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Guss
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Catch]22
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Guss
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Guss
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baller
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On August 16 2010 05:01 Guss wrote: how can they have the same second name, is Ji a name like swedish Kim that can go both ways? sometimes names can be boy and girl both like imagine someone is named "michael jordan" and someone else is named "michelle obama" but instead of "michelle" she was named "michael obama" but still a woman. also imagine that michael is a name that can be both boy and girl. ur welcome. | ||
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mesobored123
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Guss
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Ares[Effort]
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On August 16 2010 05:06 baller wrote: sometimes names can be boy and girl both like imagine someone is named "michael jordan" and someone else is named "michelle obama" but instead of "michelle" she was named "michael obama" but still a woman. also imagine that michael is a name that can be both boy and girl. ur welcome. Lol, wow | ||
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MorningMusume11
United States3490 Posts
The Kang Min type names aren't that rare actually (the two names) There are some cases where the have more than three (Kpop reference... Sandara Park 박산다라 Even rarer... the last name might have two of em... like Hwang Bo | ||
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Entropic
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MaRiNe23
United States747 Posts
And for the tossgirl thing, her name is Seo Ji Soo as you said. "Seo" is her last name and her first name would be "Ji-Soo"..a two syllabal word. Same as Thomas..it's two syllabus can be broken down to Tah-mus in korean. | ||
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The_Pacifist
United States540 Posts
What I don't understand is why the English translation of Korean names makes it so that a two syllable word ends up being turned into a 2 word name. Each Korean character "chunk" is only a syllable, not necessarily a word, but for Korean names being translated into English, each syllable gets treated as if it were its own word. I wonder why. Name: Albert Rhodes Translated Name: Al Bert Rhodes Just seems more confusing to me. | ||
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Piste
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MaRiNe23
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Hesmyrr
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MaRiNe23
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On August 16 2010 05:34 Hesmyrr wrote: Syllables. Let's say Steven. You pronounce it Ste*ven. Same principle; their name is Kangmin but it is pronounced as Kang*min No, Nal_rA has a special korean name in that it's only a "one-syllable" name. "Kang" is his last name so although commentators might say "Kang Min sun soo," normal dongsengs would just call him "minny hyung"..just read what i posted above. | ||
l10f
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17731 Posts
On August 16 2010 05:54 l10f wrote: ForGG and Tossgirl have the same name :D l10f has the same name as also iron and soulkey | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
On August 16 2010 05:29 The_Pacifist wrote: Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is all one name. You think thats long? You sure dont know the name of the 32th King of Portugal: Carlos Fernando Luís Maria Vítor Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis José Simão de Bragança Sabóia Bourbon Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha :D | ||
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Parabola
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
Usually, kids in the same family will share the surname and the generation name and only have different first names. | ||
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seRapH
United States9775 Posts
On August 16 2010 06:08 imBLIND wrote: I don't know if korean names work the same way chinese names do, but most asian people i know have a surname, a generation name, and the 'first' name. Usually, kids in the same family will share the surname and the generation name and only have different first names. yes it works the same way. as does japanese names. not sure about southeast asian names, though. no idea how those work | ||
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Kyuukyuu
Canada6263 Posts
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
the korean name is very unique ( just like any other name) and has great meaning within each charachter. Usually there are three characters. [ X ] [ Y] [ Z ] again, there could be more but it is very common for their to be just 3. X = the last name, i.e. Kim, , Lee, Park etc Y and Z = These are the two other places for charachters. You pretty much as a korean parent put anything you want in there that doesn't sound stupid. ( im sorry i dont know how to explain this because im not a korean parent and dont really know whats stupid and whats not) what is really common is putting names from han mun which is the chinese charachters which mean something... sorry its not a good explanation i know. there are a lot of 'combinations' you can make out of these two name boxes. You can even flip Y and Z around, again in the discretion of the parent. so in the end every parent names their child something like X= Lim Y= Yo Z= Hwan = Lim Yo Hwan the emperor is born | ||
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