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A comment on Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” when designing interfaces. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by resolutebat on Thursday August 31, 2023 @07:11AM (#37335392)
Sir-itis is particularly endemic to the Philippines, in no small part thanks to call center scripts. At one point we had a company driver who insisted (quite seriously, no sarcasm involved) on calling his passengers Sir Firstname.
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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by rescbr on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:58AM (#37338201)
I'd rather say it comes from the Spanish Don, as it is used not as a title but in formal occasions, together with the given name.
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