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Moon-faced Assassin of Joy@nome.bsky.social |
Meanwhile, a roommate in college was Chinese, and she did the standard thing of picking a western name (Wendy), because it was better than having folks who can't hear tone distinction butcher "Oiwa". Likewise a Punjabi neighbor was "A-B," because white folks stumbled over "Ahbinav."
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Moon-faced Assassin of Joy
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In the West, or at least the US, there's also the broad prohibition against picking your own nickname. In the words of Frankie Boyle, the response to "Hey guys, you can call me T-dog!" is "Tony, we'll be calling you cuntychops from now on."
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Marshall Ryan Maresca
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A guy from China in my college dorm didn’t “pick” a Western name, some dude in Immigration just decided he was “Jimmy”, which was he name on all legal documents.
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