Because this name ACTUALLY IS MY NAME, it's the one I ACTUALLY USE and always have
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Replying to @arthur_affect @taro_taylor
"Arthur" is a Chinese name because I'm Chinese and it's my name (And I don't like my middle name in the sense of actively using it, I just don't particularly try to hide it either, it's in my email address)
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Replying to @arthur_affect
How is Arthur a Chinese name? I can call myself Ronaldo but it doesn't mean Ronaldo is a Chinese name now, does it?
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Replying to @taro_taylor
Like I said, it's a Chinese name because I'm Chinese and it's my name Just like "Chu" is an American surname because I am an American and it is my surname
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Replying to @arthur_affect
But My friend also has a surname "Chu" but he is from China, do you get to monopolise a surname as well just b'cos you are American?
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Replying to @taro_taylor
Of course not, I never claimed any monopoly ownership of anything but MY OWN NAME
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Replying to @arthur_affect
You just did by calling a common surname "Chu" as American. "Chu" is not yours, hundreds of millions of other "Chu"s around, no?
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Replying to @taro_taylor
I made no statement about anyone else who has "Chu" as their last name (which could be derived from many different Chinese surnames) Only about myself
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Replying to @arthur_affect
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Replying to @taro_taylor
Yeah, my name "Chu" is an American surname because I'm an American For someone else who's not an American, it isn't Why is that such a big deal I mean you know thanks to sloppy romanization "Chu" could be derived from dozens of Chinese surnames
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Look even trying to seriously entertain the idea of classifying names by ethnicity is filled with ambiguity There's plenty of names that we stereotype as "Jewish names" in the US that obviously aren't actually specifically "Jewish", just German or Polish or Russian
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Replying to @arthur_affect @taro_taylor
What's the name "David", is it a Hebrew name or an English name or an American name Is 孫中山's name a Japanese name (it comes from the kanji rendering of his pseudonym while in hiding in Japan, Nakamura)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @taro_taylor
I mean relevant to my situation I always felt self-conscious about having a weird name growing up because I thought of it as "British" and then when I got to college my Jewish roommate said "You're the first Arthur I've met who wasn't someone's Jewish uncle"
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