Author Topic: Why do punjabis feel the need to give their kids white nicknames? (Read 8403 times)

_Beast_ · « **Reply #20 on:** November 01, 2010, 11:55:22 PM »

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 01, 2010, 11:53:21 PM

so how come you dont have gora type nickname :

It is gora type, it is short cut for america :laugh: :laugh: but they still gotta change,, it think its ego problem

Punjabi Janta Forums - Janta Di Pasand · « **Reply #20 on:** November 01, 2010, 11:55:22 PM »

Ķιℓℓα Ķαuя · « **Reply #21 on:** November 01, 2010, 11:59:06 PM »

Quote from: PENDU on November 01, 2010, 11:55:22 PM

It is gora type, it is short cut for america :laugh: :laugh: but they still gotta change,, it think its ego problem

hahahahaha damn it and they still mispronounce it damn i dont feel so bad :pagel:

҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2010, 04:09:37 AM »

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 01, 2010, 11:52:40 PM

why are you taking it personally :

goodness gracious :D

and about the nicknames there are indian nicknames too :happy: anyways :D no hard feelings :D but if i can pronounce a white persons name right the least he/she can do is pronounce mine the way its pronounced :)

:wow: I don't remember making it personal at all. Some names are simply easy to pronounce but there are foreign names that are hard to pronounce, so you shouldn't have such high expectation, you can't blame someone for mispronouncing your name or go on getting defensive and offended about it.

Ķιℓℓα Ķαuя · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:20:18 AM »

Quote from: ※TR€M3 H@RD©OR€ on November 02, 2010, 04:09:37 AM

:wow: I don't remember making it personal at all. Some names are simply easy to pronounce but there are foreign names that are hard to pronounce, so you shouldn't have such high expectation, you can't blame someone for mispronouncing your name or go on getting defensive and offended about it.

agreed some are hard to pronounce...however try is all it takes :) might pronounce it wrong the first time and get it right the next ...nothing to be offended by :he:

TheStig · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:26:45 AM »

There is no need to have a western name . If you have an indian name then thats all you need. if people cant pronounce it its their problem not ours :) we remain the same.

Its a trend now even in others as well michael want him to be called mike! and jonathan likes to hear JON ! damn its everywhere innit?

Jhanda_Amli · « **Reply #25 on:** November 02, 2010, 02:54:24 PM »

Patta ne ke nava rawaj chal geya aa.. Phela naam hunde se .. Fateh Jang Singh, Hun patendar janta ne FJ bana ta /:)

Mere nal jehra we kam karda aa.. Kehda oh your name is messed up.. Main teh saaf he kehda hunda. Bhee changa gora aa tu ke ek naam nai pronounce kar sakda. Patta nai kenne saal ho geye tenu angreji boldiya .. teh tere kollo ek naam nai leya janda.

Bakki appa teh koi shota naam nai rakhiya. je kesse ne use karna aa karee.. nai teh na bulvoo... Main keyye janiya nu janda aa.. Janta "pal" nu "Paul" banna lende aa. Bhee samaj nai aunde.. Ek mera dost real estate wich kam karda.. Naam aa Harinderpal Cheema.. Teh rakhiya aa "Paul C" ...

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- Wesse kasoor sadde lokka da.. Muslim people are great in this.. Ohna nu kade nai wekhia naam change karidiya.. Punjabi we karde ne.. Teh Hindu we karde ne. Ke sochde oo.. Ya ke nai?

Bakki main offend teh nai hunda gore name nal.. But that kind of stupid ke tusse apna naam bandalo ta jo tusse country de culture nal khul mil javvo.. NO?

Ķιℓℓα Ķαuя · « **Reply #26 on:** November 02, 2010, 03:14:22 PM »

Exactly..i love the fact my name is something different and i prefer to be called by full name.. the great thing is everytime someone pronounces it they always ask what it means :happy:

anyhow i personally think that just changing your name doesn't give you automatic "fit-in" status :) therefore, why the change? I just don't understand why it is so difficult for us to accept ourselves as who we are and be proud of it :)..

from experience...if someone have mispronounced my name they usually get it right the 2nd or 3rd time the most except those who don't want to give it a shot :pagel:

Steppenwolf · « **Reply #27 on:** November 02, 2010, 03:45:47 PM »

Quote from: ※TR€M3 H@RD©OR€ on November 02, 2010, 04:09:37 AM

:wow: I don't remember making it personal at all. Some names are simply easy to pronounce but there are foreign names that are hard to pronounce, so you shouldn't have such high expectation, you can't blame someone for mispronouncing your name or go on getting defensive and offended about it.

