1、Additional information,Myself,When you call someone, the names and nick names are confusing,I will list some common names and nick names on the next page. People sometimes call people by using last names, they are confusing as well. Just suppose when all people call “Evan” by using “shomo”,including
2、 teacher, when the teacher assign you a partner called “Evan”, you must look like “what a hell, who is that?”, since you are new to the class and know nobody before.,Female Nicknames Aby = Abigail Addy = Adele, Adelia, Adeline, Adelaide, Artelia Adelphia = Philadelphia Aisley = Alice, Elsa, Elzina A
3、ldonia = Caledonia Ally = Alice, Althea, Alethea Alphia = Philadelphia Alzy = Elzina, Elsa Arilla = Aurelia, Amarilla (Amaryllis) Arty = Artelia, Artemisia Atty = Adele, Adelia, Adeline, Adelaide, Artelia Barbry = Barbara Becca = Rebecca Betsy, Betty = Elizabeth Biddy = Obedience Bitha, Bithy = Tabi
4、tha Buena = Buena Vista Callie = Caledonia Cassie = Cassandra Cena, Cenia = Asenath, Lucinda, Serena, Rosina Clemmie = Clementine Delana = Adeline Delia = Cordelia, Adele, Delilah, Philadelphia Delphia = Philadelphia Dilly = Cordelia, Adele, Delilah, Philadelphia Dicey = Theodocia, Ludicia, Diana, E
5、urydice Docey, Docia, Doska = Theodocia Donia, Doney = Caledonia,Dora = Theodora Dovey = Deborah Drucy = Drusilla Edie, Edy = Edith Edny = Edna Effy = Eva, Euphemia Ellie = Eleanor Elsy, Elzy = Elzina, Elsa, Alice Ettie, Etty = Esther Evie = Eva, Eve Fanny, Franky = Frances Gilly = Julia, Juliana Gi
6、nny = Jane, Janetta, Virginia, Lugenia, Eugenia Hattie = Harriet Hessy = Hester Hiley, Haley = Mahala,Ibby = Isabel Ina = Christina Jilly = Julia, Juliana Jinny, Jincy = Jane, Virginia, Lugenia, Eugenia Kizzy = Keziah Lena = Arlena, Orlena, Marlena Letty = Letitia Letha, Lethy = Alethea, Althea Leva
7、 = Olivia Libby = Elizabeth Linda, Lindy = Belinda, Selinda, Malinda Locky, Lotty = Charlotte Ludy = Ludema, Ludicia Manda = Amanda Marilla = Amarilla (Amaryllis) Mattie = Martha, Matilda Mazy = Mary Elizabeth Media = Almedia Melia = Amelia, Permelia, Mildred Milly = Amelia, Permelia, Mildred Mintha
8、, Minty = Araminta Mira = Elmira, Lemira Molly = Mary Nancy = Ann Nelly = Eleanor, Ellen, Penelope Olly = Olivia Oma = Naomi Orilla = Aurelia, Amarilla Patty, Patsy = Martha Peggy = Margaret Penny = Penelope, Penninah Polly = Mary Prudy = Prudence Reba = Rebecca Rilla, Rilly = Aurelia, Amarilla Rind
9、a, Rindy = Marinda, Dorinda Rosey (Rausy) = Rose, Rosinda, Rosina, etc.,Sabra = Sabrina Sally, Sary = Sarah Sena, Senia = Asenath, Lucinda, Serena, Rosina Sheby = Barsheba Silla = Priscilla, Drusilla Sinda = Lucinda, Rosinda Sintha = Cynthia Sissa, Sissy = Narcissa, Patience Sookie, Suky = Susan, Su
10、sanna Sophy, Suffina = Sophia, Sophronia Tamsey = Tamsin (Thomasine) Tempy = Temperance Tenny = Tennessee, Christina Tensy = Tennessee Theny = Parthenia, Bethany Tilda, Tildy = Matilda Tincy = Tennessee Tiny = Tennessee, Christina, Clementine Ux = Uxor (wife) (legal term, not a nickname) Vina, Viney
11、 = Lavina, Malvina, Melvina Vista = Buena Vista Winnie = Winifred Zibby = Elizabeth, Zibiah,Male Nicknames Abe = Abram, Abraham Alex = Alexander Archy = Archibald Aris = Aristotle Atha, Atta = Athanasius, Athanatious Austin = Augustin Ben = Benjamin Berry = Bernard Charlie, Charley = Charles Cleve =
