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Thread: Why Chinese Want to Have Western Names ?
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[quote=GUESTTAN HOK GWAN,392915] Well, That's the same question that I always ask. I assume why Chinese who live in Chinese speaking country having western (especially english) name. So, I understand about chinese who live in western or non chinese speaking country to have local name, but I still wonder about they who live in Chinese speaking country. Some people tell me that they try to make western people easier to call them, because chinese name is difficult to say. Well, actually all foreign name is also difficult to say. For example Japanese or Korean name. But Japanese and Korean (in their countries) didn't change it just to make foreign people easier to call them. Some people tell me that Chinese is a tonal language, so if you say it with wrong tone it could be changed the meaning or just meaningless. Well, I have to say Chinese in Indonesia always use Chinese name (I meant before 1960's, because after that Indonesian Authority told Chinese to have Indonesian name). And of course Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Dutch (which use in Indonesia at the time) wasn't tonal language so the speaker will say a chinese name without tone. So for hundreds years it's ok for the Chinese when someone call them, even not so close with the real pronounciation. ok... that's all I wanna say... any comment ? [/quote]
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