Comments on: What’s in a name? http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/ ramblings and photos from tokyo, japan Thu, 17 May 2012 09:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: ＢＢ http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-9005 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:25:10 +0000 http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-9005 by the way... did you hear Josh is leaving japan too? (if only for a while) makes you wonder if japan is spitting out the gaijin... sonno-joi! by the way…
did you hear Josh is leaving japan too? (if only for a while)

makes you wonder if japan is spitting out the gaijin…

sonno-joi!

]]> by: jeff http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8860 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:18:11 +0000 http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8860 Wow, I'm seriously surprised by the number of comments on this silly throw-away post! :shock: Rob: Ha ha, very funny. :? Hunter: Yep, my thoughts exactly. ru1: Well, everyone knows my name in katakana, but I guess the English spelling is a bit too difficult to master, even after five years. :roll: Marco: Wow, long time no see! Are you still in Seoul? I hope everything's been going well with you! I know what you mean, though. . . even within the past year, I still had people at the company asking me from time to time if I was an intern and when I was going back to the U.S. to graduate! sachiko: コメントありがとう！ That's really cute. I know Judy really misses those kids a lot. I hope we can all hang out again before we leave Japan! flor: Hmm, I guess I really should have put this face → :wink: at the end of the post to indicate that I was just joking, eh? It has nothing to do with the fact that they're Japanese, though; I just find it amusing that the people I have worked with for several years still haven't managed to learn how to spell my name. Actually, to give you all an update: At my farewell party on Monday, my coworkers gave me a card that began, "Dear Jeffery. . ." :lol: Wow, I’m seriously surprised by the number of comments on this silly throw-away post! :shock:

Rob: Ha ha, very funny. :?

Hunter: Yep, my thoughts exactly.

ru1: Well, everyone knows my name in katakana, but I guess the English spelling is a bit too difficult to master, even after five years. :roll:

Marco: Wow, long time no see! Are you still in Seoul? I hope everything’s been going well with you! I know what you mean, though. . . even within the past year, I still had people at the company asking me from time to time if I was an intern and when I was going back to the U.S. to graduate!

sachiko: コメントありがとう！ That’s really cute. I know Judy really misses those kids a lot. I hope we can all hang out again before we leave Japan!

flor: Hmm, I guess I really should have put this face → :wink: at the end of the post to indicate that I was just joking, eh? It has nothing to do with the fact that they’re Japanese, though; I just find it amusing that the people I have worked with for several years still haven’t managed to learn how to spell my name.

Actually, to give you all an update: At my farewell party on Monday, my coworkers gave me a card that began, “Dear Jeffery. . .” :lol:

]]> by: flor http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8822 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:19:30 +0000 http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8822 i understand this can be kind of disappointing. but really.. misspelling of your name happens to you in any country where people can not pronounce it easily. and what happens to asians in europe is: if they are not yoko ono, their christian names and surnames are frequently confused. so don't be too hard on the japanese.. i understand this can be kind of disappointing. but really.. misspelling of your name happens to you in any country where people can not pronounce it easily. and what happens to asians in europe is: if they are not yoko ono, their christian names and surnames are frequently confused. so don’t be too hard on the japanese..

]]> by: sachiko http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8733 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:56:42 +0000 http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8733 That's sad... but one of my kids used to call me 'mitakatta' (Ms. Sachiko)... I didn't know what she was trying to say.. it sounds like Japanese(みたかった） but she was trying to call me. But this girl is only 2years old. That’s sad… but one of my kids used to call me ‘mitakatta’ (Ms. Sachiko)… I didn’t know what she was trying to say.. it sounds like Japanese(みたかった） but she was trying to call me. But this girl is only 2years old.

]]> by: Marco http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8731 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:45:41 +0000 http://www.conbinibento.com/2006/07/26/whats-in-a-name/#comment-8731 after 2 years teaching italian they didn't know i was "really" italian~!!! (long time no visit Jerry...i mean, Jeffry) after 2 years teaching italian they didn’t know i was “really” italian~!!! (long time no visit Jerry…i mean, Jeffry)

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