Korean Job Discussion Forums

[PatrickBateman]

I'm sure we've all had some good ones before, drop some of your best.


Today I taught a Buzz Lightyear
Tomato
Lotte Giants
A friend told me he had a Megatron Castle and another said he had an Elf.

[Xuanzang]

Zealot
Gogos
Sao Paolo

[Troglodyte]

I was at a friend's school and he had a student named Bum-suck. Another friend has some students named Me-suck and You-suck. And those are their real names. Compared to that, I'd take Buzz Lightyear or Megatron any day.

[Globutron]

I get to name new kids in my place, but I just haven't had to guts to do what I really, really want and just give them some bizarre name. The korean teachers wouldn't really know any better, but man, it's a scary thought.

I had two boys arrive. I didn't think to name them Laurel and Hardy until it was too late =(

[GreenlightmeansGO]

Real Korean names:
Hyun DaeWoo (Notice it is hyundai and daewoo combined)
Lee TaeRi (Pronounced the same as 'Italy', because his father studied in Italy)
Yu DaHi (if you say it quickly it sounds like 'you die')

[Passions]

이만원

[yoja]

I always tell my kids that my "Korean name" is 수나미

[mgafunnell]

named a kid Venus. imagine how it sounded when she said it

[hapigokelli]

My girls highschool:
Ketchup and Mayonaise
Timon and Pumba
Prada, Gucci and Chanel
Triangle
Churky
Lady Gaga, Avril Lavigne and Marylin Monroe

but my favorite: Grandpa

My boyfriend's Elementary:
Super Mario and White Mario
Dorito
Sun Chip
Terminator

I wish I could remember them all!

[Welsh Canadian]

Lee Mai il.

Say it like a korean would

[b-class rambler]

[Unposter]

Back in the day, I taught at a hakwon and one day a fully-grown woman entered my class. She said her name was the Elf of Shampoo. When I asked her why that was her name, she said it was the exact name of her last English teacher. She lasted a month and moved on.

[detourne_me]

박유만!

[Xuanzang]

유박인?

[Underwaterbob]

I have a 기로이스, Koreanizatin of Lois, family name 기. Only it sounds more like rois.

Weird English names over the years:

Thunderman
Space
Jupiter
Simpson
Bart
Homer (same class as Bart)
Psycho
Superman
Gun
Obama (almost a Korean name)

Hmm, I just noticed they're all boys. The girls tend to go for real English names, but I've forgotten more than I can remember, so I'm probably missing a few.