Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:33:08 -0500 From: "Mike Avery" <mavery@mail.otherwhen.com> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First interview hits the web.. Message-ID: <199906032134.QAA02039@hostigos.otherwhen.com> In-Reply-To: <10806.928407053@peewee> References: Your message of "Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:41:48 CDT." <19990602104148.H34732@holly.dyndns.org>
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On 3 Jun 99, at 3:50, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > Differences in name syntax in Japan. They're never sure if I'm Mr > Jordan or Mr Hubbard. :) Don't know about Japan, but my Chineese friends put family name first, followed by the personal name. So, in China, I'd be Avery Mike. Jordan would be Hubbard Jordan. Kinda like big and little endian... Now then..... if you are unaware of the difference in naming customs, you're fairly happy with the state of the world. Once you know, confusion sets in. When someone from the other part of the world introduces him or herself, are THEY aware of the difference in syntax? If so, are they giving you their name in their syntax or yours? And how do you politely ask what they have done? A journalist shouldn't have any problems.... they aren't known for being nice to start with, and have professional reasons to get the names right. Mike ====================================================================== Mike Avery MAvery@mail.otherwhen.com (409)-842-2942 (work) ICQ: 16241692 * Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way * A Randomly Selected Thought For The Day: If you don't make dust, you eat dust. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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