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Originally Posted by minminRW
MMM,
Ichiro is called Ichiro, but Takashi Saito is called "Sammy".
I know many people who are called with western-styled name such as "Roger" or "Terry", I think that may be because of request by English speaker.
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The name Sammy was given to Takashi Saito by his teammates. That's different thatn if he said "my name is Samuel" or "my name is 'Collection-of-random-non-name-words-mashed-together'"
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Originally Posted by minminRW
My teacher Littlemore said to students "You can also call me Koike-san because more means pond in old English.
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That's fine, except if you were an actual member of the Koike family [Kazuo Koike is a famous manga writer and novelist] and might not appreciate people appropriating your name. It would be a little like if a Japanese person declared their last name was Kennedy or Baldwin.