Average Joe In The House. sKy

From Today:

"Current Chinese law states that children are only allowed to take the surname from either parent, but the lack of variety means there are now 93 million people in China with the family name Wang.

A nationwide survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in APril found that 92 million people shared the surname Li, while 88 million were called Zhang. A further seven surnames - including, Chen, Zou and Lin - are held by at least 20 million Chinese.

Under a new draft regulation released by the Ministry of Public Security, parents will be able to combine their surnames for their children, a move that could open up 1.28 million new possibilities, the China Daily said. For instance, a father named Zhou and mother named Zhu could choose to call their child either Zhou, Zhu, Zhouzhu or Zhuzhou, the report added."

How stupid can that be? Imagine I'm Choy, and my Dear is Lim. My kid will be called Choylim, or Limchoy. My kid then goes to marry a lady whose surname is Zhoulin, and thus my grandchild's surname will be either Choylimzhoulin or Zhoulinchoylim? It just wouldn't end!!!!

"Hi, my name is Calvin Baochoydufanguanhelinmoouqirenshentengwangxieyangzhou."

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