My company (German) just hired new staff for your China branch:
Soccer Wu and Becks Li
Wonder if they choose this name bcs they think all Germans are crazy about football and beer ;-)
But my all time favorite is a receptionist named Horny Tang
My company (German) just hired new staff for your China branch:
Soccer Wu and Becks Li
Wonder if they choose this name bcs they think all Germans are crazy about football and beer ;-)
But my all time favorite is a receptionist named Horny Tang
The weirdest name I came across in Hong Kong so far has to be
Logo Label - a merchandiser in a company I used to work for a few years back.
A close runner up would be a guy named Better - he is the merchandising manager in a factory in Hangzhou.
Last edited by elle; 11-07-2008 at 06:51 PM. Reason: typo
One 18-year-old I taught English to, to prepare him for imminent studies in a NZ college, had the unfortunate "Fook"-sounding surname.
We call him (Ah-)"Wai", his first name, which he says he won't change while overseas, so his tutors/classmates would probably end up calling him "Wai Fook"... And IF said with a rising, questioning tone at the end of a phrase, might cause a bit of a blush... so my friend, his thoughtful aunt, decided that changing the spelling "Fook" to "Fok" AND hoping people will pronounce it closer to "fork"... might help... BUT coming from the UK and been around Ireland, I've heard many an expletive "fork!" a la regional variations
(Thanks for reviving this one... LOL)
DanielandHayley,
Mr Fatt Fook is THE best name I have ever heard...will repeat this to friends/rellies in UK
Last edited by CaraExpat; 11-07-2008 at 07:14 PM.
Once worked with the following characters.....
1) Story (company owner)
2) Piano (department head)
3) Pandora (my manager, I quit this job after the first 3 days)
4) Key (co-worker from the mainland)
5) Mmmmm...I know there're many more magnificent names, let me refresh my memories.
Oh these are some of the customers I've encountered...
1) Betty Sweatti
2) Lau Jing (it rhymes with a Cantonese phrase means semen dripping or dripping semen. I saw his name when I was working in a local Telecom. Nobody could stop laughing.)
I recently meet a man named Pluto Lee.
And he now has a son, who he plans to name Bono.
I asked him if he was a big fan of U2, or if he was really inspired by the man. He said neither, he just that he liked the sound of the name.
Last edited by mawti; 12-07-2008 at 10:16 AM.