Comments on: What’s in a name? http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2005/03/18/whats-in-a-name/ The continuing adventures of a couple of American bikers in the Land of the Rising Sun Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:26:17 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: GaijinBiker http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2005/03/18/whats-in-a-name/#comment-29 GaijinBiker Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/?p=23#comment-29 I knew a Latino-Chinese couple that hyphenated their names upon marriage. It was pretty neat, essentially looking something like, "Joe and Lucy Rodriguez-Chang" (not their real names)  <br /><br /><a></a><a></a> I knew a Latino-Chinese couple that hyphenated their names upon marriage. It was pretty neat, essentially looking something like, “Joe and Lucy Rodriguez-Chang” (not their real names)  

]]> By: Big Ben http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2005/03/18/whats-in-a-name/#comment-30 Big Ben Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/?p=23#comment-30 Hyphens solve some of the problems, but then you run into the same problem one generation down the line. Like your example, though, it can be a cool way to show off the heritage of both sides of the family.<br />In our case, it made a bad pun: Ohno-Moore="Oh, No more!"<br />And reversed it ends up sounding like "moron", so we gave up on that option. <br /><br /><a></a><a></a> Hyphens solve some of the problems, but then you run into the same problem one generation down the line. Like your example, though, it can be a cool way to show off the heritage of both sides of the family.
In our case, it made a bad pun: Ohno-Moore=”Oh, No more!”
And reversed it ends up sounding like “moron”, so we gave up on that option. 

]]> By: langtry http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2005/03/18/whats-in-a-name/#comment-31 langtry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/?p=23#comment-31 <i>"We are an interracial couple living in Japan, and we had to overcome a lot of racist bullshit in order to get married, so racial and cultural issues are a bit more personal and immediate to us than gender issues. My wife gets a kick out of the fact that merely stating her name is a big publc "fuck you" to those who think she's a race-traitor."</i> <br /><br />As you probably know from discussions we both have participated in over at "Riding Sun", I am pretty conservative. That being said, I like your wife's style. She's directly addressing something that needs to be dealt with in Japanese society, but she isn't doing so just to agitate others. It's a legitimate and courageous stand she is taking, and I respect her forthrightness in a culture where it could have been much simpler for her to 'play along'.<br /> <br /><br /><a></a><a></a> “We are an interracial couple living in Japan, and we had to overcome a lot of racist bullshit in order to get married, so racial and cultural issues are a bit more personal and immediate to us than gender issues. My wife gets a kick out of the fact that merely stating her name is a big publc “fuck you” to those who think she’s a race-traitor.” 

As you probably know from discussions we both have participated in over at “Riding Sun”, I am pretty conservative. That being said, I like your wife’s style. She’s directly addressing something that needs to be dealt with in Japanese society, but she isn’t doing so just to agitate others. It’s a legitimate and courageous stand she is taking, and I respect her forthrightness in a culture where it could have been much simpler for her to ‘play along’.
 

]]> By: Big Ben http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2005/03/18/whats-in-a-name/#comment-32 Big Ben Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/?p=23#comment-32 Thanks, I'll pass it on to my wife.<br /><br />I would never write someone off just becasue they were conservative. I'm happy to talk to anyone who's rational and honest, no matter what side of the arbitrary left/right divide they may find themselves. <br /><br /><a></a><a></a> Thanks, I’ll pass it on to my wife.

I would never write someone off just becasue they were conservative. I’m happy to talk to anyone who’s rational and honest, no matter what side of the arbitrary left/right divide they may find themselves. 

]]> By: langtry http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2005/03/18/whats-in-a-name/#comment-33 langtry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/?p=23#comment-33 <i>"I would never write someone off just becasue they were conservative. I'm happy to talk to anyone who's rational and honest, no matter what side of the arbitrary left/right divide they may find themselves." </i> <br /><br />That's one of the reasons I like to read your comments / entries. <br /> <br /><br /><a></a><a></a> “I would never write someone off just becasue they were conservative. I’m happy to talk to anyone who’s rational and honest, no matter what side of the arbitrary left/right divide they may find themselves.”  

That’s one of the reasons I like to read your comments / entries.
 

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