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12-01-2005, 02:37 PM
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Yao Ming
Why does Yao Ming have "Yao" on his jersey and not "Ming"? EVeryone else has their last name.
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#2
12-01-2005, 02:54 PM
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Re: Yao Ming
Its an Asian thing.
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#4
12-01-2005, 03:57 PM
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Re: Yao Ming
Yeah, Nene is trying to be a soccer superstar or something. Yao is the same reason as Ichiro. I'm pretty sure it's because some groups of Asians use their family name as their first name. So it's still their "family name" on their jersey. Nene is just using his first name/nickname. Frankly I think Bob Sura should ask Stern to just put "Bob" on the back of his jersey.
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#7
12-01-2005, 05:00 PM
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Re: Yao Ming
[ QUOTE ]
Its an Asian thing. [/ QUOTE ] Close, it's a Chinese thing. In China the family name comes first and the other name (what we would call first name) is second. Someone (M2D perhaps) should correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they do this in Korea or Japan. Not sure about southeast asia. On that note I know a bunch of Chinese grad students. They saw the movie the year of the Yao, which is a documentary on Yao Ming's first year in the NBA (I think, haven't seen it). There is a scene where there are kids asking for an autograph. They are being polite and saying "Mr. Ming, Mr. Ming..." My friends thought it was hilarious that they said Mr. Ming and not Mr. Yao. Most all Chinese students I know either switch their name order when they come here, or simply make up a Western name (which is usually an old fashioned name like Ernest, Sally, or Priscilla). I know of one exception, he just goes by his family name because his actual name is very difficult for non-Chinese speakers to pronounce. When they are talking to someone and want to say their name they usually just say the whole thing. If they are close they might use a title that means (older/younger) brother or sister with the family name.
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