I am Winner, here’s my brother, Loser.
Can you imagine giving your kids name as Winner and Loser? That’s like, as bad as Mulau or Burit (in our local ethnic language Mulau = crazy, Burit = buttocks).
Well an American couple from New York did just that 40 years ago to their 2 sons. They’re both in their 40s now.
First they named the elder son as Winner. As told in the article, this is how Mr Loser got his name.
The day he was born, their late father, Robert, asked his daughter what to name the baby. “My dad comes home and asks my oldest sister what to name me and she said, ‘Well, we’ve got a Winner, why don’t we have a Loser?’ And there you go.”
Yes.. there you go. Never ask anyone else what to name your baby, pick one for youself! Even Sabahans are too creative in naming their children, up to the point where the names got too weird.
Anyway, the most shocking news of all is the name brought about the opposite in each of the men’s lives. Mr Loser was a star student and athlete, went on scholarship to an elite prep school, attended college, and then joined the force. Now he’s a police detective.
Mr Winner took the opposite route. He has just completed a jail sentence for theft. He is living in a homeless shelter and is still trying to get his life on track.
Read full article here : Family’s winner becomes a loser and loser a winner
June 15th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Perhaps because of his name, Loser was more determined than Winner..
btw, your link for ‘too weird’ don’t have link at all.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
thx kay - the link has been fixed.
June 15th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Talk a walk out there in your neighbourhood and you’d probably find loads of people with weird names. I have relatives who name their kids name I can’t even pronounce
I mean, what happened to good old fashioned name like Chong, Maniam and Ali?????
June 16th, 2007 at 12:13 am
Mrbadak, which local ethnic language of the B word is from? If it’s Malay the meaning is something else. I dare not write it in here.