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As a Chinese guy, we are used to having our names mangled, because our family name comes first. Any site that requires a "first" name and a "last" name will alm
by yen223 13y ago
As a Chinese guy, we are used to having our names mangled, because our family name comes first. Any site that requires a "first" name and a "last" name will almost always display our names backwards. Ex: If your name is Lee Kuan Yew, your name will usually be rendered as "Kuan Yew Lee".
A good example of this is noted director Ang Lee - whose real name should be Lee Ang.
Indians also face name issues, mostly because of the length. 20-30 character names are not uncommon.
(Also, the Indian subcontinent is part of Asia.)
- StavrosK 13y agoWhen you say if should be Lee Ang, do you mean that the family name is Lee and should go first according to the Chinese rules?
- lake99 13y agoYou're right about that. Though my name itself is quite short, being one of the vast majority of South Indians who don't have a last name, quite like Srinivasa Ramanujan, I was quite annoyed that my login id was based on my father's name, rather than mine, at one of the large companies I worked at. And, yes, I was a fussbudget until they fixed it.