Westernised Chinese Names

Two posts in as many days………holy crap!

It’s a cheap shot, but damn it’s funny.  You’ve heard them, names like Acne Chu, Pimples Yeo and Cement Chang……and my personal favourite, Fragrance Lu……..apparently those are real, but I am not so sure.  What I can tell you is that every time I deal with one of my rental agents, a lady who is very real, by the name of Daisy Cao it always raises a wry smile……..and what prompted this post I hear you all asking, I just received a note from Crystal Jin.

I wonder if I can have one of my nephews renamed to Bombay Sapphire….keep me in Gin for life.

Over and out.

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One Response to Westernised Chinese Names

  1. EP says:

    Kirk when I visited Beijing recently I was assisted by staff at the hotel named Ferrari, Dream and Glitter. They were very polite about introducing themselves in case I had any questions…. and certainly those names were easy to remember. I wanted to ask Ferrari if he was so called because he worked faster than the other staff?

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