County Tam Man Yee (Ms), Film and Media, Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Geography-based
Enthusiastic reflections about names, the universe and everything, with a positive dose of critical thinking
County Tam Man Yee (Ms), Film and Media, Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
Devil. Whale. Chlorophyll, Violante, Treacle — you name it, Hong Kong probably has someone who goes by it. Inquisitive, enterprising and...
I would have thought that it'd be a male name, if anyone was crazy enough to choose it.
ReplyDeleteThere must be a Country, Province, Nation or State wandering around Hongkers then. Not to mention City, Street, Road, House, Table, Chair...
Thanks AW. I think you are pre-empting my future posts! Are Hongkies that predictable? Lol.
ReplyDeletePredictably weird, and often it seems like they chose their name by going to a random page of a book and choosing a random word or 2.
ReplyDeleteI would add that there is an element of predictable 'creativity' involved, since they like to 'insert' 'substitute', 'delete' letters here and there too. Predictably weird and predictably creative!?
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