More bombs?
Graeme Wall wrote:
In message cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-d38TNJnTOPOg@localhost
"Ian Johnston" wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:41:13 UTC, Graeme Wall
wrote:
: Incidentally he is not Mr Hussein, you shouldn't assume Western norms
apply in other cultures.
I had need to pass the name "Umesh Patel" over the phone yesterday. The
bloke at the other end asked if I could spell the christian name ..
My point exactly. Even the term 'forename' can be misleading in some
cultures, such as the Chinese.
Common terms are "family name" and "given name".
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