Tuesday, November 30, 2010

English name

Bila tengok citer kat TV, masa nama-nama actors/actresses & orang-belakang-tabir kuar tu..MrHubby ada cakap "Camna la diorang ni pilih nama ye? Surname tu kadang-kadang pelik je."

Meh kita tengok contoh sikit.
  • Christina Applegate : Pagar Epal.
  • Britney Spears: Lembing
  • Justin Timberlake: Tasik Kayu Pokok
  • Lindsay Lohan: Ikan lohan

Bulleted ListWahahahaha...



I addressed most of my non-Malay friends (kat Aus dulu) by their English names.
Yang nama pelik-pelik dari Thai, macam Namfon Pantarat... we called her Beth.
Nama dari China yang tergeliat lidah nak sebut, we call Benson, Julia dan ntah apa lagi.

Those from Germany, France, Aussie and the like.. use common English names.
The not-so-tongue-twisting ones (e.g. from Vanuatu, India, Japanese, Vietnam)...guna nama masing-masing la. Roy, Enneth, Sanket, Sandip, Suguru, Thao.

My two best friends....
The one from Korea, Myung Jin is Kelly. Her bf (now hubs) is Wayne.
The Taiwanese Chien Ting is Rebecca.




Aku sendiri diorang panggil 'Is' je. Pernah sekali tu aku test tanya Kelly "Do u know my real name?"
"Ermm.. I think it's Isabella."

Hahaha... Nak berguling atas lantai pun ada, nak kembang hidung pun ada.
No wonder la Rebecca sent my birthday present with the name Isabella (not Isabelle) on the envelope.

Giler la. Berkawan sikit punya kamceng, eventually when I asked Kelly to collect my booking details from the StudentFlights dia belek passport aku... baru dia tau nama penuh aku.


I once asked my other Korean housemate, Chris (the one in orange)- HOW DID HE GET HIS ENGLISH NAME?
He said... his Aussie godmother wanted to make things easy, so he was asked to pick one English name.
And?
Bcoz I simply think 'Chris' is easy, I decided on the name.

Laaa... mati-mati aku bayangkan pemilihan nama tu ada cara dan salasilahnye. Buang karen jer.
Patutlah Rebecca boleh berangan nak tukar nama jadi Cynthia. Yet, she still used the former on her wedding day.

Anyway, I was strictly reminded by them not to use their English names kalo call umah diorang dulu, sebab parents diorang maybe ingat salah nombor. Hahaha.
So, I learnt several Korean/Mandarin words to start the phone conversation, before uttering their real names.


So, peeps...if u were to pick one English name (saja suka-suka), what'd it be?
I'm happy with mine bcoz ISABELLE tu ada makna yang sangat mendalam bagi aku.


15 comments:

  1. Mati2an I igt mmg ur name Isabelle something2. *senyum sipu2 malu*

    I always love Daniella. Achi x pilih tu jd Eng name I.

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  2. hahahaha
    memang berbelit-belit nak sebut nama yang pelik-pelik!

    err teringat masa kat lenggong, Perak ada kedai ubat Tuck Onn Thong *tak untung!*
    tapi dia untung!dah ada 3 cawangan dah!hehehee

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  3. Amboii..apa makna dibalik Isabelle tu 'bella'...bgla tau..jgn la nk kedekut..
    Kalau aku stay la kot ZETA..xke iras2 Zeta Jones kat ctu..hihihi..

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  4. I've always loved Melissa.. entah kenapa lahh :)

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  5. MIne would be Jean ( Minat Jean Grey-xmen)

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  6. English name eh... erm..PAMELA ANDERSON? boleh? tapi kalo my Indian name, RAJIAH jadi RAJU la kott.. kah kah kah.

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  7. haha..aku kalau English name nak nama Rapunzel..haha..

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  8. bibier,
    wow...lovely name!
    teruskan lah ditipu olehku..hehehe

    munira,
    hahaha.ternyata 'apa ada pada nama'.

    zeta,
    ada lerr..(dgn suara gedix)
    u lak, camna leh jadi zeta jones ni, roZeta che wan oii?

    aidaikmal,
    nmpk mcm it suits ur personality.

    jiji,
    jin afrit je la yg sesuwei dgn kau dik...noti sgt.kekekeke
    pamela besar 'di situ'..kau besar part yg ngam2 bwh di situ. mana buleh. raju je la.

    nia,
    nnt i tarik rambut u kuat2 utk panjat tower, tercabut tak?hehehe

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  9. nama i dah English kan? hehehe

    tapi masa primary school tuh (or was it kindy) I kept wanting to have the name Jane...ntah2 it was influenced by the 'Peter & Jane' series of books. hahaha

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  10. i suka nama yg bole pass english or malay - like hannah. kalo boy, adam tu dah cantek la tu :)

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  11. reitak,
    haha. dah english pun boleh dienglishkan lagi.

    oyis,
    oh yes...i like that kinda name too. takde la smpi xde maksud.

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  12. my real name is i***** sofia. tp bila start keje, boss suka panggil sofia sbb dia ckp senang mat saleh nak nyebut compare to my front name. hehehe.. so lekat la my name sofia sampai skang..

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  13. kalau aku nak nama Diana..tapi cam nama org melayu jugak je kan hahaha..takpuas hati sbb tak tahu nama ko smpai skang

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  14. nama penuh aku penuh kemelayuan. tapi bule lak menyimpang ke Elyn. tapi kalau bg pilihan aku nak nama anne!! hihih

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  15. Agak2 laa kan..klu mcm I nih..English name apa laa erk yang sesuwai gituu...aauwww... ~gediks~

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