Meaning of Cho's name +Ginny/Harry/Cho . . .a long way to go

mongo62aa mongo62aa at yahoo.ca
Thu Jun 19 14:09:11 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 61081

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "whimsyflower" 
<profwildflower at m...> wrote:

> My understanding of Chinese naming is that the first name is the 
surname, 
> and the second name, the personal name.   For Cho Chang, her 
family or 
> surname would be "Cho," and her personal, individual name would be 
> Chang.

Me (Bill):

This is true, but Chinese living in the West usually reverse their 
name order to match the general cultural usage.  In China, Cho's 
name would be Chang Cho.

Bill





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