Comments on: Swiss miss Go Ara

By: Miki

Miki — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:12:27 +0000

Oh, oops then. I don’t know Korean, but I thought that the name would’ve changed for the animal.

The reason is still…stupid.

By: cinderella

cinderella — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:24:11 +0000

Seriously? That’s the reason for her change of name?? Wow, she must really value Lee Soo Man’s opinions is she’s actually going to all-out change her name like that. I prefer her former name… Ara sounds like Madonna or Cher…

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Swiss miss Go Ara « Addicted 2 Asians — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:45:04 +0000

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By: javabeans

javabeans — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:58:41 +0000

Not to derail this conversation (then again, why not?), the Korean word for koala is “ko-a-la.”

The reason for dropping her last name is still stupid, though.

By: Miki

Miki — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:55:05 +0000

Um…Yeah….Mare….that’s what I mean. Koreans speak…Korean…not…English. Koala is an english name for an animal.

By: katy rose.

katy rose. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:30:39 +0000

mare, I think she meant that..okay, Korean is a different language than english (lol. sorry for pointing out the obvious there.) so while Koreans would know what a koala WAS, they’d have a different word for “koala.”

By: mare

mare — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:14:09 +0000

“I like her full name. Short and simple. And anyone who has a brain would know no person would be named “Koala” (unless he or she is a celeb’s child, but that’s a different story), especially a Korean one who wouldn’t know what a Koala is let alone named that.”

Koreans don’t know what a KOALA IS??!?!
Where are you from, Miki?

lol

By: katy rose.

katy rose. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:11:18 +0000

hahaha. The guy in the top-right picture is a creeper.

By: Miki

Miki — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:10:02 +0000

I like her full name. Short and simple. And anyone who has a brain would know no person would be named “Koala” (unless he or she is a celeb’s child, but that’s a different story), especially a Korean one who wouldn’t know what a Koala is let alone named that.

Also, wouldn’t foreign (english speaking people) switch her name to Ara Ko anyway?

Anyway….”wonderful cowbell performance”…What is that exactly?

By: babycakes

babycakes — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:42:05 +0000

Supposedly the reason she dropped her last name is because Lee Soo Man thought Go Ara (or Ko Ara) sounded too much like Koala. He said something along the lines of expecting her to become a big star outside of Korea (Asia??) and said it wasn’t conducive to have a name that would ultimately sound like or come off sounding like Koala to foreign ears/tongues. *rolls eyes*