What do these words have in common?
Show, Pascal, Willie, Rain, Sunny, Can.
Yes. You can just about form a sentence out of those few words if you try hard enough.
They are actually names of people I know. Names that stood out right on top of my head, making my acquaintances with these people unique in a way.
English names chosen by Chinese can often range from weird to wacky and the above spectrum gives you a taste of how bizarre it can go.
When westerners pick Chinese names for instance, typically they would seek help from a Chinese naturally, and if they so have to do it, usually they have some kind of interest in the culture or at least the language itself.
I am thinking, perhaps Chinese people pick English names as a perceived convenience to English speakers - probably explains why we hear more about odd-sounding English names. Just a hypothesis of mine really.
To add to the list, I have known several girls named ‘Kinki’, and men name "Dick".
How about you? Have you got some wicked ones to share?
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