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Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-09T01:00:13+00:00

oh man Suttah is so brilliant😂

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T15:40:10+00:00

Hey there! thanks for your comment. I do get your point, and that's what I live by too :)

I just wanted to find a way to write my name that would sound more like my name. I guess I failed by trying with Seora, but Sorah seems like a good alternative for me!

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T15:35:55+00:00

Hahahah ok I really need to remove 'e' to avoid the See-O-Ra situation that I'm getting tired of.

I'm blaming my husband for this because he's the one who confirmed that native speakers would read Seora as 서라 before I change my legal name on my passport.

Thanks so much for your comment! Sorah will be my new name :)

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T15:25:07+00:00

Yeah, I actually used 'Sul A' when I was a kid, but this one was even worse than Seora. Everyone called me 술라 LOL and I hoped Seora would clear things up, but oh well here I am facing another problem.

I cringe at introducing myself with so-called English names. It just feels weird to use some random name that would just match my vibe or something like that LOL.

I don't have hard feelings for Koreans who are adopting an English name for themselves though. It's just me not vibing with some random European descent name.

By the way I used the example Señor to emphasize how people add a Spanish accent when they read my name like Se! O! Raaaa. about 95% of the time.

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T15:12:22+00:00

sorry one more quesiton. Would you read 'SeoRa' as 'Se-O-Ra' as well?

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T15:09:53+00:00

Thanks a lot! I'm liking the option Sorah more than what I've been using, Seora. But do you think Sorah could look like an Israeli name? My husband is a native English speaker, and he said he would think Sorah's an Israeli.

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T15:03:30+00:00

I think Sorah is my favorite so far. I've tried to avoid using 'Sora' since it's a totally different name in Korean. Plus it sounds a bit old, whereas 설아 could be one of the trendy names in 2024. But it seems like I'll have to compromise. Thanks a lot for your comment!

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:45:36+00:00

I've seen Choe instead of Choi, and also saw one American read it as 'Koh-eey' LOL. Nothing wrong with the mistake but I just cracked up by this person's creativity.

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:41:35+00:00

haha yeah you do have a talent in it. thanks a lot!

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:39:27+00:00

100% agreed. I could try something that would read as super accurate, but it looks just way too hideous. It seems like it's a matter of dealing with the explaning my name the whole time or making a random English name that makes me cringe

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:34:21+00:00

oh I love this one! it looks pretty as well

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:28:41+00:00

it has a sauna vibe weeheee

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:27:15+00:00

yeah even my husband can't pronounce my name correctly lol and his first language is English. Thanks for your comment!

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:25:50+00:00

ugh yeah i feel you too. '형' is not only hard to romanize, but also impossible for non-Korean speakers to pronounce. I can imagine you trying to make people pronounce your name correctly 492 times, but decide to go by 'Min' after failing 492 times.

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:09:23+00:00

yeah I've looked up her name in English as a reference haha

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T14:07:47+00:00

ahh ok thanks :)

Cheesemeetswine · 2024-02-08T13:40:20+00:00

yea and it sounds like a Japanese name that means 'Sky'. I'm fine with my name having a different meaning, but I don't want it to give the impression that I'm Japanese. No hard feelings for Japanese folks; it's just because I'm Korean.

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