Names

I've heard many funny stories of names from my HK friends. One was particular funny. Hongkongers when they get married, will put the surnames of the male & female families together, e.g. 陈李联婚 (Chan & Li)，刘张联婚 (Lau & Cheung).. Thus, the marriage of Mr Lai & Miss Liu would mean 赖廖联婚 which in cantonese sounds like "incontinence of the bladder"!

Talking about "strange English names"! There's this Mr Lu who called himself Water, so he's Mr Water Lu. Then we also have girls who called themselves Rainbow, Pencil, Jewel, Camera, & what-have-you.. Have you heard of Noodles Cheng? Wonder why would anyone call themselves by such a name!? Besides all the Ah Lian & Ah Beng names, some parents also never consider properly before they "baptize" their kids with names! I came across this name of Choo Choon Chye! Imagine you are not only called Choon Chye (=蠢才) day-in-day-out, your surname has to be Choo (=猪)! Big sigh lor! As for those with the surname of Ng (吴), the name that follows this surname is very critical cz if you are called 吴美丽(not beautiful) or 吴天聪(not intelligent)..

By mentioning this doesn't mean that I'm jeering at others. Jz thought it's quite funny & jz like to share with you people.. Hahaha...