On Chinese names

First, we have Betty Brown's view of "difficult" names like "Ko", of all things, which doesn't even merit a response.

Here's a not at all related article about the bureaucratic trouble with having a unique name in China. Many commenters have pointed out that it's more sensible to give your child a two-character name than to give them a very *obscure* name, but I don't know enough about Chinese to agree or disagree with that.

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