Thanks, so there's an Athens big enough to have a newspaper outside Greece as well - you learn a new thing every day.
I didn't realize that "Hu's the new president of China" wasn't original but was based on "Who's on first". Cool. Here's another one I found, a parody on Fox.
I wouldn't be too surprised if there were daily papers in Athens, Ohio and Athens, Georgia.
Thanks, so there's an Athens big enough to have a newspaper outside Greece as well
There must be at least two. The Athens in this link is to Athens, Texas, which I hadn't heard of before (but that doesn't say much). Athens, Georgia must be much larger.
Very interesting, soylentyellow.
This guy from the Chinese government sounds like the Texas legislator:
Your name is so troublesome and problematic,” she recalled an official telling her. “Just change it.”
Miss Ma argues that the government’s technology should adapt, not her.
On the other hand, I can't imagine Zhao C, mentioned toward the end of the article, getting away with the equivalent anywhere in the world. (The equivalent in the Roman-alphabet world being to insist that your name be written with Chinese characters.)
I think that database was discussed here on SiT maybe when it was due to come out, or maybe when Zhao C. sued, probably in a thread also discussing the old French rule that only names of saints were possible first names to give to newborn babies.
I'm reviving this thread because I just ran into a partial answer to one question
What do Indonesians and others with only one name do when they get to the West?
Well, if you are filling out US immigration forms, you can do this:
>Enter your first (given) name as the first name appears on your passport under the First or Given Name field. Do not include the middle name in this field. First name is required to complete the application. If you do not have a first name, then enter the letters FNU which stands for First Name Unknown.
So, if you only have one name, you can treat it s a surname.
