# When the usual name is a no-go

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056 "2024-09-10T12:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056/141 "2024-10-11T01:06:08Z")

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> [@furryman](#):
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> James Tiptree Jr. real name Alice Sheldon

Hah! I’d always been meaning to look up a bio of James Tiptree Jr. My take on their wonderfully prescient (with regard to gender) writing was, “I dunno who this writer was IRL, but I’d bet money they were not a straight CIS-gendered white male.”

ETA: looks like she pretty much identified as lesbian, though she was married to a man.

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**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056/142 "2024-10-11T13:54:22Z")

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> [@Jaguars](#):
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> In South Auckland there is a park named after RAF leader Sir Keith Park. It is just Keith park.

I wonder if there’s one in South Korea called “Chung Hee Park”?

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**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056/143 "2024-10-11T14:37:27Z")

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> [@Jaguars](#):
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> In South Auckland there is a park named after RAF leader Sir Keith Park. It is just Keith park

Yep. It was disappointing upthread to hear of a bridge, named for a guy whose surname was “Outerbridge” that they went with “Outerbridge crossing”. Just go with Outerbridge! (Which I would guess most locals will likely shorten it to anyway)

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056/144 "2024-10-11T14:49:40Z")

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The name romanized as Park is not the same sound as the English word Park, at least in rhotic dialects. It’s closer to “pahk” but quite how the stereotypical New England accent would say park.

In any case the Korean word for “park” isn’t pronounced the same as the surname Park.

I think it would be Park Chung Hee Gong-won but in reality the memorial park to Park is called Mullae Gong-won, in part because Park’s legacy is mixed to say the least. Mullae is just the neighborhood it is in.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056/145 "2024-10-11T15:03:43Z")

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Gong is a surname in China. Are there any Gongs in Korea?

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-usual-name-is-a-no-go/1007056/146 "2024-10-11T15:45:21Z")

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There sure are 😕

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