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 02, 2010, 03:14:22 PM

Exactly..i love the fact my name is something different and i prefer to be called by full name.. the great thing is everytime someone pronounces it they always ask what it means :happy:

anyhow i personally think that just changing your name doesn't give you automatic "fit-in" status :) therefore, why the change? I just don't understand why it is so difficult for us to accept ourselves as who we are and be proud of it :)..

from experience...if someone have mispronounced my name they usually get it right the 2nd or 3rd time the most except those who don't want to give it a shot :pagel:

Me being from the northern part of India might find it difficult to Pronounce a name like Owen or Noah. It not about how to pronounce the name, more about who needs to pronounce the name. :)

Steppenwolf · « **Reply #28 on:** November 02, 2010, 04:08:44 PM »

When you say someones name wrong you usually feel pretty bad. Its good to be exposed to many cultures and places. I dare you to try and do business with a person in japan while showing them the bottom of your feet. :D

Steppenwolf · « **Reply #29 on:** November 02, 2010, 06:32:46 PM »

:omg:

Kudrat Kaur · « **Reply #30 on:** November 02, 2010, 06:56:27 PM »

Yeah, i have experienced this too. But i dont have any ego problem with my name, Like some people pronounce very nice, So its cool. But Sometimes I find people really struggling in pronunciation of my name , they ask me, if they have pronounced it right or worng, and When i say no its wrong then they apologizes for that so many times, and i used to feel bad abt it, So What i did , I told them to Call me "KAUR" aa there is no other KAUR at my work place. They asked me about its meaning and i said this means "Princess". They really liked it and They love to call me KAUR (Princess)

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So All good ji.. :happy:

Bulletiya_moge_wala · « **Reply #31 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:46:29 PM »

ewi jaahli..lol

҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ · « **Reply #32 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:55:24 PM »

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 02, 2010, 09:20:18 AM

agreed some are hard to pronounce...however try is all it takes :) might pronounce it wrong the first time and get it right the next ...nothing to be offended by :he:

Yeah all can 1 really do is try to pronounce it right, if you want someone to get it right perfectly, well its going to take a lot of practise and sometimes you might aswell just give it up. At the end of the day, let's face it, western names are a whole lot easier to say.

Ķιℓℓα Ķαuя · « **Reply #33 on:** November 03, 2010, 12:03:34 AM »

Quote from: Bulletiya_moge_wala on November 02, 2010, 09:46:29 PM

ewi jaahli..lol

eda ki matlab?

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Quote from: kerfufle on November 02, 2010, 06:32:46 PM

:omg:

tu kio muh adhi janda

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Yeah all can 1 really do is try to pronounce it right, if you want someone to get it right perfectly, well its going to take a lot of practise and sometimes you might aswell just give it up. At the end of the day, let's face it, western names are a whole lot easier to say.

try is all one gotta do :) and trust me if you go to india and u tell some random person to pronounce western names it aint easy for them either :D

҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ · « **Reply #34 on:** November 03, 2010, 12:06:42 AM »

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 03, 2010, 12:03:34 AM

eda ki matlab? :
tu kio muh adhi janda :

try is all one gotta do :) and trust me if you go to india and u tell some random person to pronounce western names it aint easy for them either :D

It's different for everybody i reckon. Like 1 of the punjabi guys that i know, his name's kulvinder and i can say it fine. :happy:

Ķιℓℓα Ķαuя · « **Reply #35 on:** November 03, 2010, 12:09:41 AM »

: some are easier to pronounce than the others ...however not impossible :pagel:

҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ · « **Reply #36 on:** November 03, 2010, 12:17:33 AM »

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 03, 2010, 12:09:41 AM

: some are easier to pronounce than the others ...however not impossible :pagel:

It is actually impossible to pronounce other names sometimes especially foreign ones.

Ķιℓℓα Ķαuя · « **Reply #37 on:** November 03, 2010, 02:01:15 PM »

It is actually impossible to pronounce other names sometimes especially foreign ones.

Nope not impossible :pagel: just can be difficult at times :he:

҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ · « **Reply #38 on:** November 03, 2010, 11:18:09 PM »

Quote from: jatti_killa4nia_di on November 03, 2010, 02:01:15 PM

Nope not impossible :pagel: just can be difficult at times :he:

Difficult, not properly and perfectly.

Nek Singh · « **Reply #39 on:** November 04, 2010, 01:39:52 AM »

just to make it easy to pronounce changing the name is the most weird thing i have heard about..

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