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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Actually on reflection my son has a six syllable name when spelt out in Hangul, five when said in English. We also added a korean middle name on his NZ passport, something we couldn't do apparently in Korea. |
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yomuthabyotch
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Hell, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
Why? Would...anyone want to.....do such a thing! Not that being a korean is bad. But....you will ALWAYS be a foreigner.
In my opinion...a foreigner would always be an outsider. Always. |
Hmm... the sentiment many Asians feel living in America (maybe in Canada too?). I still get asked stupid foreigner questions. And I'm an American citizen for *beep*'s sake.  |
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Holyjoe
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: Away for a cuppa
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| J.B. Clamence wrote: |
| I remember that Polish soccer player had to do this when he became a citizen. He was playing for Incheon, so he named himself In-cheon. |
Not quite.. he was Russian (Denis Laktionov) and he played for Seongnam, so he became Lee Song-nam. The guy at Incheon (Manic Radivoje) never went through with naturalising.
Then again there's a Croatian defender called Jasenko Sabitovic who took citizenship recently and his passport name is "Sabitovic"
(FAO mods, these documents were posted on the official Seongnam website so I guess he gave his permission for them to be posted on the internet..) |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| Holyjoe wrote: |
| (FAO mods, these documents were posted on the official Seongnam website so I guess he gave his permission for them to be posted on the internet..) |
You really think that? My university publishes our home addresses and phone numbers in the student guide. Mine wasn't published the next year when I voiced my concerns. |
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