A reader recently sent me a question that got me thinking. She asked, “What are the guidelines that inform The Oregonian’s decision to help readers pronounce an unfamiliar name, or not?” I confessed I ...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A Vietnamese American college student is seeking an apology from her math teacher after she said he asked her to "anglicize" her name, saying it sounded too much like an "insult in ...
An Oakland college professor has been placed on administrative leave after asking an Asian student to “Anglicize” her name, saying the pronunciation “sounds like an insult.” Matthew Hubbard was ...
Washington state Sen. Joe Nguyen (D) accused his colleagues of mocking the spelling of his name on the state Senate floor. Nguyen, who is Vietnamese-American and a first-year Washington state senator, ...
Yes, you’re tempted to transpose the two middle letters, making it Tori. Or to say, “troo-ee.” Or to assume it’s the same as the French word for three, “twa.” But it is pronounced as if it ended in a ...
Many kids, often from immigrant families, take on an Anglicized name at school and use their given name at home. Beth Nguyen’s parents said no. They wanted her to be proud of her given name: Bich Minh ...
State Representative Tram Nguyen, the first Vietnamese-American woman in elected office in Massachusetts, defines ”reclaiming your name” as having pride in your name and being able to take pride in ...
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