Re: A quick question for one of our kind Chinese members...
Graeme Lennon (graeme@balefire.net)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:55:57 -0500 (EST)
1) WTF?
2) I had a teacher named Mr. Tong once. He claimed the name was given to
him by his Chinese father.
3) Aren't we a bit off-topic?
> 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
>
> Robyn Paterson wrote:
> >
> > What is the (phonetic, since my broswer doesn't support Chinese
> > characters, although theirs does) Mandarin Chinese name for LOGH? I want
> > to recommend the books it to a friend in Taiwan, but they don't know the
> > English title or the Japanese one.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Robyn.
> >
> > --
> > "Five Minutes Ago, this is Robyn Paterson for Network XXIII."
>
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