On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 08:17:45PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
>
> K�vesd�n G�bor 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:)
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