omonatheydid | 2014-09-28

On the September 27 broadcast of KBS’ “Entertainment Weekly,” the members of Girls’ Generation sub-unit, TaeTiSeo, made an appearance for the ‘Guerilla Date’ segment of the entertainment news program.

During the interview, the reporter asked Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Seohyun, “Did the three of you personally choose the group name (TaeTiSeo) yourselves?”

Tiffany answered, “No. We really didn’t like the name. We asked, ‘Should our unit name be ‘Twinkle’ or [something else],’ and the company told us to just go with ‘TaeTiSeo.’ We couldn’t believe that we were going to debut with the names written on our schedule sheets (abbreviated as ‘Tae, Ti, Seo, Yoon, Sun, etc.), but that’s really what happened.”

The reporter went on to ask if they had complaints about their name at first, and Seohyun responded, “At first, we did have a lot [of complaints].” Taeyeon added on, “So our name in English is TTS.”

The members further explained, “Like our senior group SES, we wanted to be TTS. But the team director said, ‘No, TaeTiSeo is perfect.’ It was a similar situation with Girls’ Generation. When we first heard [the name Girls’ Generation], we thought, ‘Really, Girls’ Generation? What?’ We were hopeless at first. We trained for so many years and we were going to be named Girls’ Generation? But now, we’re thankful to our team director.”

Article: SNSD Taetiseo "We really didn't like our unit name" (Ent Relay)

Source: Newsen via Nate

1. [+189, -50] Taetiseo sounded awkward at first but now it just sticks!! Great singers and pretty faces, I like the name Taetiseo now!

2. [+156, -46] But I still like the name Taetiseo ㅋㅋ

3. [+142, -47] Fans at first wanted Taenyhyun or TTS but after they got popular with Twinkle, the name Taetiseo just sticks ㅋㅋ

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Source: Naver

1. [+2,056, -118] Something about the name Taetiseo just sticks. If they had gone with TTS, they might not have done so well.

2. [+1,315, -79] I get that group names should have a strong impact but having a Korean name like Taetiseo makes it easier for adults to remember too

3. [+1,225, -301] Taetiseo proves to be on another level. Normally for guerrilla shows, they take stars to the busiest places possible but fans showed up even at the most remote places for Taetiseo. SNSD still has it.

4. [+891, -145] I like it ㅎㅎ Taetiseo sounds cute

5. [+121, -8] Honestly speaking, it does sound like they were lazy with the name but they succeeded as a unit so it's okay ㅋㅋ They showed their talent and that's more important than a name

Source: Soompi & Netizenbuzz