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How did it come about that your niece is Korean? Wouldn't that make one of your siblings Korean? Or is she half-Korean?

Brett, please, man, don't tell me you're "one of those" too! :wink:


For some reason it doesn't work the other way around. It's so bad that I was really happy that the Chinese guy in my...

Interesting question, Brett. I do not know if Asians are discriminated against in work or education, but I do know that the figures show Asians outperforming other minorities and in some cases...

Yep yep, I think it's mainly for ease of pronunciation, but you are quite right in that there are a lot of Asians who just want to assimilate into white culture. Of course, they never had a say in...

Their middle name is really their Chinese name in disguise. I guess it's so they don't have to explain how to pronounce a name with Q's and X's in it at those stores where they call out your name...

Is this why all the Chinese-Americans I know have really boring names like "Alan" and "Stephanie"?

Then I'd suggest picking Екатерина Ивановна. No sense russifying one name and leaving the other one.

I would suggest picking either Екатерина Ивановна or Кэтрин (whatever your midde name is) (whatever your last name is). This way you can either go the full "russified" route or basically have your...

You could do Ричардович if Richard was the father's name. As for "Rebecca" it wouldn't work as patronymics aren't formed from the mother's name. I know of at least one person whose official...