Cassandra Nadine Grabowski has been a name that I've become known by since well, birth. It has 24 letters in total and about a zillion syllables. However, here in Korea, that name doesn't exactly fly. Every time I'm asked what my name is, the response is always a puzzled look on a Korean face and sometimes the word, "What!?!" is soon followed. This dumbfounded look doesn't bother me much anymore because when you think of their names, they are usually a maximum of 9 letters from beginning to end.
Now imagine my 6-7 year old students trying to comprehend my name...yeah it's a mouthful!
So allow me to re-introduce myself as Yuri. Yes, I have been re-named. Apparently, my 6-7 year old students named me after some beautiful and popular actress, so I'm quite okay with it. :)
And I'm not the only one to be named. Both Sionna and Pauly received new Korean Names from our friend Young Ju. Paulina is no longer Machita (or delicious), she is Yubin. And Sionna has gone from Kinchana (or okay) to Ye San. So it was only natural for us to name Young Ju with an English name - Bella! Nevertheless, we are all quite content!
No comments:
Post a Comment