While reading Maggie Hannan’s discussion post, I was able to learn a little more about proposal arguments. Maggie’s post focused on explaining what a proposal argument was and how they were useful in the world. She also discussed the importance in both positive and negative emotions.

In my own response, I similarly touched on the topic of how a boost of joy could be beneficial but I noticed in Maggie’s, she went into much more detail about how negative emotions were also just as necessary. This was a viewpoint that though I read about it, I didn’t fully think through. Alternatively, Maggie also wrote about proposal arguments whereas I had only written about past, future, and present arguments. From her post, I was able to broaden my perspective of what Elizabeth Heath was trying to convey and I was also able to learn a little more about proposal arguments.

Meaning of Name

My full name is Pauline Quyên Anh Do. I’m ethnically Vietnamese and my middle name is my Vietnamese name. To my knowledge, my first name was picked randomly because my parents had liked the sound of the name and it was a little more unique than Paulina. My last name is my dad’s last name and he had changed it when he moved to the United States because Do was shorter and easier to pronounce than Dotrong. According to my mom, my middle and Vietnamese name means a singing bird. It is a long-tailed bushtit bird and it is fairly small, fluffy, and white. My full Vietnamese name, Đỗ Quyên, also means a Rhododendron flower.

I never really had an issue with my name growing up, it wasn’t hard to pronounce. I used to long for a better name that was more symmetric to my short last name but it wasn’t anything serious. I kept my name for all of my life mostly and rarely went by any nicknames until I came to university where I met my closest friend who also was named Pauline. I was not used to sharing my name so I started going by Lina which was a nickname my parents called me at home.

I have a long history of Vietnamese relatives in my family tree so at home, we speak Vietnamese, specifically the northern dialect which is somewhat hard to come by in the states. I’m fluent in reading and writing however, Vietnamese is not my first language so I never really had an issue with communication or writing in English.