October 28, 2005

  • Let me clarify . . . some people thought I was referring to people who call me Kim as a term of endearment [for example, a lot of guys call their friends by their last name].  I wouldn’t mind that at all.  I call a lot of people different nicknames and I like getting called by nicknames also.  What I was referring to was when people like customer service reps can’t read my debit card or invoice correctly and call me Kim [not Mrs. Kim] instead of Grace.

    From looking at the response though, it looks like a lot of females with the last name Kim get that.  We should start a support group.  ;)

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    Ever since my last name changed to Kim, I get called Kim all the time [people thinking that it's my first name].  Maybe I should change my name to Kim Grace and see what happens.  ;)  Do any of you other ladies with the last name Kim get that?  Just curious.

Comments (33)

  • hahahah… I do that to my friend… his full name is Chae(jay) Kim… and I end up calling him KIM… like he was a girl… hahahaha…. at least your not a guy.. eh>>> does Hun get called KIM???? :P

  • ALL THE TIME!!!

  • welcome to the club. people write me emails that say: Dear Kim,… then I write back and say: Dear Smith,

  • Could be worse.  What if your first name was Kimberly and you married into a Kim? 

  • since grade school. it’s worse when you’re the only asian in the whole school. they’re like, ‘what your name isn’t kim ellen?’

  • Yes.

  • hi grace~! This is Rebecca from Jubilee… and yeah.. I made a new xanga… again. =/ I just had to answer your post. Because it happens to me more than anyone would ever want to know. It’s so bad, actually, that for ordering stuff (like pizza and delivery stuff or putting stuff on hold), I just say my name is Kim. Do you ever feel like you’re a football player when people do that to you? I do. heh. Oh well. Welcome to the fam. =D You are one of the many Kim’s who get called Kim on a regular basis. God bless.

  • People are careless.  My sister’s name is spelled Sun and our last name is Pak.  But people still pronounce it  “Soon Park”.  The other day, someone called Cat,  Mrs. Park. 

  • haha… nice post, Gracie~pooh!
    i’m still trying to convince Moses that he should become a “piek”… har har. i mean, there’s nothing wrong with me being a “lee” but i just think there are enough lee’s in the world and not enough piek’s… makes sense, right?!

  • yep… (-_-) many many times…

  • People call me Law all the time. I hate it.

  • YES! especially when you get sweatshirts for school and stuff and it has our last name on the back. people get extra confused. boo. i have/had teachers that randomly call me kim even though they know my name is elice all year round. haha. o well. i started responding to both. but it gets worse if they then ask you if you’re related to ‘so-and-so’ kim… like there’s not a billion kims out there. :)

  • all my science teachers called me kim

  • what’s ur maiden name?  i’m not a kim so i can’t relate  

  • You will always be GRACE to me :)

    And Hun will always be Huuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnny wunny wunny wuuny wun :)

  • no i dont get that =P
    hi kim! hahaha

  • Before I got married and became an O’Neill, my last name was also Kim and people would always call me Kim as if it were my first name.  Bugged me very much.  No one calls me O’Neill ever.  ???

  • no….not yet….

  • oh yeah… at work they used to call me han, and the transition to cho hasn’t been easy for the guys.  they call me han, cho, and han-cho.  :)

  • yes ma’am…especially with a name like joon yi that no white person can EVER understand or read correctly…..*sigh*…:)

  • kim
    not that it’s exactly the same but when i say my name is barrett they ask “what’s your first name???”
    i always give them a funny look and think….huh? jerk  =P
    come to think of it it is the same DOY!!

  • whoever heard of a last name Grace? Very funny. What, by the way is your middle name? ~KOOP

  • haha…. awww…

    well… to other girls it’s tempting to call them Kim… only because I used to have a friend name Kim… first name… and I got used to saying it… but  when I see you… I see you as Grace! =D

  • I’m not a Kim, but my mom is called Kim.  So I guess it happens all the time.

  • so people are calling you kim by accident…and angie’s telling strangers her name is kim..;)  funny funny..

    i always thought it was an endearing thing..  but maybe it’s because i don’t get called fujii a lot..  or ever.  sometimes i wish i did.

  • it’s worse for a guy.. since most caucasians think young is a last name, they automatically think kim is the first name..

  • i know someone named kimberly kim.  kim kim. 

  • haha…well, at least it’ll help you screen your phone calls if it’s a telemarketer! :)

  • …and KOOP is a nice start to a last name…but I get called that all the time. ~KOOP

  • Hmmm. . . I get a lot o fpeople thinking my frist name is Kim.

  • cant say ive ever had that problem, but the first name deal is enough to deal with:O) keke, 2 things: 1, i love your new pic:O) very cute!! and 2, i havent forgotten about huns jeans, if i dont get the jeans this week, ill just get a gift certificate!!:O) arrivederci!! `hy

  • hmmm, i never get called anything… shinhee is too hard for caucasians… and nah is too weird, i think… :)

  • Hi.  My name is Jonathan.  (hii jonathan…)   Most people call me Chu… and i’m ok with that.  *clap clap clap*

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