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From: eassong@yorku.ca (Gord Easson)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing your name in another langu
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:24:30 GMT
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Still on the subject of pronouncing your name in a foreign language......
 
 I found my self in an interesting situation when I studied Spanish.   My
name is Gord.  This quickly becomes Gordo to a Spanish speaker. 
Unfortunately, Gordo in Spanish is a term of endearment meaning 'fatso'. 
This would have been appropriate had I been fat.  However, I am over 6 feet
tall and under 150 pounds.  Hardly fat.  As a result, when I am in a
Spanish speaking context I go by the name Flaco, which is the parallel term
of endearment meaning 'skinny one'.
 
