the mrbrown show: banned names
The National Registration Department of a neighbouring country has banned names with undesirable meanings. We explore this issue.
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Podcast: the mrbrown show 8 August 2006: banned names (MP3, file size: 2.1mb, Time: 00:05:04)
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August 9th, 2006 at 12:01 am
Our leeeeder’s son name also kena protected by our friendly neighbour ha?? HE wanted to name him Hong Kan but the VERY NEIGHBOURLY ABANG said, “Ah Lee! Next time your son take over you, you don’t want our side’s diplomats to laugh at him right?”
So, Our Dear Leeeeeeeder’s son name become Hong Li…..
But it seems like the peasants are already used to (and LOVE to) calling him Hong Kan. We have alot of patriotic peasants who will rise to the challenge of our flendly neighbour ah!
August 9th, 2006 at 7:52 am
yay! i’m early!
August 9th, 2006 at 7:53 am
hahaha…
banning names… what is but in a name?
hazmat = hazardous material? hahaha…
cheers =P
August 9th, 2006 at 7:55 am
u guys damn funnie at the NG portions…sometimes i laugh harder at those bits than the actual show (ops!) ;P
August 9th, 2006 at 8:53 am
Dear Bro zhihao,
Oi! We can become Mr Brown’s uninvited guest huh? You know, like the two hecklers in Muppet Show. kekekekekekekeke…..let’s give Mr Brown a hard time….as hard as Ms Bryaneee could give. Of course Ms Bryaneeeee gave Mr Brown more than hard time….she gave him a hard on too!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Why?? Because hor, Mr Brown got bad taste mah! Chabo (or kwee) like Ho Jinx and Ms Bryaneeee are his type of chiobu! Wah lao! If I continue to talk about Mr Brown’s taste, the gahment can ban Mr Brown Show because it has become a porno site (those really sicko type) liao!
Your Most LearNERD Clown,
DOM
August 9th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
lol..hazmat is funny…and the chinese ones.
August 9th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
I got two friends here called Farker Teo & Tan Ji Beh, they listen to your show and they were like “Wah Lau I didn’t know my parents give me the name so cool sia!” Dunno why but the two like ki siao leh…can explain to me or not?
August 9th, 2006 at 6:36 pm
:::::I got two friends here called Farker Teo & Tan Ji Beh, they listen to your show and they were like “Wah Lau I didn’t know my parents give me the name so cool sia!†Dunno why but the two like ki siao leh…can explain to me or not?:::::
Bro wildbluefox,
What a coincident. I knew of two old Hainanese brothers by the name of Foo Ki Duan and Foo Ki Meng. They didn’t know their parents gave them COOL name too! But they had sad encounters. Both of them went to for a job interview with an English officer and his wife somewhere in Tanglin (that happened years back during the British colonial time). The angmoh soldier threw them out of the house…..why?
Well, most probably the angmoh heard “Puki Tuan! Puki Mam!” when he asked for the names of the brothers.
Cheers!
DOM
August 9th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
DOM: do not laugh… my brother has a friend by the name of Chow Chee Wai…
cheers =P
August 10th, 2006 at 2:32 am
Heh, some parents are really so clueless.
I remember my fav PTI in BMT.
He was damn nasty, and damn strict with his punishment.
he always tell us “i know u guys laugh at my name, nevermind, i show u what a cb I am”
his nametag, in the army style
C B Phua
August 10th, 2006 at 9:44 am
u guys relli tink of lots of things..
deep thinking.
haha.
ya some ppl relli give their kids weird names.
there was n article in te straits times early tis yr i tink, featuring some teens wif strange names.
August 10th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
i’m curious. what was the background to the whole story of banning certain names? what was the official story?
