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Originally posted by There is no G in MacInnis@Sep 28 2005, 05:24 PM
Why do Chinese (others as well) pick English names the can't pronounce? Like Rick.
Also why do call themselves in the child version, like Rickie, Tommy etc.
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That's a good question, I don't know why they choose more affectionate/feminine versions of names. They also tend to pick names which end in "son"...not like your average English names which end in that suffix though (which in Norse or Gaelic cultures or something originally indicated that you were the son of somebody...like Ericsson is the son of Eric).
But they pick wierd names like Rickson or Jobson or Danson or something like that.