well at least Symbiosis is better than Parasite Lee On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Mahesh Murthy <mahesh.mur...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > > > Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I > > kid > > > not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing > > Manager > > > at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat > unfortunately > > > named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a > > > Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs. > > > > > > Holy &^*%$ !!! > > > > Are dictionaries too expensive in that part of the world (or are they too > > cheap)? > > > > What happens here is that kids have only Chinese names from when they're > born till they come to our equivalent of Class 10. Then they get to choose > their own names. > > Now remember, kids in HK don't have too much exposure to the > English-speaking world - so they tend to pick names out of their text > books. > Usually biology ones, as they "sound" nice. > > My boss - a British guy- married a Symbiosis Lee who worked in the video > rental store in the mall next door. > > Mahesh >
