Starting university as an international student comes with challenges—but one of the most personal is the constant mispronunciation of names. This article explores how name erasure impacts identity, belonging,...
"Like so many young South Asian students, I quickly learned that my name - something so carefully and lovingly chosen by my grandmother, carrying generations of meaning entwined within...
Mispronouncing names is a small misstep with big impacts. Read on why it's important and how you can amend a mispronunciation here.
Names are so important. All names should be valued and appreciated. They all capture a sense of you and your family.
To name something is to know that very being, when one names something, one is able to refer to it, talk about it. We name objects, we name things...
Let’s be honest, right off the bat, you probably don’t know how to pronounce my name correctly (which is completely okay). Maybe you think it’s pronounced “Dah-nee-ya” or “Day-ni-ya,”...
Deciding on character names can be painfully difficult, especially when you aren’t even sure where to start. Googling names is a frustrating process, as your search results can vary...
Last week, my Japanese professor taught my class how to write new kanji characters for the lesson we were learning. One of those characters was “ko” (子), meaning “child,”...
