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Skriven 2008-06-20 20:07:00 av Michael Loo
     Kommentar till en text av BURTON FORD
Ärende: reunion + Chinese 486
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 ml-> Not been a computer programmer, have we, BurtonFord?
 BF> Well, yes I have, in both Basis and also in SAS.   You're
 BF> assuming I knew the proper configuration of the name.

I told it to you in the originally referenced post!

 ml-> The first thing is that that's the way it's spelled. Not
 ml-> spelling it that way is a mark of disrespect to the owner
 ml-> of the name.
 BF> If the writer *knew* the proper way to spell the name; otherwise
 BF> it's just a typo, eh?

Ignorance is a crappy excuse. In the case of the program in
question, it was willful, stupid ignorance, which is worse
than most other kinds. Whoever was in charge had the list of
names well in advance but just dropped the ball, or, by the
looks of it, threw it into the stands.

 BF> I'm still curious about my original question, namely:
 BF> "The question comes in because I wonder if the dash in the
 BF> Chinese name means the same that it does in the current
 BF> American adoption of a women's own family name into her
 BF> new married name?"

I read right past that, sorry, because the answer is "no, there's
no provision for such information to be included in Chinese names."

The typical Chinese name is in two parts: L, N-A (or, in the
current and Communist system, L, NA), where L is the family name
or surname, and NA is the given or "first" name, which is often
of the form Noun-Adjective. For example, my mother's given name
was blossom-yellow, while her twin sister's was
blossom-someothercolorIthinkblue. I don't know what my Chinese
name means. There are of course exceptions - her father had only
two names, of the form L, N; but then he was an important sort.

= =

Your recipe [snipped] would produce a respectable steamed bun,
no doubt, but it would taste better if each bun were rubbed
lightly in oil before steaming - something that might not go
too well on a fatfree (or fat free or fat-free) conference.

Lemon-peppered roasted asparagus
cat: side
servings: 6

2 lb asparagus, trimmed
2 Tb olive oil
2 ts lemon pepper
1/4 ts garlic powder

Oven at 400F.

Arrange asparagus on a large-rimmed baking sheet and
drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with seasonings and toss
to coat. Roast until tender, 10-15 min.

Ebony, 6/2008

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