His Name

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I’m visiting my parents right now while he stays in Sydney for work.

radio interviewI did an interview with Ahn Junghyun for the radio program 1013 Main Street yesterday which will be on the show today at 11:30am. You can listen on the website or on the smart phone app.

I was a bit worried I sounded very incoherent because I had an echo on the phone meaning I could hear myself 1 second after I spoke, which was distracting. I was also doing it in 40 C heat (that’s 104 F for you Americans ^_^) so please forgive me if I sound rambling. Yes, Australia is very hot at the moment. Especially where my parents live.

So my husband was annoyed that I said his name in the interview at first, but very quickly got over it. His Korean name is Sunhong which should actually be spelled “Soonhong”, but when he first made his passport years ago he wrote it with a ‘u’ because it fit onto one line on the passport form. He has forever condemned himself to having his name read out as “SUN hong? SUN hong?” in Australia.

Koreans tell me his name is very countryside sounding, but of course not being a native Korean speaker, I can not tell that at all. His family often call him “Honga” or “Hongie” but of course when calling out to him drag the sound out. Many times at his parents’ house I heard them saying “Hongaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” Hehe.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jason.tankard Jason Tankard

    I’ll try to check out the recording.
    Was he annoyed because you told his name or cos you said it was countryside name?

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      he was annoyed because I said it, and it would be obvious to Koreans that it’s countryside, but then I also said that too, so English speakers now knew as well haha.

      • http://www.facebook.com/jason.tankard Jason Tankard

        oops haha, oh well.

        Still couldnt got on to the recording, if you can assist?

        • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

          I do have the mp3 but not sure if I’ll put it up :P

          • http://www.facebook.com/jason.tankard Jason Tankard

            Wanna just send to me? if under 25mb my email can accept it, if over but under 50mb, via yousendit.com. if more, then may need to use my drop box…

            Was it really that bad, even the recording ? I know was hard and bad as you did it..

          • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

            It’s not bad, I’m just embarrassed haha. I will probably put it up sometime.

          • http://www.facebook.com/jason.tankard Jason Tankard

            Yay, she did it. It was worth posting, it is a GREAT interview. And no where near as bad as you made it sound!

          • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

            haha I just said to him “Jason said it was a great interview”, he said “See I told you! You are stupid.”

          • http://www.facebook.com/jason.tankard Jason Tankard

            Awww.. Not stupid, but overly paranoid. Tell your countrybumpkin of a husband all is fine :P

  • http://www.facebook.com/ddong.man.96 Ddong Man

    I heard that interview this morning! Nice.

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      ^_^

  • http://www.facebook.com/ThaisBree Thais Brenda

    hehehe names can be a problem in other idioms. Sometimes that’s a big problem, sometimes don’t. His name is just normal, he shouldn’t mind about it. I wanted so much to hear your voice xD maybe I’ll have to wait until you make videos.

    • http://www.mykoreanhusband.com/ Nic

      You’ll hear it one day ^_^

  • Helen

    It’s the ‘soon’ that makes the name sounds a little countryside-ish and less modern because a lot of people in the old generations used to use it…but do they know that Sunny from Girls Generation’s real name is Soon Gyu? Haha ‘soon’ definitely makes the name sound more friendly though hehe you’ve got a great blog btw, keep it up!

  • schinken schneiden

    My name is weird even by korean standards and I have hated it all my life but since it is traditional for Koreans to have shitty names form time to time I put up with it I guess.
    Your husband’s name isn’t that bad….I have friends with crazy country bumpkin names here in Sydney which sound like they are from the kdramas and such.
    The reason why your parents in law call him like that is coz they are from the South of Korea with wicked accents… hahaha
    I’m sure you are familiar with the accents….