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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by Danmairen]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What's the weirdest/funniest name you've come across in China?<br />
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I'd have to go with Spock. A foreign teacher taught him to say "Live long and prosper". The poor kid actually looks a bit like Leonard&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[What's the weirdest/funniest name you've come across in China?

I'd have to go with Spock. A foreign teacher taught him to say "Live long and prosper". The poor kid actually looks a bit like Leonard Nimoy AND has a unibrow.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by freewayxx]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I am currently teaching Spock. It is pretty uncanny how much he actually resembles the character from Star Trek. And he still says, "Live long and prosper" while giving Spock's trademarked hand gesture. Luckily, as&hellip;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am currently teaching Spock. It is pretty uncanny how much he actually resembles the character from Star Trek. And he still says, "Live long and prosper" while giving Spock's trademarked hand gesture. Luckily, as far as I know, he has yet to master the dreaded "Vulcan death grip."]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:39 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by fogdear]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[i knew of a girl named Cocoa and her friend was named Puff. I also knew a girl named Banana.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[i knew of a girl named Cocoa and her friend was named Puff. I also knew a girl named Banana.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:35:06 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by piers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I had a student called Bacon and another called Murphy-Wing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:35:28 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by Naomi.O]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[i know a guy named naomi.<br />
oops that's me.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[i know a guy named naomi.
oops that's me.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:54:54 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by trailblazer18]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I had a Mountaineer! Funny name funny name.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:53:38 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by Quester]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[My wife worked with 3 girls in an office who were named, respectively, "Ice", "Lemon" and "Tea". They were unaware that any connection could be made between their names.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[My wife worked with 3 girls in an office who were named, respectively, "Ice", "Lemon" and "Tea". They were unaware that any connection could be made between their names.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:23:17 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by tanfei]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I once talked to a 7 year-old girl named "Walter-Billy".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:24:51 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by Greginchina]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[when I was teaching in Qingdao in 1998 I had Jesus and Satan sitting next to eachother. I also had another class with coffee, milk and sugar all sitting in a row.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[when I was teaching in Qingdao in 1998 I had Jesus and Satan sitting next to eachother. I also had another class with coffee, milk and sugar all sitting in a row.]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:25:29 +0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese people's English names. - Post by Bernie]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I once had a student whose name was Jun who, typically, asked me to give her a European name - when I immediately suggested June, her&hellip;]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:47:37 +0800</pubDate>
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