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America has been a land of naming freedom and self-expression. While other g
America has been a land of naming freedom and self-expression. While other g
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2025-03-27
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America has been a land of naming freedom and self-expression. While other governments impose restrictions—German parents have to choose a name that clearly indicates the gender of the child and is not a surname, and the French, among others, forbid names that might expose a child to mockery—in the United States,
anything goes
.
When Lum and Chin Nguyen had their first child, 26 years ago, they wanted to give him an American name. Newly settled in North Carolina, they chose Duke, in honor of nearby Duke University. Best of all, the name could work in both their old and new cultures by spinning its spelling to Duc or Duck, as the boy’s teachers insisted on pronouncing it, to the great amusement of his classmates. With his pride injured, Duc Nguyen decided to reinvent himself and his name. His new choice was tried-and-true American and impossible to screw up: Wes.
"Your name is a way of marketing yourself," says Wes Nguyen, who turned his personal adventures in naming into a career as a corporate product namer. "When we create a new name for clients, we create imagery behind it, and I did that when I chose my own new name. Wes reminds me of the West Coast, of someone young and sophisticated and innovative. I think of a surfer, of someone who has work-life balance."
The search for a name that screams "I’m unique!" leads some parents to invent names or play with traditional spelling. However, a downside of a "creative" name is that it may come with baggage, not all of it positive. "I always felt I was prejudged by my name," says Gestin Skaggs, 43, whose parents named her for a word they heard in a German love song. "I’ve either had to overcome some stereotype of a short, fat German man or live up to an expectation that I’m a really wild and creative thinker. People ascribe all kinds of personality traits to me that I don’t have."
But that’s a small price to pay, say the teens with offbeat names we spoke with. "I’ve met a lot of people because of my name. They hear it and think it’s cool," says Calypso Gibaldi, 15, named by her ocean-loving father for Jacques Cousteau’s boat. "If my name was Jane, I’d be average like everyone else." [br] Wes Nguyen chose this name______.
选项
A、because he lives in the West Coast
B、as a way of remembering his past
C、to promote his company product
D、for the image that it reflects
答案
D
解析
第三段说的是Duc改名为Wes的原因就是通过一个新的名字创造一个新的形象。Wes这个名字让他想起了西海岸,代表着一个年轻、老练、具有创造力的形象。
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