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[uberscheisse]

"OTIS".

normally i don't try to force an english name on someone. however, i have this two-boy class late in the evenings and they are both named joon. one is disinterested, the other is like pinky in 'pinky and the brain'.

i named the pinky one otis. one of my best friends back home is named otis. i am praying the name will stick.

[Bulsajo]

Congrats.

But you will know you have grown from the pupil to the master, O Grasshopper, when you are able to successfully convince a stubborn 13 year old girl (and daughter of your boss) NOT to give herself the nickname "Leonardo DiCaprio".

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Leo's hold on Koreans is waning. They know who he is, but he's not the only game in town anymore.

[sheba]

I had students wanting to give themselves similar names. I simply told them they are not English names. Problem solved.

[tzechuk]

Isn't Otis the maker of lifts/elevators?

[bitter_hag]

[tardisrider]

Do you also have an Andy, a Barney and an Opey?

[ChimpumCallao]

whatever...back in the days, i named a kid "hercules"and "darth v."...i also had a class of three...morpheus, trinity, and neo.

notice i took my haggie job VERY seriously

[nev]

When I started at my school, all the fat boys were named Kevin.

[Zenpickle]

Skeletor.

For six months I taught a Skeletor.

Also had a Dumbo, and -- get this -- his parents insisted on that name. They recently moved to an English speaking country. I wonder how long that name stuck.

[joe_doufu]

omg, tzechuk, that picture of letty is adorable!

ps: I am *this close* to getting a smart middle school guy to accept the name "Dizzy"

[JeJuJitsu]

Back in the States, taught inner-city Public school, and in one class had students named Yoda, Chaquita, and Trigga. Real. Birth. Names.

[ChimpumCallao]

I believe it...read the freakonomics chapter on names:

Orangejello
Lemonjello
Ssh!thead (pronounced Shateed)
Jazzmyynnee

I personally had friends named Nakifia...and met a guy named "Sir"