Sybilla Kot Hiu-Chuen, student, School of Communications, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare
Enthusiastic reflections about names, the universe and everything, with a positive dose of critical thinking
Sybilla Kot Hiu-Chuen, student, School of Communications, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Devil. Whale. Chlorophyll, Violante, Treacle — you name it, Hong Kong probably has someone who goes by it. Inquisitive, enterprising and...
Perhaps she's a Papist or a fan of Mozart.
ReplyDeleteDies irae, dies illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sibylla.
One that can't spell, mind.
Perhaps Uly. I would love to understand some of the thought processes in how people decide to choose their novel names. However, this appears to be a futile exercise ... which means we can only infer and speculate (as you and others have usefully done on occasion). Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMr Divine Fung is the first person ever to see and comment on his appearance on this blog. Unfortunately, we still do not know why he chose a rather infamous, and possibly African-American-centric, name. And a feminine one at that. Think back to Divine Brown and Hugh Grant.