Re: A quick question for one of our kind Chinese members...
A.T. (atong@ihug.co.nz)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 08:03:56 +1300
correct. Thank you.
Alan.
"Califf, Jennifer" wrote:
>
> On Monday, February 22, 1999 12:27 AM, Hank Wong
> [SMTP:hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU] wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> My guess here is that Mr. Tong saw the letter and thought it was
> personally addressed to him under the assumption that he was Chinese,
> not realizing that the letter was a query addressed to the entire list.
>
> Jennifer
>
> jcaliff@nsai-petro.com http://www.topher.net/~jcaliff/iserlohn.htm
>
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