[Edling] So Long 'Cinderella, ' Website Helps Chinese Find Better English Names

[Francis Hult]

Via lgpolicy...



National Public Radio



So Long 'Cinderella,' Website Helps Chinese Find Better English Names



Cinderella. Billboard. Mo Money. Lady Gaga.



What do they all have in common?



They are a few of the unusual English names young Chinese have adopted over the years in hopes of mixing more easily with Westerners. Such offbeat names, though, sometimes have the opposite effect, generating puzzlement and the wrong kind of smiles.



Lindsay Jernigan, an American entrepreneur, has set up a new website, bestenglishname.com, to help Chinese choose more appropriate names.



Full story:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/04/20/400399802/so-long-cinderella-website-helps-chinese-find-better-english-names
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