識英文嘅朋友仔入一入嚟

是咁的，話說琴日有個講英文嘅同事問咗我一個問題我唔太識答。（以下名字都是化名）

同事: Ken
我: Tony （Tai Man, Chan）

Ken: Hey, Tony let me ask you something, what's your full name.

我： why do you ask?


Ken: I heard from some coworkers said your name is Chan, and I said "Fuck no! His name is Tony."

我： My full name is Tai Man Chan, first name is Tai Man, and last name is Chan.

Ken: So where the fuck does Tony come from?

我當場靜左......諗左一陣之後

我試住解釋話，小學開始學英文所以改左個英文名

我：I... I...had this English name when a teacher asked me in primary school.

nick name？

其實香港人點解要有英文名？
因為崇洋定係為左上英文堂？

開始果陣諗住堅持屋企人賦予畀我嘅中文名。所以Keep住用中文名最後一個字

好似 Chan Tai Man, 就同人講 my name is Man

或者 chan siu ming, my name is Ming

但最後都屈服左～～～改左個洋文名

Tony

咁點解釋點come from?

下次全名同外國人講Tai Man Tony Chan啦

但身份證冇，當自己有middle name?

堅，喺酒吧試過俾鬼佬咁講
要我真名，唔要改嘅英文名

全公司得你一個有英文名咁搞笑？？

遇到呢啲鬼佬咁鍾意執正件事，一律應該寫中文名叫佢讀

反而覺得佢幾友善

記得教練英文好勁

問你果條友岩岩出世
你問下佢李小龍叫咩名再問番佢點解呀
呢個問題關英文咩事

Given name: taiman
Preferred name: tony

建議改chan tai man tony落身分證

Bro it’s literally on my driver’s license
The fuck you mean my real name

啲同事全部都係鬼佬
得我係亞洲人

啲鬼佬對亞洲文化（名）有些少認識都知道，咩Jack, Jacky,tom, 乜乜柒柒都唔係真名。

佢地係出於善意真心想了解。

你又啱喎，下次寫中文陳大文叫佢讀。

你同我讀出嚟，讀啦嘛，仲唔讀？咪就係囉，你唔識讀呀嘛。所以都係叫返我Tony gor

because some chinese is difficult to pronounce and doesnt make sense to english speaker,
so i had the name Tony since prep school.

ok 咁你答佢改英文名係香港本土文化咪得囉，即係好似以前啲人都有字同號咁

如果佢善意問why you prefer that, 點答比較好呢？

多謝詳盡解答，好有用

依家講緊點用英文對答，文化問題。

改名太麻煩，因為成世都要帶張改名契喺身（整文件野果陣）

oh i havent thought of that at all,
i dont mind if anyone called me Man,
but my friends and colleagues always call me Tony

你有興趣 或者可以真係查下Tony既來源：
Tony means “of the Antonius family” in Latin and “of inestimable worth” or “priceless one”


其實好多野 唔係要避重就輕的話
可以直接講 或討論 尤其係鬼佬
例如 反問
so who took ur name Ken?
does it mean anything to u?
或者
when my teacher asked me for a English name,
the name Tony just came up on my mind
so I am Tony :]