> ROLFL, that was good :) Speaking of names, asian names have mystified
> me for a while (surprise surprise <g>). Which part of your name would
> be considered your first? That is by our western standards?
oh come on, bjorn, they are so EASY. usually chinese, vietnamese, korean,
japanese, cambodian names list the family name first. but japanese tend to
reverse that ("westernize"), so it's akira KUROSAWA, although in japan he is
kurosawa akira. but in the west, you never know unless ask or do your
research, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.
when our family moved to brazil, we kept our order (chen tsuh yang) but when
we moved to the u.s. they made us change the order. my first name is tsuh
yang (i just don't like hyphens) and chen is my family name.
of course, this order does not apply to indonesian, indian, pakistani or
burmese names. also, i understand some europeans put their family name first,
like hungarians? is that correct?
tsuh yang