I don't understand this. Chinese are the only ethnicity who are so embarrassed of their names they feel the need to change them to placate the people who's country they live in. I prefer immigrants who tell me their real names, not lie to me with fake boring names.

I think this kind of behavior is hilarious:

Alex Wang
Tony Chong
Ted Cheng
Mike Chang
Bill Fung
Run Run Shaw

What do yall think?

shut up! I think its great that they take western names to fit in better with us. I only wish a few other prominent ethnicities in Metro would do the same thing as the Chinese do.

But when someone tells you his name is Alex Wang, he is lying to your face!

Maybe they do that because it's hard forf us to pronounce their names.

But are only the Chinese doing it?

How hard is it to pronounce:

Chiang Sheng
Lu Feng
Wei Pei
Wang Lung Wei

If it was about the pronunciation, then wouldn't they also change the names of the menu items they put on their Chinese restaurants?

Lo Mein
Chow Mein
Bok Choy

but the lo mein is changed to english anyways and you still cannot pronounce so who care.

they try to fit in and you curse them for that. %$@#! OFF AND DIE PLEASE.

But are only the Chinese doing it?

How hard is it to pronounce:

Chiang Sheng
Lu Feng
Wei Pei
Wang Lung Wei

If it was about the pronunciation, then wouldn't they also change the names of the menu items they put on their Chinese restaurants?

Lo Mein
Chow Mein
Bok Choy

It is a way for Chinese to show they are versatile people.

after eons of advanced evolution

you still don't pronounce it right or know what it means. it's literal meaning. it's chinese meaning.

Do you know what Lo, Chow and Bok means?

Whoops...

The Lo Mein is in English? No. And those are original Chinese names above and any Westerner could pronounce those...

Can you guys just use your real names please?

Don't lie to me when you say 'Hi I'm Tony Cheng'. No you're not, you're Ping Fung Cheng from the Guangdong province. Shake my hand like a man and show some pride.

Have you ever heard about the melting pot you dumb ass

Ok so if those are English translations, fine. BUT WHY?

When I go to an Indian restaurant, I order Indian dishes in Indian names!

Fine BUT ONLY CHINESE ARE MELTING? WHY? THAT IS MY QUESTION WHY DO ONLY CHINESE DO THIS????

How is he lying to you just by using his English name? Then everyone is probably lying. What did your parents call you when you were little? They are just names. Whether their names in their original language meant anything or not is totally irrelevant to whatever the truth you are seeking...

some indians do this too i have heard. balzinder becomes banny, suzinder becomes sam to attract more english speaking customers cause sometimes its hard for english speakers to pronounce our names

It's totally relevant!

If you introduce yourself by something other than your birth name, what is the reason? Are you embarrassed? Trying to be cool? Are you insulting Westerners because you think we can't possibly pronounce something? I don't get it.

Like I meet a Russian he doesn't call himself 'Tom', he says Hi my name is Vladimir, or Vlad for short.

If I meet a Swede, he says 'Hi my name is Bjorn', not hi my name is Jack.

Can a Chinese person please just answer the question.

a name like Czeslaw Szczepanksi probably is harder to pronounce than Ming Lao[size="2"][/size]

So this phenomenon is basically because Westerners are xenophobic skin bags with low intelligence and inability to pronounce words?

It's not just Chinese, it's pretty much anyone with a difficult to pronounce name. Lots of Eastern Europeans do this as well. It's a mixutre of not wanting to have to correct pronounciation or spelling constantly, and also to fit in

What exactly is your problem with this?

Think about it, say your name is Virginia and there is some culture there that have difficulty pronouncing your name and you ended up being called V@gina. Not really pleasant to hear

And ask urself; why would anyone wanna know ur, or tell you their (real) names?

I don't have a huge problem with it... I am basically wondering why you wouldn't want to use your actual name! Isn't that something to take pride in? Who gives a %$@#! if some dipshit can't pronounce it. If you say something, practically any human can say it back to you after a few tries.

Anyways, if any Chinese meet me, please tell me your real name. If any Eastern Euros meet me, tell me your actual name. Don't worry I can handle it.

If any Hindu meets me, tell me your actual name, not Sandy, or Jag, don't be ashamed.

If we juxtapose this against First Nations, we would be saying we are robbing their culture by stealing their names and giving them western ones.

Speaking of which, why do many First Nations people have 2 first names instead of a last name???

Joe Jack

answer the question, op.

ok, what's your name? How would they know who you are so they'd use their original names? So please tell everyone your true name to start with as you insist that they'd be lying if they used their English names

You use a fake first name whenever you meet someone?

Also,

If a Chinese (or other ethnicity) person applies and gets hired for a job, do they still use 'Alex Wang' or do they put the actual one on there (Ping Wang)?

Do you use this made-up western name with your families or do you only use it when you meet white people.

that's a good one

?

When I meet someone, I tell them the first name that is on my birth certificate. You're saying few people actually do this? Is there some kind of giant charade going on here in Canada?

What I am saying is that using their new names is not lying. People even change their English names for some reason. Most women still change their last name after getting married. Would you say most celebrities are liars if they get themselves new names?

i bo sun, just bo sun for korea and vancouver.

I am Wang Fu--white devil.

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