Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Finding Mr/Ms Heo (姓許的好處)

One thing KC believes he's special is the rarity of his surname, Heo (허). According to some statistics, Heo ranks 30ish among all Korean surnames, which makes it pretty handy when finding his name from a list or waiting in a queue formed by alphabetical order.
許小臉自小相信自己是個特別的孩子,原因之一是他的姓氏並不常見,大概排在第30多位。這個事實不但讓他容易被他人記住,也有幾個方便之處,例如前年我陪他到微軟考試時,報到人數大概2、300名,姓氏是ㄱ開頭的,例如姓金(김)的,隊伍長到要排Z字型,許小臉的隊伍是ㅎ開頭,則是隨到隨報。

Here's the seating arrangement of his graduation ceremony, whereas Kim, the most common Korean surname, abounds,
還有個好處就是在名單上找自己很快,例如畢業典禮的座位安排,姓金的有這麼多:

there are only 10 Mr/Ms Heos.
姓許的就這麼10個,找起來實在很方便,科科。

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