Comments for DUNG:

The name Dung is pronounced yum as in yum-yum. People could think that the name means dung as in dungbeetle.

-- passap  6/8/2005

If it is pronounced 'yum' then spell it y-u-m. Otherwise the child might be called 'poop' or something.

-- Anonymous User  12/18/2006

I'm so tired of people who simply can't understand that not everyone uses the English alphabet and pronunciation! Dung becomes "yum" in Vietnamese. In my mother-tongue, Swedish, it would sound more like "doong". We pronounce "Josephine" yo-se-FEEN and Peter PÉ-ter. We pronounce Victoria vick-TOO-ri-a and Jenny YEN-nyh. Oh HELP, are you allowed to pronounce it like that!? What about all the English-speakers who can't pronounce our names!? Oh HELP, we have to change them!

-- Caprice  7/23/2007

I had a friend who pronounced her name 'zoong' ('oo' as in 'cool'). She said it'd been the name of a Vietnamese princess.

-- tess702  8/25/2005

Dung is the nickname for Mundungus Fletcher, a Harry Potter character.

-- Emmasj  7/10/2007

Being "tired" of people trying to wrap their brains around odd-sounding names and finding it near to impossible -- as is the case for anglophones who are presented with a "name" like "Dung" -- just shows that we are all here doing different things. As someone looking for a REAL baby name for a child who will be exposed to American sensibilities, my first reaction to a name like "Dung" is complete revulsion.

-- leananshae  12/10/2007

Right, leananshae, a parent in an English speaking country wouldn't use Dung (I certainly never would) but the point is that English speakers saying names should be spelled the way we'd pronounce it when the kid lives somewhere where they speak a different language is really ridiculous. That's why (she? he?) responded like that.

-- Spider from Mars  5/29/2008

I would never name a child this. It breaks the Naming laws if you're English.

-- Anonymous User  3/22/2009

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