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Interesting posts about language. I am of Chinese descent and speak Chinese fluently though English is my first language. I rarely speak Chinese in public except with my immediate family since that is my parents first language. Even when speaking to other Chinese Americans I don't know I speak EnglishI only speak Chinese with a stranger when they are not able to converse in English. Most Asian Americans who are born in the US speak English only with one another too. I've also noticed that Chinese Americans and Korean Americans tend to give their kids American first names, while Mexicans, Muslims, and Indians can be here many generations and still have foreign first names. I think when your kid is born in America and you still choose to name him Antonio, Mohammed, Shaheed, Jalil, or Barack it shows a lack of assimilation.
I grabbed this from "Tom Lennox 70" out of another thread.
I've seen that too: many Japanese, Chinese and Korean parents DO give their US born kids "anglo" names.
I've noticed that too, mainly cause I live in the county with one of the country's largest Asian ethnic populations (Santa Clara). With the large Vietnamese population out here, its about 50% American names and 50% ethnic. One pattern I have noticed among that population is that they tend to pick certain names a lot more than others. For example, I used to do volunteer work at schools, and one of the most common names among Asian females is Destinyi. Or they might use an odd spelling of an American name such as Dan-yi (Danny)
Sure, "Ping" is very common Chinese American name.
I agree with the other poster who said there is no such thing as "American name".
On a second thought, there ARE American names. They would be names which exist ONLY in US. Examples: Kobe, Shaqille and Shaquanza.
"Pong" would be another common Chinese American name.
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