Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe...
by david-gpu on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:12AM
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> Right, so your Firstname is A and your Lastname is D. There's no ambiguity there.
You are offering your own unique technical solution to a cultural problem that has already been solved, and while I admire your confidence, I must explain why it is incorrect.
I don't have a "last name", I have two surnames. The notion of "last name" implicitly assumes that there is one and only one surname.
As I already hinted at, people in Spain customarily use their first surname as their "last name". That's why 90% of communications address me as A C, even while living in Canada.
It is my understanding that the same rule is used in all of Latin America, including Brazil.
You are offering your own unique technical solution to a cultural problem that has already been solved, and while I admire your confidence, I must explain why it is incorrect.
I don't have a "last name", I have two surnames. The notion of "last name" implicitly assumes that there is one and only one surname.
As I already hinted at, people in Spain customarily use their first surname as their "last name". That's why 90% of communications address me as A C, even while living in Canada.
It is my understanding that the same rule is used in all of Latin America, including Brazil.