Friday 28 October 2011

0915 HKSAR Name of the Day

Saline Lee Siu-ling (Ms), General Registry, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong


About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Substitution

7 comments:

  1. Phonetic based?

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  2. As in saline drip? Maybe her life was saved before by a drip?

    But possibly a variation of Seline/Celine/Selina.

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  3. Thank you Anon and AW.

    Possibly phonetic based, and quite possibly a variation. It is hard to tell with Hongkies and the way they, or their parents, choose their novel names. Lol.

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  4. I vote for medical related.

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  5. I wonder if she notices the irony of being named Saline and working at a science museum.

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  6. Thanks Joyce. I think most Hongkongers with novel names know and relish in their irony and quirkiness.

    It's the ego, arrogance and ignorance, all mixed in. That's my take, anyhoo.

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