Comments on: Ch-ch-ch-changes http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Diane http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/#comment-142838 Diane Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:52:59 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/#comment-142838 Oh how interesting. Is Si Si the nickname or her full Chinese name? My oldest daughter was named Yu Si but nicknamed Si Si. She carries her name as her middle name. The pronunciation is quite difficult for an English native speaker. For my daughter the English translation of Si is 'silk'. We are also going through this name claiming with my now 7 year old. She started using her Chinese name (also now her middle name) on school papers. Totally her own doing. Somehow her teachers figured it out because all of her papers came home with her...no matter which name she used ;) Oh how interesting. Is Si Si the nickname or her full Chinese name? My oldest daughter was named Yu Si but nicknamed Si Si. She carries her name as her middle name. The pronunciation is quite difficult for an English native speaker. For my daughter the English translation of Si is ’silk’.

We are also going through this name claiming with my now 7 year old. She started using her Chinese name (also now her middle name) on school papers. Totally her own doing. Somehow her teachers figured it out because all of her papers came home with her…no matter which name she used ;)

]]> By: Kate http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/#comment-142703 Kate Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:25:46 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/#comment-142703 What a nice notion to get her into 'Chinese camp.' She may complain right now but in the long run I think it's very cool you go to that effort to help her understand the cultural differences. My own daughter recently forbid me from calling her 'Peanut' ever again. So I guess big naming dilemmas are happening all over the place. I suppose it's time... she is 24, after all! But, I'm still in denial about her being an adult... What a nice notion to get her into ‘Chinese camp.’ She may complain right now but in the long run I think it’s very cool you go to that effort to help her understand the cultural differences. My own daughter recently forbid me from calling her ‘Peanut’ ever again. So I guess big naming dilemmas are happening all over the place. I suppose it’s time… she is 24, after all! But, I’m still in denial about her being an adult…

]]> By: chicagomama http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/#comment-142659 chicagomama Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:54:51 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2010/08/04/ch-ch-ch-changes-2/#comment-142659 It's funny because I think you know that we kept our daughter's Chinese name as her name and gave her a "Western" middle name. When she was 3 1/2 - she went through a 6 week phase when she asked everyone to call her Elizabeth - her middle name. After about six weeks - she went back to her Chinese name and she has always used it since. For us, keeping her Chinese name was one of our best choices as her parents. There are some slight pronunciation issues (we have a "ZH" in the mix so it is more people trying to pronounce it using the english phonetics) but her name is actually pretty easy to pronounce and she has always loved that fact that her name is her name is her name. Good luck with Omegadotter, I look forward to hearing more about this. :) It’s funny because I think you know that we kept our daughter’s Chinese name as her name and gave her a “Western” middle name. When she was 3 1/2 - she went through a 6 week phase when she asked everyone to call her Elizabeth - her middle name. After about six weeks - she went back to her Chinese name and she has always used it since.

For us, keeping her Chinese name was one of our best choices as her parents. There are some slight pronunciation issues (we have a “ZH” in the mix so it is more people trying to pronounce it using the english phonetics) but her name is actually pretty easy to pronounce and she has always loved that fact that her name is her name is her name.

Good luck with Omegadotter, I look forward to hearing more about this. :)

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