Semper Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Many women use different nicknames for different boyfrieds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Who cares? People have the right to change their names for whatever reason and the right to be called by the name of their choosing. Nobody's business but theirs. Butt out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 As I said, maturity grows with age, how old are you? Excuse me Smartass, I was being serious. Go have another coffee and rethink a bit. Imagine some Thai girl in Europe etc with the name Porn sitting around the house and a bunch of foreigners asking her name. She replies Porn (chuckles heard everywhere). If you can't see how this could be potentially embarrassing for her because some farang overseas takes the piss because of her name. Carry on. I have a good friend called Porn, and not one of my friends snigger when introduced, it's called maturity, but I guess we all find our natural level. I have a Smeg cooker, but nobody falls about laughing when they see it, no matter what connotation they place against it!! I remember a German Keeper called Semen, did all your friends giggle in unison at the mention of his name? This semen you have on your hands I think it might the English keeper David Seaman you are thinking of. I seem to recall a commentator saying something along the lines of "and Seaman is all over him" ...still makes me giggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barky Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 The main reason they do it is to give themselves a better chance of "fitting in" and appearing to be "westernized" and it gives them more "credibility", at least at face value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossfinn Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 As I said, maturity grows with age, how old are you? Excuse me Smartass, I was being serious. Go have another coffee and rethink a bit. Imagine some Thai girl in Europe etc with the name Porn sitting around the house and a bunch of foreigners asking her name. She replies Porn (chuckles heard everywhere). If you can't see how this could be potentially embarrassing for her because some farang overseas takes the piss because of her name. Carry on. I have a good friend called Porn, and not one of my friends snigger when introduced, it's called maturity, but I guess we all find our natural level. I have a Smeg cooker, but nobody falls about laughing when they see it, no matter what connotation they place against it!! I remember a German Keeper called Semen, did all your friends giggle in unison at the mention of his name? This semen you have on your hands I think it might the English keeper David Seaman you are thinking of. nope, although the keeper was czech not German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossfinn Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 As I said, maturity grows with age, how old are you? Excuse me Smartass, I was being serious. Go have another coffee and rethink a bit. Imagine some Thai girl in Europe etc with the name Porn sitting around the house and a bunch of foreigners asking her name. She replies Porn (chuckles heard everywhere). If you can't see how this could be potentially embarrassing for her because some farang overseas takes the piss because of her name. Carry on. I have a good friend called Porn, and not one of my friends snigger when introduced, it's called maturity, but I guess we all find our natural level. I have a Smeg cooker, but nobody falls about laughing when they see it, no matter what connotation they place against it!! I remember a German Keeper called Semen, did all your friends giggle in unison at the mention of his name? You can call it maturity or whatever you like but James is right on this one. so if you were introduced to someone with a vaguely comical undertone, you would either laugh at them or encourage them to change their name. You both lighten up this forum with not only humour, but quite profound intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) I don't see the problem with <<Thai Language removed>> as long as it is transliterated properly. Thai has no "rn" sound so Why not just write the name Pon. Edited October 17, 2012 by metisdead : This is an English language forum, you can use Thai language in the Thai language forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommoPhysicist Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) I had a work mate called Richard Head, my neighbor was Teresa Green. It didn't bother them that everyone sniggered whenever their names were mentioned. PS Who remembers Captain Pugwash, with Master Bates (or was it 'Mates'), Seaman Staines, Willy and Roger the Cabin Boy. Edited October 17, 2012 by TommoPhysicist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nietzche Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I don't think he means the changing of their birth names, but a change in their nick names when they move to a foreign country. Many Chinese immigrants changed their names upon arriving to the U.S. My ex GF's parents changed their last name from Liu to Lew. Her and her sisters all have western first names. It's just a case of fitting in most of the time. In regards to Thai people, they have very long names which are often difficult to pronounce. Makes sense I think. It works both way's also. I had a friend who worked in Korea, and he had a Korean nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Forget the women changing their names, which country changed its name to Farangland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 No problem, when l came to LOS l change mine to Atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommoPhysicist Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) No problem, when l came to LOS l change mine to Atm. Call me 'Bart' ............ Doh! Edited October 17, 2012 by TommoPhysicist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTao Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 All of my wife's Thai friends kept thier nicknames as they were, no-one changed, but I also remember someone I met from the Australian Immigration who said that he hated doing resident visa applications submitted by Thais because they keep changing thier birth names, he said it makes doing criminal background checks difficult. Sent from my GT-I9003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vale Tudo Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 As I said, maturity grows with age, how old are you? Excuse me Smartass, I was being serious. Go have another coffee and rethink a bit. Imagine some Thai girl in Europe etc with the name Porn sitting around the house and a bunch of foreigners asking her name. She replies Porn (chuckles heard everywhere). If you can't see how this could be potentially embarrassing for her because some farang overseas takes the piss because of her name. Carry on. I have a good friend called Porn, and not one of my friends snigger when introduced, it's called maturity, but I guess we all find our natural level. I have a Smeg cooker, but nobody falls about laughing when they see it, no matter what connotation they place against it!! I remember a German Keeper called Semen, did all your friends giggle in unison at the mention of his name? Would that be the German keeper from Leeds that played for England,David Seaman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob7 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I remember a couple of Ladies changing her given name every time, they got a new Passport, for the next 30 day trip to S-Pore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poanoi Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 But will obviously change into Butt, and Porn will obviously stay as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vale Tudo Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Excuse me Smartass, I was being serious. Go have another coffee and rethink a bit. Imagine some Thai girl in Europe etc with the name Porn sitting around the house and a bunch of foreigners asking her name. She replies Porn (chuckles heard everywhere). If you can't see how this could be potentially embarrassing for her because some farang overseas takes the piss because of her name. Carry on. I have a good friend called Porn, and not one of my friends snigger when introduced, it's called maturity, but I guess we all find our natural level. I have a Smeg cooker, but nobody falls about laughing when they see it, no matter what connotation they place against it!! I remember a German Keeper called Semen, did all your friends giggle in unison at the mention of his name? You can call it maturity or whatever you like but James is right on this one. so if you were introduced to someone with a vaguely comical undertone, you would either laugh at them or encourage them to change their name. You both lighten up this forum with not only humour, but quite profound intelligence. I know someone who changed his name from "Pratt" after 60 years of people sniggering at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchsmile Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Moving abroad is a chance to become a different person and change who they want to be. In addition to choosing one that may be easier to pronounce or what they think would sound nice in a different environment. Don't forget also those that have changed their names after visiting a fortune teller. I know a fair few of those, and from all walks of life too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliaminBKK Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I had a Thai girl introduce herself as Puki in front of a room full of Filipinos, they roared with laughter (you can google the translation) when she learnt what it meant she said fine call me by my full name and no one could pronounce it, so she got the last laugh I suppose. I've have no issue changing names - I'm called William, Wills, Willy, Bill, Billy and some others that are not as kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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