>>I know a Chinese family whose first and last names got reversed by accident because of the differences in using first,last and last,first between the two countries when speaking. Mr.
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>How about my case. Each time I receive an email from Michel, it starts with
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>Hi Peter De,
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>I have informed Michel about it, but he has difficulty making it all compatible with international styles.

Apparently my family name was once De Laye in protestant France, but became Delay upon moving to the new world.