Yes AW, that is a nice way of putting it. I don't mind feminised names such as Toni for Tony, when the spelling helps people to figure out the sex of a person. However, when these conventions are mucked up by culturally- or linguistically-insensitive (or -ignorant) people, then that's when the confusion arises. Ms Benny To could have followed convention and used Benni but instead the Hong Kong urge to select a unique, novel name dictated otherwise.
Try Bones Dr Luk. Scotty is an engineer.
ReplyDeleteYes, Bones or Doc (or Beverley) would have made more sense.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Beverly is a great name for a guy! Would probably be unique.
ReplyDeleteYou may laugh but somewhere out there, there is a male Beverly!
ReplyDeleteOh gawd, that's just wrong. What's next, a chick called Robert?
ReplyDeleteWell, there's already a chick called Benny (see 0523)
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Well, many male names are "feminised" by adding a y or ie on the end. That's a more palatable explanation, anyway!
ReplyDeleteYes AW, that is a nice way of putting it. I don't mind feminised names such as Toni for Tony, when the spelling helps people to figure out the sex of a person. However, when these conventions are mucked up by culturally- or linguistically-insensitive (or -ignorant) people, then that's when the confusion arises. Ms Benny To could have followed convention and used Benni but instead the Hong Kong urge to select a unique, novel name dictated otherwise.
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