Re: A quick question for one of our kind Chinese members...
Hank Wong (hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 22:26:58 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, A.T. wrote:
> I do not know where you get the idea that TONG is a chinese name...it is
> a very old English name ...the chinese version is usually prefixed as AH
> Tong or Yee Tong etc. Tong by itself in chinese is the name of a group
> or cult. excuse the time to reply as I have just returned from visiting
> the Town clled TONG in England from whence my forefathers came from. In
> the Auckland NZ telephone directory there are many europeans listed
> under this name which is also spleed Tonge and occassionally Tongue.
> regards
> Alan Tong
Yep this is way off topic, but Tong, like Lee and Young, can be either a
Chinese or a Western last name.
-Hank