sábado, 1 de marzo de 2008




NAMING TRADITIONS


NAMING TRADITIONS VARY FORM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER. IN MEXICO A MARRIED WOMAN KEEPS HER MAIDEN NAME AND ADDS HER HUSBANDS NAME AFTER THE WORD “DE” (OF).
IN KOREA FOR EXAMPLE, THE FAMILY NAME COMES BEFORE THE GIVEN NAME AND MARRIED WOMEN RETAIN THEIR MAIDEN NAMES, SO HUSBANDS AND WIVES DO NOT SHARE THE SAME SURNAMES, THIS TRADITION IS ALSO SHARED BY THE CAMBODIANS, CHINESE, HMONG AND VIETNAMESE CAN USE UP TO FOUR.
PLACING THE FAMILY NAME BEFORE THE GIVEN NAME IS COMMON IN ASIAN CULTURES.
THESE NAMING TRADITIONS CAN CONFUSE APPLICANTS WHO FILL OUT FORMS IN THE UNITED STATES .
I THINK ABOUT THIS TOPIC, IS SOMETIMES CONFUSE BUT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ARE TRADITIONS OF EACH COUNTRY AND IS INTERESTING THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THAT; IT IS A IMPORTANT PART OF THE CULTURES OF ALL WORLD.

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