Sunday, March 1, 2009

Harry Wang























Harry is a designer at TEAMS. He has been
indispensably helpful with getting settled
into Shanghai. At a very young age, Chinese
children pick out their English name. Harry,
still very new to the english language, chose his 
name not knowing the phallic innuendo that 
is his last name. As an adult, he became aware 
of the double entendre and wanted to change it,
but it's against the law in China to change your
english fake name. So he is stuck with it.

The shame of it is, his Chinese name was/is "Che".

Harry Wang.
Superb Designer.
Immeasurably Helpful.
Silly Name.

2 comments:

  1. that must be why every other chinese girl i know is named amy or aimee or any variation of the name. if i named myself when i was young i'd be courtney...bleh- no offense to my uncle.
    the chinese pharmacist love her english name so much that she wanted to even name her daughter aimee, but went with emily instead. Yes, the is the top US girl name of 2007 that has consistently stayed in the top ten for who knows how many years now. creative...

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  2. Bring this harry wang home with you. I wanna meet him.

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