Comments on: 93 Million Wangs.

By: Motorcycle Guy

Motorcycle Guy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:40:04 +0000

“What about the amount of Smiths and Browns that we have in North America or Europe, I mean this is just a stupid idea. People should have the freedom to name their children.”

Did you not read the post? It said it’s optional..

By: Java Joe

Java Joe — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:02:33 +0000

There are also many many people with the surname “Wong.” As legend would have it, Cho En-Lai devised a methodology in the 1970’s which seem simple enough and effective. By central degree, every Wong was listed and given a number. So, for example, a particular Mr. or Mrs. Wong would be Wong No. 7294117. This seemed ingenious and solved the problem, until people started answering the phone. Apparently, what would happen is this: A Wong would pick up the phone and start to answer “Wong Number…” and before Mr. Wong could finish stating his number… the caller would HANG UP!!!

By: PENIX

PENIX — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:39:50 +0000

With the combining of surnames, there is another problem: Length. With each combine, the length doubles. In just 10 generations someone’s name could be WangWangWangWa [...]

Edited 6/12/07: We get the idea, dude. - Alex

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:55:26 +0000

Here are some Wang t-shirts.

http://www.cafepress.com/sluptees/3115938

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:21:44 +0000

We have three sons, all Smiths. We were going to have another until we heard that one out of every five people in the world is Chinese. Now we can have WangSmith or is it SmithWang?

By: Abdullah Akhbar

Abdullah Akhbar — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:09:49 +0000

ZIZOU!!!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:41 +0000

I’m fairly certain the line “…parents will be able to combine…” does not imply a forced combination. I believe a RTFA is required here.

Cheers,
Dan

By: digital libido

digital libido — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:48:56 +0000

What about the amount of Smiths and Browns that we have in North America or Europe, I mean this is just a stupid idea. People should have the freedom to name their children.

By: bobby

bobby — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:04:08 +0000

If you thought those names were hard to pronounce before??

By: SiteSeer

SiteSeer — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:01:21 +0000

That last paragraph is interesting. The proposal also encourages ethnic minorities in China to keep their surnames, instead of adopting Han Chinese names.

By: kid icarus

kid icarus — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:24:20 +0000

i wonder if zhouzhu likes rose petals?

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:14:08 +0000

Wow. Thanks Neatorama…now I must clean up the coffee I spat all over my screen.

93 Million Wangs…*snickers*

By: Rhea

Rhea — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:38:20 +0000

I always think of It’s a Wonderful Life when I hear the name Zuzu. Which isn’t often. But, still…

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:37:34 +0000

News Post title of the century