EileenChang
TranslatedbyKarenKingsbury
[1] IMYSELFhaveanunbearablyvulgarname, amwellawareofthefact, ’snames.
[2] -warmingbrazier, smokingawaterpipe, andpickoutanameforanewlyarrivedgrandson, -mei (BrightentheThreshold), (AncestralPrivilege) orChengzu (IndebtedtotheAncestor), (LotusBorn), , therearen’tmanypeoplewhosenamesadequatelydescribewhattheyarelikeinreality (andoftentheoppositeisthecaseandthenamerepresentssomethingtheyneedorlack — nineoftenpoorpeoplehavenameslikeJingui [GoldPrecious], AhFu [Richie], Dayou [HaveaLot].) Butnomatterhoworinwhatmanner, .
[3] Iwouldliketogivesomeoneaname, eventhoughI’, , sincetheyrelyentirelyonprecedent: littlekidsareinvariablycalledMaotou (Kid), ErMaotou (KidNumberTwo), SanMaotou (KidtheThird); servantgirlsbecomeRuyi (AsYouWish); andtaxidancersaregivenforeignsoundingnameslikeManna.
[4] CatholicpriestsandProtestantpastorsalsogivebabiesnameswhenthey’rebaptized (thismustbeoneofthemostcompellingoftheirduties), buttheyneverseemtostrayveryfarfromthecommonroundofGeorge, Mary, , andI’mafraidthatmylistprettymuchexhauststhepossibilities, , andnamesareinevitablyselectedfromfolklorictraditionsandreligioushistory, tothepointwhereonerunseverywhereintopeoplewiththesamenames — whatabore! There’sanoldjoke: ’sdecidedonanamenooneelsehaseverusedbefore: Satan.
[5] AsforChinesepeople, wehaveallofWangYunwu’, itseemsunforgivablethattherearesomepeoplewhoarewillingtoletthemselvesbecalledthingslikeXiuzhen (Precious) andZijing (Quiet).
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