Re: Name barbarisms

Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> writes:

> Well, here in Taiwan my own first name generally comes out as /e:dEn/ and my
> last name becomes /wO:k@/ with the /@/ very short and light -- almost like
> the "u" at the end of the Japanese "desu".
Well... My name was mandarinized (by Taiwanese) to han4li4ke4.

I chose another name then, translating by name. :-)  Now, I don't
know how silly that sounds to Chinese, it sounds fine for me.

**Tai2 Jia1-Zhu3

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