From: Keith M. <kei...@us...> - 2007-09-28 17:28:18
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On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 19:01 +0200, David Lucena wrote: > > Ok, we'll forgive him for his formal use of your family name, > > instead of your given name, as we prefer on this list, but let's > > explore my little example a bit further; look what happens here: > > Sorry, but I don't understand this part. What did I do wrong? Yongwei is Chinese; their culture places the family name first, and the given name, (equivalent to the Christian name of our Western cultures), *after* it, so Wu is his family name, or surname, and you addressing him as `Wu' is similar to me addressing you as `Lucena'; just a bit more formal than we are accustomed to here. Regards, Keith. |