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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by TMWNN on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:32PM (#31615944)
Will Weng, the longtime New York Times crossword editor, throughout his life had people (including me) who thought he was Chinese.
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Re:Google cancelled a talk on caste bias by kalimanzaro on Saturday June 04, 2022 @03:02AM (#31617784)
That is another Germanic one, probably related to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_(surname)

>"Europe

Scandinavia

Wang is also an unrelated surname in Sweden and Norway. It is a variant spelling of the name Vang which is derived from the Old Norse word vangr, meaning field or meadow.

Germany and Netherlands

Wang is also a surname in the German and Dutch languages. The name is derived from Middle German wang/ Middle Dutch waenge, which is literally "cheek". However, in southern German, its meaning, "grassy slope" or "field of grass", is similar to the Scandinavian surname."

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