English names are fluid here. Today Annabelle informed me that she wants me to spell her name now without the last 'e'. Andy regularly alters his name... Jandy, Pandy, Mandy (until I told him I know a girl with that name). And, just for today, Justin decided to be Bustin. It's the best when said with a Korean accent. It's not only the kindergarten kids. Jenny is also Jinny, and Alice is the same person as Sarah. My friend Dawna said that, a day after she started teaching, a girl at that school changed her name to Dawna. I think I'm going to start dropping letters out of my name, too. Or swapping them. Tomorrow you may call me Zabeth.
Good to know! Does it change with DST?
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, no. I think they're considering observing it again in 2010.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure we are not going to start observing DST ever they love getting up in the dark to pray and go to the market.
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me!
ReplyDelete...And feel free to correct me if I post anything inaccurate about Korea :)
According to wikipedia.com I might be wrong about this one. It seems like a big change to never have heard anyone talking about it. I'll have to ask my friend if she has heard anything about it.
ReplyDeleteSouth Korea observed DST from 1948 to 1951, from 1955 to 1960, and from 1987 to 1988. South Korea does not currently observe DST. As of July 29, 2009, the South Korean government is considering re-introducing daylight saving time from April 2010.