93 Million Wangs.

News Post title of the century

I always think of It's a Wonderful Life when I hear the name Zuzu. Which isn't often. But, still...

Wow. Thanks Neatorama...now I must clean up the coffee I spat all over my screen.

:p

93 Million Wangs...*snickers*

i wonder if zhouzhu likes rose petals?

That last paragraph is interesting. The proposal also encourages ethnic minorities in China to keep their surnames, instead of adopting Han Chinese names.

If you thought those names were hard to pronounce before??

What about the amount of Smiths and Browns that we have in North America or Europe, I mean this is just a stupid idea. People should have the freedom to name their children.

I'm fairly certain the line "...parents will be able to combine..." does not imply a forced combination. I believe a RTFA is required here.

Cheers,
Dan

ZIZOU!!!!!

We have three sons, all Smiths. We were going to have another until we heard that one out of every five people in the world is Chinese. Now we can have WangSmith or is it SmithWang?

Here are some Wang t-shirts.

http://www.cafepress.com/sluptees/3115938

With the combining of surnames, there is another problem: Length. With each combine, the length doubles. In just 10 generations someone's name could be WangWangWangWa [...]

Edited 6/12/07: We get the idea, dude. - Alex

There are also many many people with the surname "Wong." As legend would have it, Cho En-Lai devised a methodology in the 1970's which seem simple enough and effective. By central degree, every Wong was listed and given a number. So, for example, a particular Mr. or Mrs. Wong would be Wong No. 7294117. This seemed ingenious and solved the problem, until people started answering the phone. Apparently, what would happen is this: A Wong would pick up the phone and start to answer "Wong Number..." and before Mr. Wong could finish stating his number... the caller would HANG UP!!!

"What about the amount of Smiths and Browns that we have in North America or Europe, I mean this is just a stupid idea. People should have the freedom to name their children."

Did you not read the post? It said it's optional..