Shakespeare wrote "A Rose by any other name is still a rose." What I drew from this statement is that no matter what name has been bestowed upon an object, it will still be the same object - serve the same purpose, bear the same qualities, thrive in the same conditions, etc.
Now does such a statement apply to humans? If a person is labelled with a different moniker, s/he would surely live a different life, right? I believe this is so. If not, I wouldn't be able to see people going around with names like "President," "General," or my favorite - Corvette. Yes, there are people whom are named after sports cars! Maybe the parents wished for their children to grow up to be the president of something or a general in the military.
As cultures change, reactions towards such names change as well. Nevertheless, there will still be names that evoke knee-jerk reactions or inappropriate laughter. This couldn't be more evident than when watching "Meet the Fockers" which had a protagonist by the name of Gaylord Focker. I can remember a time when my cousin actually met a person named "Gaylord," he couldn't help from laughing...but he excused himself out of the room before doing so. Heh, at least he didn't laugh in front of the guy's face... Any way you look at it, a person's name has a huge effect on how others look at the person.
想起名字這個話題， 我忽然想起以前看過的日本動漫片,名為Ranma 1/2. Ranma 1/2 的世界裏面有一個好色的老伯。 他最愛做的就是到處偷村裏女士的絲襪。 我不記得那個故事的細節,但有一次那个好色的老伯帮了一位要临盆的孕妇顺利生下了孩子. 然後那個女士就讓他為剛出世的孩子起個名字。 你猜他為那個孩子起個什麽名字呢？ 你沒看過那部動漫片可能怎麽想也想不到他會為那個孩子取一個這麽有意義的名字 （對他來說有意義）。 好色老伯最喜歡女人的絲襪，所以就為那個孩子起了“絲襪太郎“ 這個名字。 是否很驚訝呢？ 是否一個万人敬佩的名字呢？ 哈哈。。。
帶着“絲襪太郎“ 這個名字，那個孩子的童年不好過 - 常常被人欺負。 他長大以後就不斷地找那位為他取一個那麽難聽的名。 而找那個老伯的原因就是要他改一個好一點的名字 （他們的風俗一定要原本起名的人幫他改名）。 最終他找到那個老伯但是那個老伯想的名字依然那麽奇怪的 - 想的名字都是“蟑螂太郎“ 類似的名字。
我原本想寫一些關於搞笑的名字的故事然後再詳細地寫關於我的名字以及我歷來認識過的相識的名字和外號但是后一半的文章要等到下次才可以寫。 <--- Would this be a run-on sentence in Chinese?
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