the name game
hi I am Chelaram....Hey I am Bhagwanprasad...Hello I am Winky
:-have ever wondered why cant u choose ur name????
Today a person on this planet can do anything that pleases himself. Except name himself !!!(unless u go to some govt office a million times and fill some half-a-million forms n shit...)
I find this game very interesting. The parents/relatives take the charge to name the new entrant in the family...then wen he/she grows up they do the same to the next one... the cycle goes on. So except for the one being named evrybody else has a favourite name to be given(mostly the names of one's favourite actor/actress) .
The chinese way of naming is the best i say...though i have heard of two rituals...donno which one exactly is followed. One: some kind of noise is made by throwing an utensil or something and then whichevr kind of sound is heard becomes the name of the debutante, like 'Tung Tan Shang' or 'Ting Ming Tung'...Two: whichever kind of sound is first made by the new born (mumbling) is then adapted into a name, like 'Hatsu Mu' or 'Chi Yu Yan'...by this atleast the kid will not have a chance to blame anyone for having a wierd name.
For some people the NAME is a big issue. At times they get lunatic if their name is pronounced in a wierd manner (remember Chandler Bing, he hates his lastname).
Thankgod & my family, i dont get embarassed by my name, though my last name is very unique (read very wierd)...Well pronouncing it a lil stylishly helps.
Its interesting how ur name gets attached to ur personality. Over the time it is the name by which u r known and not ur face. Name becomes the sole identity.
:-have ever wondered why cant u choose ur name????
Today a person on this planet can do anything that pleases himself. Except name himself !!!(unless u go to some govt office a million times and fill some half-a-million forms n shit...)
I find this game very interesting. The parents/relatives take the charge to name the new entrant in the family...then wen he/she grows up they do the same to the next one... the cycle goes on. So except for the one being named evrybody else has a favourite name to be given(mostly the names of one's favourite actor/actress) .
The chinese way of naming is the best i say...though i have heard of two rituals...donno which one exactly is followed. One: some kind of noise is made by throwing an utensil or something and then whichevr kind of sound is heard becomes the name of the debutante, like 'Tung Tan Shang' or 'Ting Ming Tung'...Two: whichever kind of sound is first made by the new born (mumbling) is then adapted into a name, like 'Hatsu Mu' or 'Chi Yu Yan'...by this atleast the kid will not have a chance to blame anyone for having a wierd name.
For some people the NAME is a big issue. At times they get lunatic if their name is pronounced in a wierd manner (remember Chandler Bing, he hates his lastname).
Thankgod & my family, i dont get embarassed by my name, though my last name is very unique (read very wierd)...Well pronouncing it a lil stylishly helps.
Its interesting how ur name gets attached to ur personality. Over the time it is the name by which u r known and not ur face. Name becomes the sole identity.
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