Chinese Couple Tries to Name Baby '@'
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Creative in naming!! And his nickname will be "little mouse"!
Associated Press
Thursday, August 16, 2007
BEIJING A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive name for their child settled on the e-mail 'at' symbol annoying government officials grappling with an influx of unorthodox names.
The unidentified couple were cited Thursday by a government official as an example of citizens bringing bizarre names into the Chinese language.
Written Chinese does not use an alphabet but is comprised of characters, sometimes making it difficult to develop words for new or foreign objects and ideas. As of last year, only 129 names accounted for 87 percent of all surnames in China, Li Yuming, vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference.
The letters 'a' and 't' can be pronounced in a way that sounds like the phrase "love him" in Chinese.
The father "said 'the whole world uses it to write e-mails and, translated into Chinese, it means 'love him,'" Li said.
Li did not say if police, who are the arbiters of names because they issue identity cards, rejected baby 'at.'
Associated Press
Thursday, August 16, 2007
BEIJING A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive name for their child settled on the e-mail 'at' symbol annoying government officials grappling with an influx of unorthodox names.
The unidentified couple were cited Thursday by a government official as an example of citizens bringing bizarre names into the Chinese language.
Written Chinese does not use an alphabet but is comprised of characters, sometimes making it difficult to develop words for new or foreign objects and ideas. As of last year, only 129 names accounted for 87 percent of all surnames in China, Li Yuming, vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference.
The letters 'a' and 't' can be pronounced in a way that sounds like the phrase "love him" in Chinese.
The father "said 'the whole world uses it to write e-mails and, translated into Chinese, it means 'love him,'" Li said.
Li did not say if police, who are the arbiters of names because they issue identity cards, rejected baby 'at.'
17 Aug 2007 02:28
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Replying to [tomorrowneverknow]:
Welcome to crazy naming of children China!
Still got to go a long way to beat Frank Zappa though....
Moon-Unit is still the craziest name out there
Welcome to crazy naming of children China!
Still got to go a long way to beat Frank Zappa though....
Moon-Unit is still the craziest name out there
17 Aug 2007 11:27
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Replying to [tomorrowneverknow]:hey same is post here also. Double entry. you are late :
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/188712/Parents_wantes_to_be_the_BABY_name_.htm
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http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/188712/Parents_wantes_to_be_the_BABY_name_.htm
17 Aug 2007 20:48
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Replying to [Athena Wang]:
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I still got something more!! I know his nickname 'little mouse", which is the usual way people in mainland China calling @.![[em7]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_shy.gif)
I still got something more!! I know his nickname 'little mouse", which is the usual way people in mainland China calling @.
17 Aug 2007 21:04
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Replying to [tomorrowneverknow]:
It is fine to have a Nickname like that?
someone was called Computer "Mouse",
or everything you can imagine ,just for a nickname,
like or not.....
hahah , Fattie or what, or Korean name Kim San Shun?
is really bad......
It is not good to make such an odd name as one's office name
otherwise the name should be changed once your kids
old enough to make it a new one for themselve....
Don't be wondering to be Hot-Name online....
it is crazy
It is fine to have a Nickname like that?
someone was called Computer "Mouse",
or everything you can imagine ,just for a nickname,
like or not.....
hahah , Fattie or what, or Korean name Kim San Shun?
is really bad......
It is not good to make such an odd name as one's office name
otherwise the name should be changed once your kids
old enough to make it a new one for themselve....
Don't be wondering to be Hot-Name online....
it is crazy
17 Aug 2007 21:12
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Replying to [Foow]:
Prince, the singer, has used a symbol with no pronunciation as his name!! In 1995.
Prince explained his name change as follows:
"The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to Warner Bros. was to change my name from Prince to (symbol). Prince is the name that my Mother gave me at birth. Warner Bros. took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros. I was born Prince and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was (symbol), a symbol with no pronunciation, that is a representation of me and what my music is about. This symbol is present in my work over the years; it is a concept that has evolved from my frustration; it is who I am. It is my name."
Prince, the singer, has used a symbol with no pronunciation as his name!! In 1995.
Prince explained his name change as follows:
"The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to Warner Bros. was to change my name from Prince to (symbol). Prince is the name that my Mother gave me at birth. Warner Bros. took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros. I was born Prince and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was (symbol), a symbol with no pronunciation, that is a representation of me and what my music is about. This symbol is present in my work over the years; it is a concept that has evolved from my frustration; it is who I am. It is my name."
17 Aug 2007 21:14
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