Monday, October 20, 2008

Of names

Mohammad Shadab
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shadab
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shadap
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shut up

now its not common to name your kid shut up, but in arabic, Shadab might mean something else. Still you have to be careful when naming your kids because they could suffer severe trauma during days of school and annoying kiddies where arabic is not their language.
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Stay away from complicated names:

Suwaibatulaslamiyyath Mohd Nasir
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I did NOT make it up. She's an industrial training applicant. And I'm not accepting her...no its not coz of her name but because of her field of studies is not relevant to my company.
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Keep it simple. you want an exotic sound is fine, but make sure its easy to write
Yuen Tsz Ying

even though Tsz is difficult to pronounce, its 1 simple syllable. So to all white ppl, learn it!!

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Simple and sweet:

Oon Sin Yee
Its got 9 easy letters, 3 syllables, doesnt get sweeter than this.

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The simplest of simple:
Easy to remember, not a mouthful, and even better, you shorten it and hey presto, you get another name.

Thomas Yap --> Tom. wonderful.

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But please oh please do not name your kids:

Mohd Halim bin Konek.

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I AM NOT MAKING IT UP!
I found it in Takaful Nasionals records that I went through when I worked there.
(the person to be blamed is Konek's dad)

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