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Koreans Choosing Foreign Names

 
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Real Reality



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:08 am    Post subject: Koreans Choosing Foreign Names Reply with quote

Foreign Names Popular Among Koreans
By Kim Tong-hyung, Korea Times (August 14, 2006)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200608/kt2006081418431511960.htm
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have one for you


아론
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The Hierophant



Joined: 13 Sep 2005

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Juregen wrote:
I have one for you


아론


When I write it on the board for my students I spell it 애런, but I think that has alot to do with my kiwi accent/pronunciation Smile
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Woland



Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No mention of Olabia in the article. I'm disappointed.
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Hierophant wrote:
Juregen wrote:
I have one for you


아론


When I write it on the board for my students I spell it 애런, but I think that has alot to do with my kiwi accent/pronunciation Smile


I try to be as close as possible to the Hebrew as is possible. So it becomes
아론

But even my sosn sometimes says 애런, and he is 16 months old.
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The Hierophant



Joined: 13 Sep 2005

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heh heh, fair enough then Smile
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Guri Guy



Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In my first job we tried to name kids after the Simpsons.
We ended up with Bart, Lisa, Homer, Ralph, Terri and Sherri (Who would have thought identical twins would show up? Huzzah!), Nelson, Otto and a windfall occured when a Milhouse signed up. Perhaps someone else had the same idea? Wink
Good times at the hellhole known as Guri Wonderland. *Ugh*
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Hierophant wrote:
Juregen wrote:
I have one for you


아론


When I write it on the board for my students I spell it 애런, but I think that has alot to do with my kiwi accent/pronunciation Smile


Yeah, me too, at least that is how I teach them to pronounce my name.
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ursus_rex



Joined: 20 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul, ROK

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey! I named my new baby Aaron, as well. Did you know, the Hanja characters mean Asia Thought, or something like that. My wife went to some web site that rated names and how good/lucky/suitable they are, and told me the characters rated 5 out of 5, whatever that means, as a baby name (I think this also matches to date of birth and other factors). Some famous name Professor, who gets paid a lot of money to choose names, runs the provided the info on the site.
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Woland wrote:
No mention of Olabia in the article. I'm disappointed.


LEGEND!
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