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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