Gaming Names
Did you hear about the Chinese parents who wanted to name their baby @? That’s no joke, but it was apparently a no-go with the authorities.
The urge to experiment with given names is understandably in a country where 93 million people have the family name Wang. As the State Language Commision puts it:
“There’s an increasingly adventurous approach to Chinese, as commercialization and the Internet break down conventions”. The number of bold names is tiny, and their efforts are often nixed. Possible reasons: unfamiliar characters are confusing or require fonts that police computers lack.
No one can stop citizens from taking English nicknames, and many do: Window, Crosseye, and Morning Goo are but a few.
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Post Commentjake
On May 27, 2009 at 3:26 pm
true, with increasing populations, new and unusual names are sure to become a hit.
nice post
naruto
On May 27, 2009 at 10:39 pm
good post man