Yao Ming's last name is not Ming
- November 09, 2006
- 4 comments
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Even though it’s not a big deal, but as a native Chinese speaker, it still irks me when national media outlets don’t spend a little time to get it right. I present the following evidence:
Here’s one place that gets it right, and it better have.
NBA.com
“Yao Ming” does sound better than “Ming Yao,” but still, Yao Ming’s last name is Yao.
Comments
katy
wrote this comment on November 13, 2006
I didn’t know that!
BTW I liked the church bulletin format.
David Sutoyo
wrote this comment on November 13, 2006
Thanks!
Nathan Smith
wrote this comment on November 17, 2006
Way to lay the linguistic smack-down. I’m 1/2 Japanese, so I can sort of relate. :)
David Sutoyo
wrote this comment on November 17, 2006
Just a little rant, hopefully it’ll enlighten some.
I’m 1/8 Japanese :)
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