From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 17:35:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1052F16A4CE; Tue, 17 May 2005 17:35:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A52E43DBD; Tue, 17 May 2005 17:35:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4HHbcqx061525; Tue, 17 May 2005 10:37:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j4HHbb64061524; Tue, 17 May 2005 10:37:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:37:37 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Erich Dollansky Message-ID: <20050517173737.GA60953@thought.org> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <42890874.4030600@t-hosting.hu> <4289E0E9.3060506@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4289E0E9.3060506@pacific.net.sg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18++ years of service to the Unix community X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:26:17 +0000 cc: Bill Paul cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:35:29 -0000 On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 08:17:45PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi Joseph, > > Kövesdán Gábor wrote: > >Dear Bill and everyone, > > > >just a little comment: as far as I know there are two countries where > >the first name and the family name is used in different order, and these > >two countries are Japan and Hungary. I'm Hungarian thus my name often > > They are not allone. China also does it and the 'official' Germany, but > it is not commonly used. > Well, (Gary said, ddeliberately changing the ^Subject:), interesting. My mother's parents are from Hungary, two of my dad's grandparents from Germany. Didn't know about Hungary (or Japan). China, yes. Anybody on this geek list know any other societies where the surname is traditionally presented first and the given name last? gary PS: So long as no one calls me a 'primitive f*ckhead', I answer to just about anything:) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix