Friday, August 31, 2007
What's in a name?
The Japanese readership of this page was in school yesterday: she gave me a bit of a laugh name-dropping the 1500m runner Khoudir Aggoune. His surname is pronounced Aho ne, which translates into Japanese as He's a prat, isn't he or similar.
Very funny, Japan: let's all laugh at the guy with a funny name. Hey, who's running for you in the women's marathon? Oh that's right: Reiko Tosa, tossers!
However, for a truly unfortunate name, we need look no further than newly-crowned 100 and 200 metre champion, Tyson Gay of America. It's not difficult to imagine how Gay developed his prodigious turn of pace: a monicker like that is bound to earn you some extra attention from the ne'er-do-wells at school.
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VMM: If your surname was "Gay," you'd change it, right?
DAN: Nah... I'd just change my first name to "Not."
We raise our glasses to this, although his is already empty. Feels like the 1400s arrived in the 1300s this month.
Very funny, Japan: let's all laugh at the guy with a funny name. Hey, who's running for you in the women's marathon? Oh that's right: Reiko Tosa, tossers!
However, for a truly unfortunate name, we need look no further than newly-crowned 100 and 200 metre champion, Tyson Gay of America. It's not difficult to imagine how Gay developed his prodigious turn of pace: a monicker like that is bound to earn you some extra attention from the ne'er-do-wells at school.
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VMM: If your surname was "Gay," you'd change it, right?
DAN: Nah... I'd just change my first name to "Not."
We raise our glasses to this, although his is already empty. Feels like the 1400s arrived in the 1300s this month.
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1300's = 14th century, bastich.
and good call. my weaksauce wit will return.
--VMM
ps
tyson gay is mad gay but at least he won some golds for me nation. Thatcherland must burn.
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and good call. my weaksauce wit will return.
--VMM
ps
tyson gay is mad gay but at least he won some golds for me nation. Thatcherland must burn.
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