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Thread: Why do you, a chinese, have a english name?
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[quote=TERRYSPYYDER ,10545]Many chinese Singaporeans have such names too just like myself. We don't call this as our English name. No! Not at all. We call it a adopted name. Our chinese name is a given name. In most cases, the chinese name is given by our parents. Some chinese with english names could be a Christian and baptised with this name. Foreigners should never confused the issue. Romanised chinese is also to facilitate international communications. How else would foreigners be able to read chinese characters. be thankful! Likewise the english name as eplained by kind members earlier is to facilitate communications. Thats all. Nothing to fuss about. It is only a adopted name. Nothing wrong about it. Foreigners should be thankful as it makes communications easier. I think some foreigners with unusual names should also adopt a english name just like us. It would make the newsreaders job a whole lot easier...some foreign names are just plain difficult to pronounce. Tongue twisters I would say. Go get a english name!!![/quote]
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