ben anonymously: I need a cool taiwanese nickname …
ben anonymously: I need a cool taiwanese nickname
Poagao: Why?
ben anonymously: i dunno
ben anonymously: Ben is so.. dull
Poagao: Ben means stupid in Chinese.
ben anonymously: you have two names, and they are both ….
ben anonymously: dammit
ben anonymously: remind me to not tell people my name if I get to china
Poagao: What’s your full name?
ben anonymously: Benjamin Taylor Grogan
Poagao: Hmm
Poagao: There’s Chinese name generators out there.
Poagao: They tend to bestow awkward-sounding names that any Chinese will know was a translation, tho
ben anonymously: hrm
ben anonymously: i want to be translated as “Fierce Woman Devourer”
ben anonymously: or “Makes Much Money”
ben anonymously: something like that 🙂
Poagao: Hmmm, might have problems getting dates with the first one
Poagao: the second is good, tho
ben anonymously: “Wonderous in Bed”
ben anonymously: ah well
Poagao: Gao or Guan as a surname, prolly
Poagao: Or even Gan
Poagao: Although if misprounounced, Gan means Fuck
ben anonymously: Ben Gan!
ben anonymously: Stupid Fuck!
ben anonymously: I KNEW it!
Poagao: Yes. It’s a conspiracy.
ben anonymously: oh my god
ben anonymously: in Chinese my name is Stupid Fuck
ben anonymously: that is too funny
Poagao: Imagine the odds
ben anonymously: I’m dying here! Oh my god!
Poagao: Calm down. I’m sure a lot of people are named Stupid Fuck in Chinese…
ben anonymously: that is HILARIOUS!
ben anonymously: I am now Ben Gan
ben anonymously: wait.
ben anonymously: Gan would be first, right?
Poagao: Yeah, surnames come first in Chinese
ben anonymously: so Fuck Stupid
Poagao: Gan Ben
ben anonymously: that sounds more like a manifesto
Poagao: or a corporate motto
ben anonymously: i want to work for that company!
Poagao: Tell me about it.
As if this weren’t funny enough, I just found out that one of the women in upper management at my company is named “If”. “If Chen” is her name. Jaysus.
