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Strange this doesn't mention Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Indian, or Tai. It also doesn't mention non-standard romanization (transliteration) systems, dialects, or d

Strange this doesn't mention Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Indian, or Tai. It also doesn't mention non-standard romanization (transliteration) systems, dialects, or different scripts. Cool tidbit: when Hmong (Miao) people from different places meet, they recite their lineage from memory until they find a common ancestor. They can do this over many tens of generations.

saurik 5y ago
It isn't strange at all: it is just a guy saying a few things about the subject on Twitter based on his knowledge of his own culture and some other ones he knows about likely as they are nearby countries, not some attempt at a comprehensive article on things people should know about names.
- contingencies 5y ago
  He is either not broadly educated in the subject or is either consciously or subconsciously limiting discussion through a nationalist perspective, probably both. The guy's from Vietnam, which was previously substantially Indian/Hindu[0], significantly Muslim[1], and essentially much Vietnamese culture came from China, which was also the dominant script[2] until the French era, and he doesn't discuss any of those cultures. Chinese traditions of naming are the structure of Vietnamese (and Japanese, and Korean) names. Then he claims to discuss SEA, which is a huge area and in historic terms largely a metastory of India[3] vs China influences with a lot of Arabic impact thrown in, and none of these cultures are mentioned. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida#Indic_(Brahmic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida#Indic_(Brahmic)
  - andrewzah 5y ago
    Dude, it’s just some tweets from a guy on an aspect of a topic he’s knowledgeable about. Not a comprehensive reference on every single naming scheme that has possibly been used by people in Vietnam.
    - fknorangesite 5y ago
      Never underestimate the power of HN pedantry.
  - TheCoelacanth 5y ago
    And he didn't even cover the Ancient Roman praenomen, nomen, and cognomenm naming scheme or the Culture's naming scheme of star name, plate name, given name, chosen name, family name, house name. Why is he so focused on present-day Earth?
watwut 5y ago
Nothing strange about people talking about what they know about ... not shutting up about stuff they are clueless in.

saurik 5y ago

It isn't strange at all: it is just a guy saying a few things about the subject on Twitter based on his knowledge of his own culture and some other ones he knows about likely as they are nearby countries, not some attempt at a comprehensive article on things people should know about names.

contingencies 5y ago
He is either not broadly educated in the subject or is either consciously or subconsciously limiting discussion through a nationalist perspective, probably both. The guy's from Vietnam, which was previously substantially Indian/Hindu[0], significantly Muslim[1], and essentially much Vietnamese culture came from China, which was also the dominant script[2] until the French era, and he doesn't discuss any of those cultures. Chinese traditions of naming are the structure of Vietnamese (and Japanese, and Korean) names. Then he claims to discuss SEA, which is a huge area and in historic terms largely a metastory of India[3] vs China influences with a lot of Arabic impact thrown in, and none of these cultures are mentioned. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%E1%BB%B9_S%C6%A1n [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida#Indic_(Brahmic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida#Indic_(Brahmic)
- andrewzah 5y ago
  Dude, it’s just some tweets from a guy on an aspect of a topic he’s knowledgeable about. Not a comprehensive reference on every single naming scheme that has possibly been used by people in Vietnam.
  - fknorangesite 5y ago
    Never underestimate the power of HN pedantry.
- TheCoelacanth 5y ago
  And he didn't even cover the Ancient Roman praenomen, nomen, and cognomenm naming scheme or the Culture's naming scheme of star name, plate name, given name, chosen name, family name, house name. Why is he so focused on present-day Earth?

watwut 5y ago

Nothing strange about people talking about what they know about ... not shutting up about stuff they are clueless in.