Comments on: Texas lawmaker thinks Asians should change their names so Americans could “deal with them”

By: Patricia FLORES-DILLARD

Patricia FLORES-DILLARD — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:21:16 +0000

I truely believe Mr. Brown should apologize. Come on we don’t live in the 19th century how can society can change and work united for this country if our representatives continue plowing differnces between people. WHY do poeple with no American names have to adapt and we dont’ adapt to them?? I thiink that is BS really!

By: Gil Asakawa

Gil Asakawa — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:21:42 +0000

Good point, Keri… er, Kelly. It’s true that Japanese are horrible at transliterating foreign words into Nihongo…. Absolutely.

By: Kelliente

Kelliente — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:43:05 +0000

Well, that’s something that most people have to do when they go to a foreign country. In Japan, I was Keri, not Kelly. The poor Thai students had to adopt completely different “Japanese” names because theirs were unpronounceable in Japanese. It’s an adjustment you have to make when you decide to live in a different country with a different alphabet.
They should probably pick one transliteration (and stick with it) and have their chosen “Western” name as one of their middle names or something….That old woman was just annoying in the dogged, unintelligent, insensitive way she went about tackling the problem.

By: Seeing Red Over Rep. Betty Brown » Mad Kane’s Political Madness

Seeing Red Over Rep. Betty Brown » Mad Kane’s Political Madness — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:19:04 +0000

[...] a bit late on the “Asians should change their names” story. But I do have the “on vacation” and “under the weather” excuse. [...]

By: Mike McClure

Mike McClure — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:13:51 +0000

+1 on the thanks, Isami.

Some people will never learn.