Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Pangit]

Jules, Nigel, Harlod, Oliver, Geoffrey, Edward, Harriet, Eleanor, Elizabeth. Those are pretty English sounding to me.

I like Aloysius.

[Kimchieluver]

Ulysseys

[Sliver]

yeh ..... that's right

[joe_doufu]

Pluto, Jupiter, Rocket, Neptune, Astro, Cosmo, Saturn, Dash, Zero, Galileo, Optimus, Megatron, Apollo, Mercury, Kirk, Spock, Quasar, Orion, Beetlejuice, Jar-Jar, Starbuck

Galactica, Nebula, Europa, Callisto, Venus, Luna, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Aludra, Solara, Millenia, Athena, Minerva, Leia, Padmy, Starbuck

[joe_doufu]

Forgot to mention, I just named a kid SCOOTER last week.

[Binch Lover]

I teach kids called Aragon, Legolas, Marino, Licky... It makes them more interesting than the usual crap. I also just named a class after the South Park kids (including Timmy).

[Bo Peabody]

Bo

Short for Beaumonte

[Rteacher]

At my schools there has been no shortage of Lisa's or Sara's or Sally's (my mother's name) I've also named kids Joanne (my first girl friend) Donna, Madonna, Brittainy, Angelina (etc.) Natalie (my cousin's kid) Oliver, Cecil, Beckham, Pumba, Owen, Ringo, Solomon, many David's (my brother's name) Kane, Leonard, Luke, Romeo, Juliette, Grace, Kelly, Lex, Leo, Mort, Felix, Randolf, Eunice, Hank, Chad, Mario, Tina, Sonya (my cousin) Kevin (another cousin) Scott, Ronald (my name) Arnold, Liz, Brenda (my brother's wife) Tina, Irene (my aunt) Austin ("Stone Cold") Armani (the kid insisted...) Bert, Jonathon, Shelly, Wendy, Mick, Sandra, Sondra, Thomasina, Nelson, Chester, Tyler, Andre, Zidan (?) Ollie, Chucky, Marine (?) Pele, Macaully (against my recommendation) Stanley, Khan, Ivan, Edge and Lita... (I know - poor kids...)

[nrvs]

How many Koreans have Black American names? Well, some of my students have 'em now:

Kyesha
Jamal
Latonda
Tyrone
Tyreese
Curtis
Mashanda

I've also given out these names:

Aidan
Francis
Roxann
Lily
Hannah

Unusual/mangled names I've come across:

Netty
Witty
Yesir (his Korean mom gave him this one; we both agreed it was terrible but she wouldn't let him change it)
Kail
Jin

[joe_doufu]

[Privateer]

[Paji eh Wong]

Called a girl Nico once. The kids turned it into Geko, which means "dogs nose".

I had two twins and their cousin in my kindy class once. The twins were Ali and Frazier, and the cousin was Big George. That only lasted until the next class with the Korea teacher.

Have you considered Chewbacca?

[steveohan]

i am quite fond of the name venus

steve.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[JacktheCat]

When I was coming up with English names for my 900 plus high school students I had to resort to some pretty unusal names.

My students particularly loved the Roman names ... Julius, Max, Tiberius, etc.