Comments on: Chop Shops and Green Pancakes http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/chop-shops-and-green-pancakes/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jimbo http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/chop-shops-and-green-pancakes/comment-page-1/#comment-1596972 jimbo Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:40:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23498#comment-1596972 When you create your Chinese name phonetically there is always the potential for comedy - my name, when translated phonetically, means "turnip head". When I first got to China many years ago my business card would always crack up the Chinese people I gave them to. When you create your Chinese name phonetically there is always the potential for comedy – my name, when translated phonetically, means “turnip head”. When I first got to China many years ago my business card would always crack up the Chinese people I gave them to.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/chop-shops-and-green-pancakes/comment-page-1/#comment-1595586 ted Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:23:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23498#comment-1595586 Can't Joel get his own blog? Can’t Joel get his own blog?

]]> By: Ando http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/chop-shops-and-green-pancakes/comment-page-1/#comment-1594432 Ando Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:50:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23498#comment-1594432 Not the first foreigner to get an idiot Chinese name (or tattoo) and prob not the last... well, it's good vengeance for all the ridiculous English names I've heard in Taiwan, highlights include: Shopping, Kiwi, Apple, Butter, Tarzan, and Cash. Not the first foreigner to get an idiot Chinese name (or tattoo) and prob not the last… well, it’s good vengeance for all the ridiculous English names I’ve heard in Taiwan, highlights include: Shopping, Kiwi, Apple, Butter, Tarzan, and Cash.

]]> By: tian http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/25/chop-shops-and-green-pancakes/comment-page-1/#comment-1593031 tian Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:02:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=23498#comment-1593031 The larger character ? means Chinese mugwort, and the two smaller characters ?? mean "drink alcohol". However, phonetically they do not sound like "Joel Haas". The larger character ? means Chinese mugwort, and the two smaller characters ?? mean “drink alcohol”.

However, phonetically they do not sound like “Joel Haas”.

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