On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 08:17:45PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi Joseph, > > Kövesdán Gábor wrote: > >Dear Bill and everyone, > > > >just a little comment: as far as I know there are two countries where > >the first name and the family name is used in different order, and these > >two countries are Japan and Hungary. I'm Hungarian thus my name often > > They are not allone. China also does it and the 'official' Germany, but > it is not commonly used. > Well, (Gary said, ddeliberately changing the ^Subject:), interesting. My mother's parents are from Hungary, two of my dad's grandparents from Germany. Didn't know about Hungary (or Japan). China, yes. Anybody on this geek list know any other societies where the surname is traditionally presented first and the given name last? gary PS: So long as no one calls me a 'primitive f*ckhead', I answer to just about anything:) -- Gary Kline kline_at_thought.org www.thought.org Public service UnixReceived on Tue May 17 2005 - 15:35:29 UTC
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