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I'm named Thompson. Usually, parents name their child a name they came up with...but not me.
Actual facts:
1. When I was a kid, I was nameless. It was until I was a preschooler, did I chose this name.
2. The name itself sounded like my Chinese name pronunciation.
3. "Thompson" was rare to be a person's first name. Only about 1 in 14000 people are named Thompson.
4. Thompson is derived from Tommy and Thomas.
5. I picked this name myself.
6. Thompson and tom_mai are the same in Japanese...(just found out!)
Actual Lies:
1. It's rare.
2. It's cool.
3. It's easy to say. (tom-PUH-son)
I wondered how it felt to have a name not chosen by yourself...
Actual facts:
1. When I was a kid, I was nameless. It was until I was a preschooler, did I chose this name.
2. The name itself sounded like my Chinese name pronunciation.
3. "Thompson" was rare to be a person's first name. Only about 1 in 14000 people are named Thompson.
4. Thompson is derived from Tommy and Thomas.
5. I picked this name myself.
6. Thompson and tom_mai are the same in Japanese...(just found out!)
Actual Lies:
1. It's rare.
2. It's cool.
3. It's easy to say. (tom-PUH-son)
I wondered how it felt to have a name not chosen by yourself...