I have a friend whose name is Bill Card. He has a pretty good sense of humour but I think by the time he reached his 40th birthday he was considering changing his name. He had heard "Bill you're such a card!" one too many times...


>>>>>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.
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>>>Apparently my family name was once De Laye in protestant France, but became Delay upon moving to the new world.
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>>Perhaps there was a delay in processing the papers :-)
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>You're soooooo original. < s >