Monday, June 9, 2008

Why Chinese shouldn't have Christian names

Anne Chang (Mandarin)-Dirty
Anne Chin (Mandarin) - Keep quiet
Faye Chen(Mandarin) - Dusty
Carl Cheng(Hokkien) - Buttock
Monica Cheng(Hokkien) - Touching your buttocks
Lucy Leow(Hokkien) - You are dead
Jane Tan(Mandarin) - Frying eggs
Suzie Leow(Hokkien) - Lost till death
Henry Mah(Mandarin) - Hate your mum
Corrine Tai (Hokkien) - Poor fellow
Paul Chan(Mandarin) - Bankrupt
Nelson Tan(Mandarin) - Bird laying eggs
Leslie Tong(Mandarin) - Rubbish bin
Carmen Teng (Hokkien) - Leg hair long
Connie Mah(Cantonese) - Call your mother
Danny See(Hokkien) - Squeeze you to death
Rosie Teng (Hokkien) - Screws and nails
Pete Tsai(Hokkien) - Nose droppings
Macy Koh(Cantonese) - Never die before

2 comments:

queenny said...

哈哈哈,名字是很有趣的東西。。。
取名字不慎,很容易貽笑大方。。。
如男人姓葉,叫經來。。。。

张愫芯 said...

谢谢留言。

我又一位很调皮的朋友常常和另一位朋友这样子打招呼。

"Hi, Chow....Chee....Bai."