What's in a Name?

You know how funny it can be coming across someone's else name with some weird pronounciation or with a meaning of something rude in another language? Yeah I bet you have. My first thoughts are always....damn, either their parents are stupid or they must have hated their kids to call them that. An example would be chinese singer Fish Leong. Fish?? What's up with that?!! Is it because she likes fish or she looks like a fish that she called herself that? I have nothing against her personally though..just her name I guess. I have 2 cousins who will be expecting their kids next year, and they too are having a dilemma choosing names. Just my word of advice...choose wisely! The kid could be tormented for life and being made a laughing stock if you choose wrongly.

Me and my cousins were having dinner the other day and we touched on the "name the baby" subject. So since we're chinese, we figured its better to give the kid an easier time in school in case the kid has to write his/her name 1000 times as punishment. We thought of limiting the number strokes of the chinese name...great! So we could just name the kid "The One" and save the trouble cause in chinese, 'One' (yee) is represented by just one single stroke. I bet he/she can then write his/her name 1000 times with ease beating the other kids. Then again, you have to think of the letter of the alphabet, as most things are done alphabetically in school. If your kids name start with the letter 'Z', the poor kid will always be last to be called. I can see why names are so important. It also shows why some people wish to change their names.

I know I'm mean but I just got to show you this receipt I got recently while purchasing a bottle of Jack Daniels. Just to further illustrate why names are so important..

I think you get what I mean. I just wonder why did the parents name this person as it is...