Re: First report on Coní
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 21, 2003, 2:58 |
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Tristan wrote:
> Is the author of TIPA's name Fukui Rei or Rei Fukui in the normal
> English nameorder (i.e. surname last)? Also, in cultures that use the
> surname first nameorder, do they use surnames more than given names or
> vice versa?
The Japanese use surname first, and use surnames a lot more than the
West, but I don't know the situation in other surname first cultures, so
I can't say if Japan is typical or atypical. At any rate, my suspicion
is that there's no direct connection.
ObConculture: The Kassi place family names after given names, but, at
least in classical times, never used family name alone, except to
address the head of the family, since she represented the family.
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