not she looks it. The way a phrased the statement was meant to punctuate the fact that, even though the parents obviously think that one has to be a member of a culture to have a name from said culture, the simple fact that she is a member of the culture should have been enough for them without her appearance factoring into it.
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Good job of straightening things out without anyone getting rude :-)
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I see.
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I wish I had taken more time to word my post . . . I hope you don't think poorly of me now
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