| To sd: I know westerners who have Chinese names in China, only the ones who speak very good Chinese though! And, their Chinese names were worked around the English pronunciation, e.g. my boss Mike's Chinese name is "Meng Kang"--taking the M and K but it sound like a proper Chinese name. The other guy Simon Jones is called Zhong Xi Men, again sth derived from their original names. Fair enough if the Chinese do the same, but what we are seeing is people name themselves whatever they like, and even change their English names like change outfits. |
Why I Don't Have an English Name