On Apr 15, 10:25 pm, "J.Venning" > wrote:
> "pg" > wrote in message
>
> ...> Is "Raymond" a Chinese name?
> > If a "Raymond" tells you that he is a Chinese, would you believe that?
> > There are Chinese and then there are bananas. Real Chinese don't use
> > banana name, such as "Raymond".
> > On the other hand, banana can't help but have to use their banana
> > names, for fear of being told to "go back to your boat".
> > Banana is banana. Yellow skin outside, white shit inside.
>
> Many Chinese living in the West have non-Chinese-sounding first names.
> This is primarily to facilitate the pronunciation by Westerners who have
> trouble in reading and pronouncing Chinese names. Personally I had to change
> my Chinese name to my present one, because I was born in Indonesia, and
> during the purge of the Chinese there in the early 60's, the Indonesian
> government made it illegal for any Chinese to keep his/her Chinese name, in
> an effort to wipe out the Chinese identity amongst the Overseas Chinese
> living there; fortunately I emigrated to England. Again, your statement
> makes it very difficult for anyone to believe that you have been in China.
> Many Chinese in China now adopt English-sounding first names, a few of whom
> have taken random choices with some very amusing results.
> J.


By the way, all the time I stayed abroad I never use any "Raymond" or
"Henry" name. Why? Because I am not a banana.

To say that the Westerners don't know how to pronounce Chinese names
is an excuse.

I have had white friends, when they first know me, asked me why I
don't use names like "Henry" or "Raymond". When I explained to them
that my name was given by my parents, a blessing of sorts, and using
the name they've given me is a respect, all my white friends agree
with me, and some even asked me why other Asians (particularly Chinese
bananas) want to adopt banana names --- I invite my white friends to
post that question to those who prefer "Henry" to "Wei Peng" or "Mary"
to "Xiao Ying".

Have you noticed that the majority of Japanese immigrants to the West
do not use banana names?? I know several of them, some are 4th or 5th
generation Japanese immigrants, don't speak a word of Japanese, don't
eat Sushi, et cetera, but they still use 100% Japanese names !

When I asked them who they think they really are, all of my Japanese
friends gave me the same answer: "Japanese !"

I have true respect for such people. They never forget their roots.

On the other hand, it's the chinky yellas that are ashame of their own
roots. Even before they set foot on the West, they already adopted
banana names. Some don't even speak English/French/Italian or whatever
but Chinese, but still they carry names like "Tony Lam" or "Jim Wong"
so damn proud that they don't even list their own Chinese names
anymore !

To hell with those bananas.

I am a Catholic. Of course I have a Christian name when I was
baptised. But I still do not use that name outside of the Church
environment. Not because I am ashame or something, there's absolutely
nothing to be ashame of being a Catholic, it's that I just can't see
myself as a banana.