Comments on: The Top Twenty Bizarre English Names in Taiwan

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:24:49 +0000

This was a great article to write. I just hit up all the bulletin boards around Taiwan asking people for names. I was bombarded! It was hilarious.

But really, absolutely none of those names, except maybe for Jesus Gun, tops Michail Gorbachev. Just wait till he tries to immigrate the the US.

By: Matt Gibson

Matt Gibson — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:22:43 +0000

Ah ha ha ha. Jordan and Pippen. That's awesome. I think I'm going to name my kids that.

By: David S. Wills

David S. Wills — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:38:27 +0000

Good lord, that's hilarious. I honestly was naive to think that I'd seen the worst of names in my own short time... but some of those are too brilliant for words. "Easy"? "Titty"? "Snatch"? Holy crap. I wrote a blog post on this same subject and it got picked up by a local magazine. They edited it down and ran it. Mostly it focused on the fact that no one in Korea (including the foreigners) can actually spell. Consequently, the names of many kids are "Rucy" (Lucy) "Risa" (Lisa) etc etc. Also, many of them are just made up. The only funny name I currently have on my list of students is "Mikhail Gorbachev." That's right... His mother named him and I begged her to reconsider. But you try arguing with a Korean woman...

By: marcus

marcus — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:06:12 +0000

some of the ones I've heard that are interesting:
Negus
Beer (guy ran a beer house)
Jordan and Pippen (brothers that always caused a lot of trouble in class...of course, Jordan was always a little bit better)

I have one name that I absolutely hate: APPLE
I mean, come on. the first word you learn you are going to name yourself after? stop the madness

anyone have easy or BJs phone number?

By: QUOFTASTOFS

QUOFTASTOFS — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:54:02 +0000

Great, I did not heard about this topic up to now. Thankz!

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:59:03 +0000

Haha...Jesus Gun does kick ass

By: Simon Price

Simon Price — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:26:57 +0000

I think this is a very interesting phenomenon and one that a few, though only a few, Taiwanese people are beginning to wake up to.

For those who can read Chinese, there's an interesting blog article, written by a Taiwanese woman, asking why it is that Taiwanese people feel the need to do it.

It's very interesting, as are the comments of here readers. You can find it here:

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/Turvey/21065037

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:39:23 +0000

Love it! I know some cool Taiwanese people with really funny English names: Well, Water, Wish, Battery, Sony, Fanny (female), Pussy (female), B.J.(female)....