Hana Isabelle Yoda
June 27th, 2006 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
This is Isabelle taken by Reiko. I`m not very good at taking pictures of people (though I`m okay with rust) and this is by far the best picture of Isabelle yet.
All the Japanese of the older generation in the family aren`t calling her Isabelle but by her Japanese name Hannah (Hana means flower.) I had an argument about this with Reiko as her name isn`t Hana but Isabelle. I told her nobody calls me John.
She explained Isabelle is a strange name for Japanese people. Isabelle conjures up an image of a blue eyed, blonde and curly haired maiden. It`s too much and a bit embarrassing for them so they stick to the Japanese name. If she went to a Japanese school, she`d be called Hana. The name has Chinese characters and she would stick out less. I don`t know how I`d feel about that.
I sent the picture before to Reiko`s cousins who replied that it looked like Reiko`s dad. Strangely enough to Reiko`s mum this was an insult on a par with telling us we`d given birth to a cross-eyed imp. She looks like Yoda to me though.
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June 28th, 2006 at 2:10 am
Congratulations! There’s nothing like fatherhood to make you straighten up and fly right. Yes, she does have a touch of Yoda to her. But a fine looking akanbou!
June 28th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
She is very beautiful.
June 28th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
I like the picture of your baby I know she will be a blessing to everyone around her. I know she is a boundle of joy so don’t argue about the her name anyway because when she grows up they (the kids) will give her a nick name anyway and she may want to change it herself and go out with the crowd you don’t want her around so be happy now while she is this young believe i had experience this myself and when they (children) get to be teenagers they don’t listen to us grown folks they think we are too old fashion and don’t know what we are talking about but in the long run they will learn the hard way believe me i know i had experienced it with my kids.
June 28th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Yeh I agree, beautiful baby.. no matter what she’s called!
June 29th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Hannah is a nice name and as you say it will be easier for her growing up knowing how nasty some Japanese kids can be.
June 29th, 2006 at 12:00 pm
Yes, welcome to the world of Japanese prejudice. Sadly, she may encounter such phrases as ‘half’, which I personally find offensive in the extreme.
Hana is lovely name though that goes both ways, so maybe it’s not so bad.
Congrats. once again
June 29th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
Congratulations!
July 1st, 2006 at 3:46 am
At least she doesn’t look like LBJ (Seinfeld joke.)
Congratulations!
Jeff
July 1st, 2006 at 10:42 am
She is a beautiful little girl. Congratulations! Enjoy every minute. My little girl is seven years old now. The past seven years have been the fastest of my life and time seems to be continuing to accelerate.
July 5th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
congratulations
July 5th, 2006 at 5:30 pm
i am friends with your mum and have heard alot about u and seen pics of u . i no mum is very proud so dont waste a minute of your daughters life as it goes so quick . live to u all . vi
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