Fun with the Qin surname...
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Jack Lambert
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03-20-2005 15:50
I was in the Shelter today and mentioned there are a lot of "Qin" surnames running about these days. We decided that "Kin" is how you pronounce it and had a blast coming up with names:
Pum Qin
Munch Qin
Smo Qin
Sin Qin
Drun Qin
Manny Qin
Bro Qin
etc etc ... LOL
Any one think of more?
--Jack Lambert
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Torley Linden
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03-20-2005 16:02
I couldn't resist this one: GREEFER QINSly!  |
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Malachi Petunia
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03-20-2005 16:22
I know this probably would be viewed as racist by some, but it is more accurately an example of when cultures collide. Back in a former life, one of my firm's customers, an internet backbone company in the fine nation of Korea had some difficulty. He sent a well-written, cogent, valid problem which came over from Tech Support. At the bottom of the mail (pure ASCII days) was a standard corporate signature block: =======================
Phuc Din, Vice President Internet Communications
Some company
+82 343 1234
some!bangpath!telco!pdin [email]pdin@telco.kr[/email] We had far too much fun with that guy's name that day.  But we were young and stupid then - I'm old and stupid now. |
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Nolan Nash
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03-20-2005 16:28
Lur Qin
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Torley Linden
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03-20-2005 16:28
From: Malachi Petunia We had far too much fun with that guy's name that day. But we were young and stupid then - I'm old and stupid now. LOL, of course the game is played both ways. Some English words sound like obscenities to those speaking a different primary language. And on an additional note, Thai people in particular... with places like PHUKET <--- and no, it's not really pronounced that way, but that's the closest it can get in English due to how egregiously difficult Thai vowels are.  |
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David Cartier
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03-20-2005 23:58
From: Jack Lambert I was in the Shelter today and mentioned there are a lot of "Qin" surnames running about these days. We decided that "Kin" is how you pronounce it and had a blast coming up with names:
Pum Qin
Munch Qin
Smo Qin
Sin Qin
Drun Qin
Manny Qin
Bro Qin
etc etc ... LOL
Any one think of more?
--Jack Lambert Except that oddly enough, QIN is pronounced "CHIN". |
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Torley Linden
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03-21-2005 00:12
From: David Cartier Except that oddly enough, QIN is pronounced "CHIN". Ahhh you got us, David.  Of course, Jack did disclaim: From: someone We decided that "Kin" is how you pronounce it Just JOE QIN Seriously though, it is hard to transliterate some stuffs into English 'cuz of complex vowels and other subleties (like accents). |
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Eggy Lippmann
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03-21-2005 00:28
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Tito Gomez
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03-21-2005 06:43
If we use the Chinese pronunciation 'CHIN' my name would then be:
No Qingues
or
Deja D' Qingar
Tito
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Rose Karuna
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03-21-2005 07:50
When you have alligators chomping at your ass, always remember to keep your qin up. I like the one I heard while I was in the UK better though, someone told me to "Keep your pecker up". So... I'm like "Right O" And then someone at work told me it meant the same thing as keeping your qin up. 
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Pituca FairChang
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03-21-2005 11:08
From: Tito Gomez If we use the Chinese pronunciation 'CHIN' my name would then be:
No Qingues
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Deja D' Qingar
Tito |
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Devlin Gallant
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03-21-2005 11:11
Qinchillas!
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Jack Lambert
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03-21-2005 17:56
I refuse to accept this as evidence. How do you pronounce "read" ... is it "reed" or "red" I still maintain that Lambert is pronounced "lam-bear" (Win Qin) --Jack Lambert
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Taunt you with a tree filled lot? hahahahahahaha. Griefer trees! Good lord you're a drama queen. Poor poor put upon you.
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