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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject: English names that few Koreans have |
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So many of my students want English names, but it seems that there's a list of about 10 English names (Sue, Hannah, Jenny, Helen, etc.) that make up for about 90% of the English names Koreans have.
I'm trying to think up some more original ones - nice names, but ones that would not be so common in Korea - like Natalie or Deanne, for instance.
Have any suggestions for nice, easy to pronounce, and more oringal (girls) names?
And no, not Jill. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Sidney, Madison, and Jasmine are *girls* names? |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Joanne, Sarah, Donna, Emma, Lisa come to mind. Anything that's not Grace or Sunny, will be unusual, I think |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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I have a friend named Jasmine!
Don't use Emma, it is the Korean word for forehead.... the kids always laugh at that one.
Amy, Hayley, Bonnie are well liked names. Popular girls names are Mary, Alice and Christine, so if you dont have a lot of those names they might be good.
Popular boys names are Tony and James. |
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ashke516
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: on the beach
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Some of my kids names: Zoe, Chloe, Sophia, Lily, Belle, Tasha, Abby, Leah, Greta, Callie, Isabel, Tina, Linda, Dana... |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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Oooh racking my brain for names is fun!
Zach, Barnaby/Barney, Dominic/Dom, Mack (like the guy off CSI:NY), Lucas.
Emily, Elena, Brooke, Caitlin, Karina, Sonya, Annabelle, Francesca, Tracey (although Koreans pronounce this 'Trashey'  ), Penny, Leigh, Lana, Ella, Mia, Aroha (Maori for love/peace), Naomi.
Another I thought of, and the princessy girls will like this: Kumari. It's the name of an Indian-South African ex-workmate of mine and means 'goddess'. |
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gdimension
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ekuboko wrote: |
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Another I thought of, and the princessy girls will like this: Kumari. It's the name of an Indian-South African ex-workmate of mine and means 'goddess'. |
Hmmm....depending on how you pronounce it, I think that could mean (ungrammatically , but everyone could/would understand it) "9 animals" in Korean.
Maybe someone who speaks better Korean than I can confirm/deny that... |
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Sliver
Joined: 04 May 2003
Location: The third dimension
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm....depending on how you pronounce it, I think that could mean (ungrammatically , but everyone could/would understand it) "9 animals" in Korean.
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Some kids may make the correlation but you should use the pure Korean �ϰ� and not the Sino-Korean �� when using ����. |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| gdimension wrote: |
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Another I thought of, and the princessy girls will like this: Kumari. It's the name of an Indian-South African ex-workmate of mine and means 'goddess'. |
Hmmm....depending on how you pronounce it, I think that could mean (ungrammatically , but everyone could/would understand it) "9 animals" in Korean.
Maybe someone who speaks better Korean than I can confirm/deny that... |
She/we pronounced it "ku-MA-ri" |
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gdimension
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm....depending on how you pronounce it, I think that could mean (ungrammatically , but everyone could/would understand it) "9 animals" in Korean.
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Some kids may make the correlation but you should use the pure Korean �ϰ� and not the Sino-Korean �� when using ����. |
Right, although shouldn't that be ��ȩ? |
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gdimension
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Ekuboko wrote: |
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| Ekuboko wrote: |
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Another I thought of, and the princessy girls will like this: Kumari. It's the name of an Indian-South African ex-workmate of mine and means 'goddess'. |
Hmmm....depending on how you pronounce it, I think that could mean (ungrammatically , but everyone could/would understand it) "9 animals" in Korean.
Maybe someone who speaks better Korean than I can confirm/deny that... |
She/we pronounced it "ku-MA-ri" |
I know, I know.
Just trying to make a (lame?) joke.
It bombed.
Back to my hovel. |
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DirtySanchez
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Location: Neither here nor there
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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How about adding a little latin flavor into your classes, and naming your students Sanchez, Pablo, Pedro, Sancho, Emilio, Antonio, Luccia, Enrico, Carmine, Luciano, Orlando, Javier, Chiquitta, Consuela, Giovani, Paloma, Zeta, Alejandro, Alfonso, Alfredo, Carolina, etc.
Then again, you could always go the celebrity route and name them Denzel or Joaquin. |
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Please don't choose 'Mary' as a suitable English name. I once had a little Korean girl in my class called Mary and every time someone said her name the entire class would chirp "Merry Christmas" and then roll around laughing.
Every single time. |
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sarahsarah
Joined: 05 Aug 2004
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| I used to teach a Willis and an Anselmo. I thought those were pretty unique names. |
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