Oh man, I don't even know how to get into the Asian name thing. Right now, there's a smaller kerfluffle in the Asian community regarding Rowling's somewhat liberal usage of Asian names. While 'Ch' is very common in many Chinese names, it's most often used in surnames. The word most closely associated with "Cho" is 'ugly' or 'smelly' - it's been brought up that Cho is actually a Korean name and Chang is a Chinese name. Someone mentioned that Cho also means butterfly in Japanese, but no parent would ever name their kid 'butterfly' because of the short-life connotations.
;_; there's no winning.
I've been poring over some forums and the racist overtones are starting to kill.
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Date: 2005-08-10 02:53 am (UTC);_; there's no winning.
I've been poring over some forums and the racist overtones are starting to kill.