August 10th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
hmmm juz tink tat there actually is no nid to ban names…now tat ppl noe wat names are good and wat names aint,next time ppl sure noe how to avoid 1 ma…nice podcast though:)
August 10th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
It’s the new millenium, and yet the world still awaits the unholy coming of:
周志白
Thy will be done…
August 10th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
all u ppl jiak ba boh tai ji. makan finish go and write on ppl’s blogs.
ALL THE BEST, LQ!
August 11th, 2006 at 3:14 am
actually its not easy to give name… especially within the delect root. cheers:)
August 11th, 2006 at 4:48 pm
Used to know a guy with army name tag = C.B. Ho
We call him “See Buay Ho”.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
Loved this one! So funny. :D
August 11th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
dear aygee…
kindly entertain your good self with some reports from the ST, best served with a pinch of salt.
cheers =p
August 11th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
eh DOM, shouldn’t the garment try to take pity on the ppl who got toilet humor names like Chow Chi Wai, Farker Teo or Tan Peh Hor? My name call Haron but always kana twisted into Karen lah…Or Hairy lah…(Okay lah its true that I’m the hairy freak show in my class…)
August 12th, 2006 at 1:47 am
Bro wildbluefox,
Haron = Karen?? Far out! Haron = Hairy…..= Harry…….= Very Hated Old Fart of Sinkingtown….wah! this one mata lia wan you know!
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Why should garment take pity on ppl with toilet humour? Mr Brown is talking about the all-compassionate Mudland gahment not our gahment leh! You’re tuning in to the wrong channel or what? LOL!
.
DOM
August 12th, 2006 at 10:10 am
Anyone remember the internet crusader by the name of Harold Fock? Maybe he had his name changed.
August 12th, 2006 at 10:20 am
dots sia, now like kana computer hang again….browser working but whole computer hanged…wa lao…
August 14th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
dear zhihao,
thats my problem. i dont read ST and i’m not in Singapore. anyone else can help point me the direction to the background for this podcast? sounds like a hilarious govt decision.
August 14th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
NRD draws up list of unsuitable names
(http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/54688)
Jul 31, 06 12:33pm
Parents will no longer be allowed to give their children names deemed unsuitable by authorities, a report said yesterday.
According to the New Straits Times, the National Registration Department will not allow names with undesirable meanings in the languages used by the country’s three main ethnic groups.
Malaysian babies can no longer be Hitler, Stalin or even 007
(http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=312410&sid=LIF&ssid=68)
Kuala Lumpur, July 30: Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Zaniah (female adulterer), Batumalai (stone hill) or Ah Kow (dog) figure amongst a list of names that are termed “undesirable” for use by Malaysians to christen their children.
August 14th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
LOL PWN
August 15th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
love this episode!! but wat does AWAS means?? :)
August 25th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Mr Chia Kow Sai says: “Caution in Malay larh!!”
August 28th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
lao sai kia haha damn funni man mrbrown how old r u??
August 28th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
ahahahahahahaha…….this is like soo funny!!!!i mean lao sai kia!!!wat kind of a name is tat!!!and….and….chia kao sai!!hahahahahaha……………!!!!how humourous!!!!
September 5th, 2006 at 12:34 am
Hi Brayden,
Harold Fock is very much alive but just older these days. I am running a listed company based in Asia and spending a lot of time out of Singapore. Need to pay my bills :-)
As for the crusader tag, I wish I really worked that hard and were that noble haha. Having said that, the internet at its infancy stage was truly exciting and no one could imagine how it would evolve. I truly missed those batman hours. In fact, our little start-up with my Internet team grew into a tiny business and we are now selling our products overseas and we still work, scam, eat, golf and talk cock daily together so the Net has been kind to me. Friends like that are hard to find these days.
If you truly miss my crap postings (just kidding), do check out my new blog at www.beyondsg.typepad.com
Cheers!
Harold Fock
September 8th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Yo my teacher name is call Buay Tak Han, u know wat we always call him buay tahan ah… cos he keep talking and talking non-stop until we all buay tahan… name jus like the man… or man like his name…