boss. pin. earth. chair. ice. kiwi. milk. barbie. arm. armbig.
those are some of my kids names.
seriously.
not at birth, but they all adopt nicknames, not just for english class, and that is just a short list of some of the ones that stood out to me. arm is actually decently popular. the most popular so far is new, and in one class i have three girls that go by that.
so some of their real names are natchaya, pornpansa, napatsamon, pruetipron, wachirawit, aracheraya, suthungritat, napatsawan,siriyakorn, gloychompoo. and those are just of the ones who already know how to write their names in english.
i usually pride myself on being able to learn and remember peoples names fairly quickly in group situations. this time, with all the names being at least three syllables long, and on top of that them having nicknames and numbers that they go by...ill be happy to learn half the kids names by the end of the semester.
i, too, am a name-remembering champ, and... boy. you're on your own with this one.
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