From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: Alphabetetetetization
Date: 24 Nov 1997 13:47:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m34t524fwt.fsf@sparky.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Hrvoje Niksic's message of "24 Nov 1997 13:04:08 +0100"
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> However, the practice in most European and American countries is for
> the order to be:
>
> First-name Last-name
You mean:
"Given name" "Family name"
Calling them "first" and "last" is rilly culturally imperialistic. Or
something.
> Thus `Hrvoje Niksic', `Jon Babcock', etc. However, some languages --
> most notably Japanese and Hungarian -- reverse that order. The
> "normal" way to write my name in Hungarian would be `Niksic Hrvoje'.
Oh, I didn't know that. Is that just when writing, or do you say the
names that way as well? Are there other European countries where they
do this?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-11-24 12:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-11-23 15:21 Alphabetetetetization Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-11-23 17:05 ` Alphabetetetetization Jon Babcock
1997-11-24 10:45 ` Alphabetetetetization enami tsugutomo
1997-11-24 12:04 ` Alphabetetetetization Hrvoje Niksic
1997-11-24 12:47 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1997-11-24 16:06 ` Alphabetetetetization Hrvoje Niksic
1997-11-25 21:10 ` Alphabetetetetization Istvan Marko
1997-11-24 16:21 ` Alphabetetetetization Robert Pluim
[not found] ` <6f3ekmgvrn.fsf@bavur.dna.lth.se>
1997-11-24 17:39 ` Alphabetetetetization Jan Vroonhof
1997-11-24 12:28 ` Alphabetetetetization Lars Balker Rasmussen
1997-11-24 18:08 ` Alphabetetetetization Jon Babcock
1997-11-23 18:52 ` Alphabetetetetization Jon Babcock
1997-11-24 6:07 ` Alphabetetetetization Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-11-24 10:09 ` Alphabetetetetization Hrvoje Niksic
1997-11-24 12:43 ` Alphabetetetetization Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <6f67pjo4wf.fsf@bavur.dna.lth.se>
1997-11-24 6:05 ` Alphabetetetetization Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-11-24 14:54 ` Alphabetetetetization Lars Balker Rasmussen
1997-11-25 18:26 ` Alphabetetetetization Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-11-26 18:35 ` Alphabetetetetization Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen
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