Friday, July 25

... But please call me dB

In the mood for U-Go-Girl by Lee Hyo Ri

A New Zealand judge takes a stand against parents who give their children bizarre names.

This was shown on my Yahoo.com page today. Selalunye lepas log out emel, terus aku click on the quick links on my Firefox. Tapi this time as I moved my mouse pointer towards the quickies, ternampak la header nih... so tertarik la nak membacanya.

Cakap pasal nama pelik2 ni... kat Malaysia ni belambak2. Kalau tak pelik pada nama, pelik pada ejaan. Paling2 koman pun, nama panjang berjela. Nak unik la konon.

Kesian kang pada budak tu nanti. Camne cikgu dia nak panggil dia nanti kat sekolah? Paling2 tidak pun, musti kena ejek dengan kawan2. Kalau aku yang nama pendek ni pun buleh kena ejek, apetah lagi orang yang nama panjang beribu2 perkataan kilometrico nih. Bak kata Judge Rob Murfitt and I quote,
It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily.
Betul kan?


Haa.. lagi naya kalau nak kawin. Karang tuk kadi nak sebut nama budak tu and the spouse, tak cukup napas kalau masing2 nama panjang melampau. Persoalannye, sah tak nikah tu? Gamaknye sebab tu la sekarang ni ramai budak Melayu prefer bersekedudukan dari hidup secara sah.

So, my advice is, just make your child's name sweet and simple. Senang nak panggil di dunia dan di akhirat. Tak de la membazir ruang dalam borang surat beranak ke IC ke. Pastu nama panjang2, panggilnye Nor/Siti/Din/Ji/Mat/Mok je. Buek ponek jo nulih.

In my case, dB represents both my nickname online and offline. So since my name pun already pendek, takde masalah kan?

ThE DeaTh aNd ThE StRaWBeRRy

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