IratePanda
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Why did you use the gymnasts’ last names in the Worlds line-ups and first names in the Asian Games line-ups?
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That’s interesting. Tbh, I’ve always used the full name for Chinese gymnasts because I’m never sure which is the given name and which is the family name. especially with gymnasts I’m not familiar with.Not with Chinese gymnasts, no. In China, only close family members or friends address one another using first names only (or nicknames). In most other situations, they’d use the full name, or the last name with an honorific or title like Miss, Mister, Doctor, Coach, etc.
Hungary is the first that comes to my mind, and with a couple exceptions, they leave any foreign names in the individual’s culture’s conventional order.Interestingly, when I did a quick double-check, apparently a few European countries/cultures also go by last name first. TIL.
I was definitely guilty of that because it took me a while to nail down Tiana Sumansekera (i still don’t have it quite right, do i?)'s name. Tiana or Tiana S. felt like i was naming the right person without mangling her name. And i usually don’t go look things up when i am phone typing or fast replying which is a me problem, obviously."The finalists were Sacramone, Kaeslin, Un-Jong, Fei” that’s suuuuper weird.