Re:The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal e...
by morningseagulls on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @12:21AM
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>I would feel weird about giving myself a rare and ultra-high-prestige name.
Er... 司馬 isn't that rare, and people would rather advise you to select a rare but prestigious family name, rather than a rare and unknown one.
It's like given names in English: if you pick a rare and unknown name (or even a common one with an unusual spelling), people are just going to go "huh?"
Er... 司馬 isn't that rare, and people would rather advise you to select a rare but prestigious family name, rather than a rare and unknown one.
It's like given names in English: if you pick a rare and unknown name (or even a common one with an unusual spelling), people are just going to go "huh?"