Thursday, September 11, 2008

Interesting Names

Names are very very important, most parents would agree. And so they spend hours and hours scouring over encyclopedias and google search results for good baby names. But sometimes no matter how good they are, they can be rather bad when translated in another language. Enjoy what I found online.

Anne Chang
(Mandarin)-Dirty

Anne Chin
(Mandarin) - Keep quiet

Carl Cheng
(Hokkien) - Buttock

Monica Cheng
Hokkien) - Touching your buttocks

Lucy Leow
(Hokkien) - You are dead

Jane Tan
(Mandarin) - Frying eggs

Henry Mah
(Mandarin) - Hate your mum

Paul Chan
(Mandarin) - Bankrupt

Nelson Tan
(Mandarin) - Bird laying eggs

Leslie Tong
(Mandarin) - Rubbish bin

Danny See
(Hokkien) - Squeeze you to death

Pete Tsai
(Hokkien) - Nose droppings

Macy Koh
(Cantonese) - Never die before

Kenny Nair
(Hokkien)- [Need I explain?]