On 10-Jul-13 19:04, Hui Deng wrote:
While "first name" and "last name" may be useful for many Western readers, they tend to produce confusing statements like "put his/her Last name first, and first name last." I would prefer the order-neutral terms "given name" and "family name", which results in the more sensible "put his/her family name first and given name last." Also, the section on tones (which BTW belongs in the pronunciation document, not the names document) is a good example of how allowing UTF-8, rather than just US-ASCII, would be useful. "Lao3ban3" (Wade-Giles) requires memorizing what the various tone numbers mean, whereas "Lǎobǎn" (Pinyin) provides a visual representation of the proper tone, which will be more accessible to most readers. S -- Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking |
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