Comments on: Disadvantages of a Chinese name in online discussions

By: Junjie

Junjie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:39:38 +0000

I didn’t know about the Audi history. Need to check it some time

By: Aremonus

Aremonus — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:51:18 +0000

Yea, it sounds latin, but is actually nothing but a mixture of letters. However, latin expressions are usually easy for everyone to prounce, expecially everyone outside Aisa. That’s also one of the reasons why the German car brand Horch renamed itself into Audi (which is the latin expression for Horch).

By: Junjie

Junjie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:17:24 +0000

@Boris,
But then your drivers license is not yours. I heard that on all legal documents I have to use my real name, no matter what.
Good to hear you have luck teaching them your name as well.

@Kozen
Maybe I should find an English name
If I ever need some advice about mathematics, I’ll ask you

@Aremonus
Try to teach them your Swiss name. Should work.
Aremonus sounds like a Latin name.

@MKL
You are lucky to have a name that can be transcribed into Chinese so easily.

By: MKL

MKL — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:50:50 +0000

My Chinese name is 尼诺 and I like it, because it’s unique and easy to write and it’s very close to my actual Western name, so I have no issues with that.

By: Aremonus

Aremonus — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:04:59 +0000

Online, it’s maybe not so necessary to use my chinese name, yet in daily live it is, when living in China, rather useful. Why? Firstly, peopel who don’t speak english have troubles remembering my Swiss name (and nobody can pronounce it properly, so they all pronounce it in the english way anyway). In addition, I am also happy if certain non-Chinese who don’t speak english (mainly some Koreans, Japanese and Africans) have a chinese name, as their home names are not as easy to remember as the chinese name (yet names are generally hard to remember for me ) Moreover, it’s ways shorter to write my chinese name in a short message than my swiss one, so I usually choose it there, too.

However, online I usually use my alias Aremonus, so I’ve got my privacy protected whilst not hiding my origins.

By: kozen

kozen — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:52:35 +0000

Though my teacher gave me a Chinese name (高斯 … probably because I am so clever…) I hardly used it. Never had a problem either. So there is no need for a Chinese name – really.

But Chinese people like to use their English name as well, but they actually don’t need that either.

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:23:43 +0000

I have never used a chinese name in china and never had problems with it. You are right, some people need to practice a little but then its usually ok. One exception: for my driving license I had to use a chinese name as latin characters were not allowed.