Be careful with your English name.
One of my classmates is called Kitty, because she likes the cartoon character of "Hello Kitty". Our teacher tells her "Kitty" is not a good name for a girl and to remember to get another one when she goes abroad.
Recently, I have watched several American soap operas, and I've got a new finding. That is "Dick" ,which is an English name, and it also means something, I know the meaning, an organ of a male or a male animal. I think it's funny, I know several Dick in my university. But it is unimaginable to me that Dick is also the name of a US ex-vice president. Why? How do people feel when a person tells that his name is Dick?
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Be careful with your English name.
One of my classmates is called Kitty, because she likes the cartoon character of "Hello Kitty". Our teacher tells her "Kitty" is not a good name for a girl and to remember to get another one when she goes abroad.
Recently, I have watched several American soap operas, and I've made a new discovery got a new finding. That is "Dick", which is an English name (familiar name for "Richard"), and it also means something, I know the meaning, an organ of a male human or a male animal. I think it's funny, I know several Dick's in my university. But it is unimaginable to me that Dick is also the name of a US ex-vice president. Why? How do people feel when a person tells that his name is Dick? Ask Dick Chaney then!
Don't worry about connotations of a name - nothing wrong with Kitty or Dick! Your teacher is mis-informed.
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@Brian
Yes, you are right, thank you very much for your answer.
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Ha Victor yeah that is funny. The name Dick is actually a nickname for the full or formal first name Richard. I'm not sure why Richard hads the nickname Dick but it does. Another nick name for Richard is Rich. Richard Nixon the former US president did sometimes go by the nickname Dick. Not sure how often Dick was used as a slang for penis back then though.
Kitty is also a nickname. Usually it corresponds with the full name Katherine. Maybe tell your tracher about nick names and see what he or she says
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