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A comment on Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order of Japanese names. Parent comment

Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by sohkamyung on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:58PM (#19977333)
It's not for Malaysian born Chinese. We usually have three names. For example, mine is SOH Kam Yung:

SOH - family name

Kam - 'generational' name (same as for my brothers)

Yung - my given name

For simplicity, I usually add a hyphen (Kam-Yung) in my name to make it easier for people to refer to me in non-formal settings, i.e. I should be called "Kam Yung" or "Mr. Soh".

Calling me "Kam" (it has happened) is nonsensical from my point of view.

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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by donpark on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @01:10AM (#19977975)
Same for Koreans. Capitalizing the first character of the 'generational' name and lowercase for given name could work.

But I think emphasizing the given name offers better UX so given name should be all caps and family name should be all lowercase like this: YUNG Kam soh or soh Kam YUNG.

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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by Freak_NL on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @02:11AM (#19978270)
> But I think emphasizing the given name offers better UX […]

How? You are introducing a custom capitalization convention nobody uses. People expect the UPPERCASED name, if present, to be the surname (or whatever you can sensible put after Mr/Ms). Going against strong conventions is not a good user experience.

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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by Double_a_92 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @02:17AM (#19978296)
> Calling me "Kam" (it has happened) is nonsensical from my point of view.

Would just Yung be ok?

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Re:Foreign Minister Taro Kono to ask media to switch order o... by sohkamyung on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:39AM (#19978802)
> Would just Yung be ok?

For me, that's only for family members and very close friends. :-)

It's like a personal nickname that you feel comfortable with if only a close circle of people use.

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