12、 Cleveland Dickie, Dixie = Richard Eli = Elijah, Elisha Felty = Valentine Frank = Francis, Franklin Ike = Isaac Jack = Jackson Jeff = Jefferson Joe = Joseph Leff = Lafayette Lonnie = Alonzo,Lum = Columbus Mack = MacDonald (or other “Mac“ name) Macager = Micajah Manly, Manny = Emmanuel, Immanuel Meri
13、dy = Meredith Mode = Moses Ned = Edward Offie = Ophrah Quilla, Quillar = Aquilla Ransy = Lorenzo Riley = Raleigh Robin = Robert Rolling = Roland Sandy = Alexander Sell = Silvanus, Sylvester Shack = Meshach Sam = Samuel Shade = Shadrach Shuba = Shobel, Shubael Sol = Solomon Spence = Spencer Will = Wi
14、lliam Zach = Zachary, Zachariah Zeke = Ezekiel,Discrimination in the country,I would say in the east states like New Jersey, Marryland,Delaware, Massachusetts, there are like without races existing at all. As all people would prefer California to go, it is not better. The gang violation was, is and
15、will be terrible. Not exaggeration, try to read the freedom writers diary, you will find out how. I would suggest you to go east regardless the high expenses. It is beneficial.,Different measure systems,You may not notice that until you have physics and chemistry and even math, since when questions
16、ask you to change the miles into kilometers, you will be so confused to do so.,The detailed units they use,Gallon=3.89L Ounce=28g Pound=454g=16 ounce Miles=1609.35m=1.069km Feet=30.48cm Inch=2.54cm 1 feet=12 inches 1 mile=5280.01 feet The transformation is not decimal at all.,Tiny road sign,I guess,
17、 if you dont pay attention, you will get lost within 2 miles around home. Dont believe, see this.,Those sign are approximately 1.8 meters tall, and when you are driving, its easy to ignore them utterly. With restaurants like WAWA (convenient restaurant that is pronounced the same way as it is in Chi
18、nese) is all over the place within 5 blocks. The gas station is 3 blocks away, you can barely distinguish the way out. Dont laugh, I used to get lost.,When you sneeze,In western countries, they believe your soul is out of mind the moment you sneeze, hence, to be polite, they will say bless you. And
19、you will say “thanks” in return. When you sneeze, youd better say excuse me. Its a basic rule.,The eyesight,Before I begin, I will ask you a ?,do you think the content is so small that you cant see it clearly. Maybe. But Americans dont even I use #5 in a word document or even smaller, at the back of
20、 the classroom, they can see it. And the teacher write in a micro way and the student never rebel. But they all without glasses while doing so. However, when they read a book, they all need the glasses. Thus, it s difficult to tell whether they have a good eyesight or a bad one.,In addtion, when the
21、y look at their cell phones, I caught a glimpse, the letters were like bug. Really tiny! On a iPods screen, there are 20 lines of words on it. Just imagine, unbelievable.,Air conditioning,Buildings,Church,Chinatown,New York city,NYC,NYC,NYC,Philadelphia,Philadelphia,Philadelphia,Philadelphia,WASHING
22、TON DC,WASHINGTON DC,WASHINGTON DC,Smithsonian museum,Smithsonian museum,Atlantic city,Atlantic city,The pictures I took from my house,Luxurious gambling building,Originally I plan to give these to you in person, but I have summer school to attend that I can graduate on time. Hope you are not disappointed. If you have something to say, send it to me. I am glad to hear from you. I love you for good!,
