Friday, January 8, 2010

To Use or Not to Use..

A recent gathering with my friends bring back the old debate.. "Wai Chun, why don't you use an English name".. Well, let's say I'm picky.. I want a name that is uncommon and yet suits my birth name.. "Why don't use Zephryc"? some says. "It's uncommon enough and it sounds cool" another one said.. Well, for all the people out there. Zephryc is a name i just randomly thought of when i play my online games. Online games now require avatars that need you u input a name.. So, hey, Zephryc sounds cool, so i use it as my alias in the "cyber"-world..

But, everyone, "Cyber"world and the real world is different.. Yes, you type "Zephryc" in the google search, and my facebook profile, my blog comes out as the top search. Bt, first of all, is the name easily pronounced? You think u know how to pronounce it? Think again.. Furthermore, if you hear the name Zephryc chanted out loud, do you know how to spell it?

Then again, there are also many names that has several ways to spell them.. Take for example, Eddy, another way to spell it Eddie. Sara, Sarah. C'mon.. Even my chinese name, Wai Chun tat isnt too common meet his brother, Wai Choon.. And thank god, this person that bears the resemblance to my name is a super genius.. Awesome!!

There is another issue of i want a name that bears a little rhyme to my chinese name. And thus, makes the whole naming crap lot harder. You see, i can do a lot wif my chinese name.. But, rhyming with an English one is not one of them... Thus far, i can only come up with Wy- replacing the "Wai" but, Chun? I just dont have a vocabulary wide enough to find an awesome name replacing that.. Wychun?? How do you even pronounce that?? That is insane.. Even when i use the first letter of "Chun" doesnt make the name sounds any better.. Wycee?? I prefer to stick with Zephryc, God Bless Me..

Thus the decision, Zephryc Leong Wai Chun.. To Use or Not to Use..

Signing off to think deeply.