Thursday, June 19, 2008

Choosing your own name

I have met some immigrants who have chosen their own English names. Sometimes their birth names are just too difficult for English speakers to pronounce.

Many years ago, I knew a woman from Holland. She gave herself the name Helen, just because she thought it was beautiful.

Recently, I work in a company with a couple of men from China.
One uses the first name Francisco, and the other uses Lester.

I really should ask them how they came up with these names!?

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