I answered ok for every single one except naming a child and naming yourself, because I saw those as a form of identifying with the culture without belonging. But then I realized, I have a Norwegian name, and not a drop of Norwegian blood; although I'm a Norwegian wannabe. I've always been really proud of the name, and more and more proud of it the more I understand its cultural history (goddammit, I'm a Valkyrie!!)
Also having a Norwegian name is responsible for my learning of German, at least initially-so therefore kicked off more cultural awareness-because people would always ask me what nationality my name was, and I would say German (because I thought it was German). They would then always ask me if I spoke German, and I would have to say no. So I finally got sick of that and started learning German. Of course now I know the name is firmly Norwegian-so I guess now I have to learn Norwegian.
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Date: 2008-09-28 02:16 am (UTC)Also having a Norwegian name is responsible for my learning of German, at least initially-so therefore kicked off more cultural awareness-because people would always ask me what nationality my name was, and I would say German (because I thought it was German). They would then always ask me if I spoke German, and I would have to say no. So I finally got sick of that and started learning German. Of course now I know the name is firmly Norwegian-so I guess now I have to learn Norwegian.
Anyway, so I want to change my answers!