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Fortigurn
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| Taylor wrote: |
| In answer to Fortigurn, signatures are less "official" in Taiwan than "name chops." These are carved objects (about the size of a thumb) that have your Chinese name at the bottom. After stamping the chop in red ink, you stamp it on important papers. |
Ah, I thought it might be something like that - like the Japanese. Thanks, where do I get some? |
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Taylor
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
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Location: Texas/Taiwan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:11 am Post subject: |
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In Kaohsiung, you can find places all around town that make "name chops."
For some reason, the same guy who does this is usually a locksmith/key-maker, as well.
Best wishes.
Taylor |
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LSP
Joined: 09 May 2004
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| markholmes wrote: |
My Chinese name is 'He Ma Ke', the fist two characters sounding like hippopotamus (He - river, Ma - Horse).
It didn't take my preschoolkids long to pick up on that one. |
my chinese teacher said the first chinese name he was ever given translated to "come pull horse." after he finished the long haul of learning the languege he later visited his teacher who appologised for giving him that name. he then changed it to lin wen li.
one of my teachers said he had a vietnamese roomate in college named rambo. |
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