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Old 03-24-2007, 09:58 PM   #53
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by Brianna
I find it interesting that first generation American children of Asian descent tend to have traditionally "American" first names: David, Ashley, Eric, Amy, etc. It's almost as if they're TRYING to assimilate! How dare they?!
Not only that, a lot of Asian immigrants take on a second American name for themselves.

"Lisa, I can't find you in the company files."
"Oh, that's because my name is actually Pyoungyang."

On the other hand, I've also found that this is not out of a desire to assimilate, but because they consider Americans too stupid to deal with their real names.
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