Names are quick handles to things, people and concepts. It is needed for obvious reasons.
Bad names can spell trouble. If you name your son Pee-wee, Hitler, Friday or Ehnol, he is probably going to be teased and may even be the target of bullying while in school. I am certainly not saying bullying is right, but this is not about what is theorectically right.
Hyphenated names can be awkward. My last name is Lam and my wife’s Poon. If she was forced to use a hyphenated name of “lam-poon”, it can become a conversation topic.
What sounds great in one language can spell trouble in another because of culture and history. As an example, a Korean company selling some KickAss Kimchi, if abbreviated in North America may become KKK which certainly will become a problem.
Kids hate to be called names. I do too. However, it is probably one of the most effective ways to trigger fights. Honestly speaking, someone else impresssion of you or whatever they call you won’t change you unless you allow them to. My advice is not to give them that power over you and allow them to trigger reponses that they want. Try to imagine yourself as a mirror, whatever they are saying to you reflects back onto them.
Chinese kung fu forms have some very fancy names, for example, “stopping the car and ask for directions”, “Rein-in the horse at the edge of a cliff” and many more. In the liuhebafa basic slow form, there are 66 named move-sequences. However, each move sequence incorporates multiple concepts and possibilities. In this first round of learning, I have no intention of teaching the original poetic names, just the raw concepts, the skills and possibilities.
Exercise
Refer back to an old article with the keyword “SDAA”. Find out what it means in our context. In theory, the first two letters “SD” can be replaced with “analyse (A)” or “evaluate (E)”, what may be the advantage of using two instead of one? To see the flip side too, what is the advantage of staying with 1 letter?