Comments on: What’s in a name? EVERYTHING – Cho Seung-Hui vs. Seung-Hui Cho

By: Dr X

Dr X — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:17:24 +0000

I just want to add that the expression from Shakespeare that you are drawing upon when you ask, “what’s in a name?” is the prelude to explaining that absolutely nothing is in a name. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet… It is the quality of the thing, its heart rather than its name, that matters, says Shakespeare.

By: Dr X

Dr X — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:17:00 +0000

By: Dr X

Dr X — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:13:16 +0000

I wondered about this, but frankly I could find no information on how it would be proper to refer to Mr. Cho in my blog. To assume that the mistake arises simply because people are lazy or indifferent is rather self-centered. Navigating cultural and linguistic differences in a society that includes individuals from all over the world is bound to be frought with errors that are not errors of the heart but simple errors in knowledge.

My own last name, which is southern european, was frequently mangled by people in the predominantly Irish-American middle class community I grew up in… even after I would repeatedly correct them. I can’t even begin to tell you the mangling of my name I regularly get from Asian immigrants.

In the end, I don’t read much of anything into it. There are more important things in this world, such as the quality of a person’s heart, to worry about.

By: Dr X

Dr X — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:13:00 +0000

In the end, I don’t read much of anything into it. There are more important things in this world, such as the quality of a person’s heart, to worry about.

By: Paula Neal Mooney

Paula Neal Mooney — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:26:39 +0000

I noticed that too.

Good thing I went with the Boston Globe’s order of Cho’s name, which I’m assuming is correct, per your post.

Thanks and be blessed,
PAULA NEAL MOONEY: Was Seung-Hui Cho a Christian? Demon Possessed?

By: Paula Neal Mooney

Paula Neal Mooney — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:26:00 +0000

I noticed that too.

Good thing I went with the Boston Globe’s order of Cho’s name, which I’m assuming is correct, per your post.

Thanks and be blessed,
PAULA NEAL MOONEY: Was Seung-Hui Cho a Christian? Demon Possessed?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:46:03 +0000

We did about ‘Cho Seung-Hui’ in my R.S class that I just got back from, it was very bad. :-/

Everyone had their facts wrong and were referring him to “as that Chinese” so I got a little annoyed at that and got yelled at for interrupting.

So, although it mayn’t be something we should lose sleep over.. it’s still a fact. And the fact is that the killer’s name isn’t Cho Seung-Hui.

.. must be quite annoying for him now that’s he dead to be remembered as someone else.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:46:00 +0000

We did about ‘Cho Seung-Hui’ in my R.S class that I just got back from, it was very bad. :-/

Everyone had their facts wrong and were referring him to “as that Chinese” so I got a little annoyed at that and got yelled at for interrupting.

So, although it mayn’t be something we should lose sleep over.. it’s still a fact. And the fact is that the killer’s name isn’t Cho Seung-Hui.

.. must be quite annoying for him now that’s he dead to be remembered as someone else.