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Lao Wai
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: East Coast Canada
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 Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: Hooked on Phonics Worked for Me!! |
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Hi,
Just a slight rant. What is with parents spelling their children's names phonetically or in really 'whacked' ways? Take the contestant on American Idol. Her name is Jordan. Oh, sorry...JORDIN. When I was teaching in Canada I noticed this phenomenon in the lower primary grades. I think the impetus behind it is for parents to give their child some originality. But parents, hello! Even if you spell it Mykyl, your kid still has the generic name, Michael. Stefenee is still Stephanie, and Leahsa is still Lisa. If you want your kid to have some originality, give them an ORIGINAL name! Furthermore, I think these new spellings look ugly and make it look like you kid was too dumb to spell it the right way.
--Rant over |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: |
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This...from a person whose screen name is Lao Wai!!  |
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Lao Wai
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: East Coast Canada
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| This...from a person whose screen name is Lao Wai!! |
Sorry, I don't see what you're getting at. Is there a more common way to spell 'Lao Wai'?  |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Lao is ok...it's the Wai. Shouldn't it be Way? |
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Lao Wai
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: East Coast Canada
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| Lao is ok...it's the Wai. Shouldn't it be Way? |
Hey,
In Mandarin, the 'wai' in Lao Wai sounds like the word 'why'. If I was trying to spell it phonetically, I could use 'Lao Why'. However, I chose the most common spelling, which I believe is 'Lao Wai'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laowai |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Ah...but you were ranting about NORTH AMERICAN phonics, right?? We'd NEVER spell "why" as "wai"!!
If I had a student who spelled their name "Wai" I'd pronounce it "way". Wouldn't you??? |
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Lao Wai
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: East Coast Canada
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
Ah...but you were ranting about NORTH AMERICAN phonics, right?? We'd NEVER spell "why" as "wai"!!
If I had a student who spelled their name "Wai" I'd pronounce it "way". Wouldn't you??? |
No actually, I wouldn't. Think of 'Tai Chi'. 'Tai' has the same sound as 'Wai', and so, they are both spelled using -ai but sound like 'why'.
Anyway, the point of my original post was that people should just stick to the original spellings. As for my screen name, Lao Wai is the most common way to spell this Chinese word in English. That's why I chose it. Just as you could spell Tai Chi as 'Tie Chee', but to me, it looks stupid.
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mikowee
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| If you want your kid to have some originality, give them an ORIGINAL name! |
Parents do this, too. They would name their kid something like Shitty, but pronounced Shi-TEE. I forgot the specific example(s) I saw, but the point is that some people are just retards who like to handicap their children with ridiculous names. |
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waltjocketty
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| my personal favorite is anfernee |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Parents want their child to be special/better/stand out in a crowd.
This phenomena used to be something the rich did (John Mark Paul Jones III). These days, the gutter-trash and the middle class want in on the name thing.
I always got a laugh out of people my age who had babies, and named them something flaunty, rich, and male-model-ish. Whatever happened to simple names like Todd, Chris, Mark, etc.? We have to name our boy children like they're male pin-ups: Brandon or girls something frumped-up like Brianna or Madison.
The two-name names are the ones that make me want to barf: John Michael (used as one full name), etc.
Oh, pleeeze.
This name generator can help you create your kid's trendy name:
http://nine.frenchboys.net/trendy.php
I suppose it's always been this way... the older names just seem more normal to us, because we grew up with them.
This is an interesting read:
http://babyparenting.about.com/od/gettingready/a/choosinganame.htm |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| gsxr750r wrote: |
Parents want their child to be special/better/stand out in a crowd.
This phenomena used to be something the rich did (John Mark Paul Jones III). These days, the gutter-trash and the middle class want in on the name thing.
I always got a laugh out of people my age who had babies, and named them something flaunty, rich, and male-model-ish. Whatever happened to simple names like Todd, Chris, Mark, etc.? We have to name our boy children like they're male pin-ups: Brandon or girls something frumped-up like Brianna or Madison.
The two-name names are the ones that make me want to barf: John Michael (used as one full name), etc.
Oh, pleeeze.
This name generator can help you create your kid's trendy name:
http://nine.frenchboys.net/trendy.php
I suppose it's always been this way... the older names just seem more normal to us, because we grew up with them.
This is an interesting read:
http://babyparenting.about.com/od/gettingready/a/choosinganame.htm |
Checked out the "frechboys" site and it comes with this warning:
WARNING: Using this generator for serious purposes, such as actually naming the helpless fruit of your loins, may cause a wide range of symptoms including uncontrollable snickering, typographical errors and matricide.
Names should fit the future of the child you bring into the world. A girl named Bambi is NOT going to be a bank president!! |
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