https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:55:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268954 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:38:29 +0000 mrs. wagon 268954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: yup! Apparently there are a few per generation. My brother's son has the first syllable of Jong but I think Hyung was the other option! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268929 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:26:15 +0000 spaniellove 268929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Close - one generation uses Hyung for the first syllable. I wish I knew what the pattern of repeating syllables is; isn't there supposed to be a list of syllables you're supposed to choose from? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268907 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:19:47 +0000 mrs. wagon 268907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: haha! yes! we're totally related. Not to be creepy, but do the men in your family have either Byoung for a first syllable or Kyu for a second? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268848 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:02:57 +0000 spaniellove 268848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Yes it is! When my family tried to teach me about it, I misheard them and thought they were saying "super". And I thought "wow we're super!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268838 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:59:30 +0000 mrs. wagon 268838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Haha yeah, probably! Which probably means we are related... there are only two lines! Do you know the chinese character for yours? Mine is the two trees. If yours is too, we are related :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268821 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:56:00 +0000 spaniellove 268821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I'm going to guess we have the same last name... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268814 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:54:24 +0000 spaniellove 268814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG yes. My last name rhymes with Kim too, and I swear people are lazy. They read it as Kim like constantly! My husband (who has a different last name and isn't even Korean) knows how annoyed I get and is very quick to correct them and put them in their place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268802 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:52:14 +0000 banana 268802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: How funny cause most Asians don't think I'm korean either! I only get called Kim by non-asians! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268789 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:48:49 +0000 cvbee 268789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Maybe the rhyme does have something to do with it. I'm not Asian, but I have had people call me Shannon, which rhymes with my maiden name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268772 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:45:45 +0000 chopsuey 268772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I've never been called Kim.<br /> Most Asians don't think I'm Korean :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268666 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:27:20 +0000 mrs. wagon 268666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: I KNEW it wasn't just me!!! What the heck!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268660 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:26:35 +0000 banana 268660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG. hahaha! Yes!! I get Kim all the time! I thought it was just me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268597 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:13:00 +0000 BSB 268597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I've had other Asians ask me what I was. Some thought I was Chinese. Some Vietnamese people can't believe I'm Vietnamese. I'm pretty sure that's an insult when people don't believe me.</p> <p>It's okay. Someone thought I was Hawaiian! I'll take that any day! Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268582 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:10:33 +0000 mrs. wagon 268582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: My maiden last name rhymes with Kim, and my first name is Christina, so maybe they were combining both to make Kim?? I'm still so confused... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268576 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:09:01 +0000 Mrs. Bee 268576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my last name is kim, and 80% of the time people think it's my first name. i just go with it. i don't think most people know it's a common korean last name... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268563 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:06:39 +0000 mrbee 268563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, just amazing!</p> <p>I get called Mr. Kim by the FedEx and UPS guys. Can't say I love it, but I figure I'm paying for all the women who have suffered similar problems through the years... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-asian-bees-do-people-ever-mistakenly-call-you-kim#post-268549 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:04:09 +0000 mrs. wagon 268549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This totally confused me, but people (especially older, non-Asian males) would constantly mistakenly call me "Kim". I know it's a common Korean last name, but it wasn't my last name! </p>