Comments on: Here Comes Mommy http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/ Draw me with ginormous bazoongas! Mon, 21 May 2012 18:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Burzmali http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1292 Burzmali Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:44:17 +0000 http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1292 The interesting part of leaving in Boston is that no matter how poor someone's English is, there is a fairly decent chance that their family has been in Boston longer than yours ;) The interesting part of leaving in Boston is that no matter how poor someone’s English is, there is a fairly decent chance that their family has been in Boston longer than yours ;)

]]> By: Joe http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1291 Joe Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:21:27 +0000 http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1291 Jerry- thanks. Godwind_Dora- No worries. Life in Korea has been very good for me and my family, overall. Every country has a few rough edges; we don't always treat outsiders with respect in Canada, either. Jerry- thanks.

Godwind_Dora- No worries. Life in Korea has been very good for me and my family, overall. Every country has a few rough edges; we don’t always treat outsiders with respect in Canada, either.

]]> By: Godwind_Dora http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1290 Godwind_Dora Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:25:40 +0000 http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1290 Korean society had not enough foregin cultural influence and sometimes Koreans can be very ignorant to people who is not Koreans. As a Korean, I'm really sorry. Korean society had not enough foregin cultural influence and sometimes Koreans can be very ignorant to
people who is not Koreans.
As a Korean, I’m really sorry.

]]> By: Jerry http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1289 Jerry Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:26 +0000 http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1289 I think, as long as you and Eunsuk support Sean with whatever voyages he takes, he'll be fine. Growing up cross culture can be very painful (speaking from experience from the other side of the cracked mirror), but you'll have a guide, and globalization means it's not as completely alien to all the people involved. Good luck! I think, as long as you and Eunsuk support Sean with whatever voyages he takes, he’ll be fine. Growing up cross culture can be very painful (speaking from experience from the other side of the cracked mirror), but you’ll have a guide, and globalization means it’s not as completely alien to all the people involved. Good luck!

]]> By: macksting http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1288 macksting Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:31:10 +0000 http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1288 My little sister's middle name is Naomi precisely because my mother knew a woman named Naomi when she was an exchange student to Japan (mostly but not only Okinawa) who was very close to her heart. Somehow, though, I think this is more "acceptable," not the least because it's a middle name rather than a given or surname. My wife and I are going largely bland routes with our kid. S/he's going to be The Other in an "Anthropologist On Mars" sense in all likelihood; why make it worse? Even so, I wonder. Here on the west coast of the US, there's a large asian population. I'm not -used- to people being unable to cope with "weird" names. I don't know how to pronounce Eunsuk, but I don't actually consider that a flaw in the -name,- and given the demographic breakdown where I live, I don't think most other folks do either. I'm inclined to say it's also demographic, Burzmali. One doesn't need a Ricardo Montalban, in my opinion, for the local population to get used to pronouncing Hernandez and Ortiz. My little sister’s middle name is Naomi precisely because my mother knew a woman named Naomi when she was an exchange student to Japan (mostly but not only Okinawa) who was very close to her heart. Somehow, though, I think this is more “acceptable,” not the least because it’s a middle name rather than a given or surname.
My wife and I are going largely bland routes with our kid. S/he’s going to be The Other in an “Anthropologist On Mars” sense in all likelihood; why make it worse?
Even so, I wonder. Here on the west coast of the US, there’s a large asian population. I’m not -used- to people being unable to cope with “weird” names. I don’t know how to pronounce Eunsuk, but I don’t actually consider that a flaw in the -name,- and given the demographic breakdown where I live, I don’t think most other folks do either.
I’m inclined to say it’s also demographic, Burzmali. One doesn’t need a Ricardo Montalban, in my opinion, for the local population to get used to pronouncing Hernandez and Ortiz.

]]> By: Burzmali http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1287 Burzmali Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:59:17 +0000 http://ataraxiatheatre.com/2009/09/23/here-comes-mommy/#comment-1287 A lot of asian families in the US have a similar problem with given names, but they typically can find one that has a reasonable analog in both their native language and english. I'd think that foreign media would be the largest factor in accepting new and different naming patterns. A lot of asian families in the US have a similar problem with given names, but they typically can find one that has a reasonable analog in both their native language and english. I’d think that foreign media would be the largest factor in accepting new and different naming patterns.

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