Yao Ming's last name is not Ming
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.
Filed under: Chinese, General, Pet Peeves, Sports
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I didn’t know that!
BTW I liked the church bulletin format.
Thanks!
Way to lay the linguistic smack-down. I’m 1/2 Japanese, so I can sort of relate. :)
Just a little rant, hopefully it’ll enlighten some.
I’m 1/8 Japanese :)
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