Comments on: Names That Come and Go

By: Ping

Ping — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:52:19 +0000

“Jeff” share the same pronunciation of “Brother in law” in Chinese, if a Chinese boy is given an English name like this, anyone calls him would feel like he/she is taken adavantage by the boy. Joking~

By: Loreto

Loreto — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:26:58 +0000

Hello everybody

I am living in LA during a short period of time (8 months) and I have little problems with my name here in the United States. The problem is that the majorities of the people, change my name, and call me, Loretta.

Many people, cannot understand, how a woman have Loreto like name. Perhaps it sounds, masculine, for them.
I suppose end up in “o” is the principal reason, due the fact that the majority (of course, not all), of female names end up in, “a”, or at least include “a” in her names.

The “Loreto” name, in my country, Spain, is the name of a Virgin, patron saint of “aviation” .My father was “air force piloted”, and for each and every one of them, it was a pride, to put this name to one of his daughters.

Nowadays, and especially now, that my father passed away, I’ am proud of have this name, but also I have to recognize, that I still remember when I was young, I didn’t like my name because many boys, that they didn’t familiarize with this name, making fun, because they said, what it seemed a “boy name”.

Best

Thanks Jeff and Lucy for “ELS Podcast”. It has been one of the best discoveries for me, here in LA.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:03:29 +0000

How about the popularity of “Sara” in US, and it is actually my real name. thanks!

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:57:10 +0000

Hi guys.
Talking about names I want to tell you something about choosing names for someone in Spanish.
Although we can choose one, two, three and even four names to give a one child, It’s a hard work if you decide more than one because all of them (case 2, 3, 4, … names) have to sound nice (“rimar”). Some times names like “Maria” for girls and “Luis” or “Juan” (Jose) can be used-combined with other names easier than “Ana” or “Pablo” respectively.
I know people with three names and actually I have two names, but in US I use only, the first one “Maria” but I like more my two names together.

Best,

Maria Clara

By: emiliano

emiliano — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:43:08 +0000

Yes, indeed, I like Jack and julio too. Both shorts and nice.
A pleasure seeing you again here Julio.

By: Julio

Julio — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:25:43 +0000

By the way, I never met to someone English speaker named Julio, or Julius or even July. It is a very very rare thing because it is a wonderful name, isn’t it? Only Julio Iglesias, Julius Verne, but nowdays very few, What’s the matter? I can’t understand it!
For the tastes, colours, says an old Spanish saying, although undoubtely people will be right when they decide not to choose such a name.
In any case, as for my potential English name, What’s about Jack? Indeed it sounds pretty good, at least to me. So I am going to tell my wife and ask her oppinion about. I will tell you the outcome.
Best regards from Spain,
Julio (Jack).

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:03:36 +0000

Sorry Pals,

I did not mean to moan and brood.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:18:53 +0000

Hi Guys ,

I have something rather interesting for you guys. Rumor has it that there is no word in English that rhythms with the word “month.” Is there anybody out there interested in defying it. I accepted the challenge ,but my poor English knowledge and ability failed me. I couldn’t think of anything. Maybe you can come up with sth. Bring it on my friend.It is a tad awkward since on weekend everybody is outside chasing butterflies. But, I am sitting at the computer in my eery ,dismal room trying to type in some none sense.I know it is sad ,but “although the world is full of suffering it is full of overcoming of it.” (obscure writer)
literally, I live and breath The Blog. I gust The Blog is my thing.
Dear Jeff,
I think you can on more time explain us the meaning of the term “A lone wolf” through me, I am a living example bro.

By: gregorex

gregorex — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:38:51 +0000

Speaking of witch. In today’s http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=7146620 there is name “Pinda” witch means in polish rude description of silly and a stupid woman. If some girl comes to Poland and say: “Hello, I’m Pinda” she mustn’t be surprised if she notice a smile on her interlocutor face

By: emiliano

emiliano — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:12:38 +0000

If I have to choose some names now I would like to say that I like Eva, Laura, Fatima, Ana, Lucía and of course Maria.
May be to a girl these are the five or six names I like more.

Usually I like short names in spanish and english, so Bella, Lauren, Kay, Lucy, Susan, Sarah, Beth and Mary, are names that I like in english.

To men I like short names too like: Juan, Luis, Pablo, Miguel, Pedro, Jesus and Manuel. Is evident that I don’t like mine as being too long.
But it has some advantages because I haven’t been with another emiliano though my father who is call that name too.

In english I like Paul, John, Mikel, Jeff (of course), Steve, and Denis.

As a boy I disliked my name always, even now I don’t like it at all but it is nice sometimes that every body
remember it and knows perfectly who I am because it is so unusual.