Bjorn
Piabinha at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/17/1998 9:52:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> straube at digital.net writes:
>
> > 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