Every year at around this time I do a quick sweep of family finances, which often involves working with a new Japanese financial firm, which means I get a quick object lesson in http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ … Today's example is a Kafkaesque nightmare.
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The transliteration part is what drives me crazy. Me, knowing what will happen if I don't fix it now: "I'm sorry, that's not my name is spelled in katakana." *gives correct spelling, which is pronounced identically to the incorrect one* Japanese person: *rolls eyes*
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I feel your pain. My actual full name has been known, with shitty brands of software not checking for limitations, to cause buffer overflows and destroy backend databases.
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I dunno, Konnichiwa McKenzie has a nice ring to it.
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I’m planning to go with a Japanese name when getting married, but I fear this scenario too. At least possible kids would have less trouble.
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