Timeline for How can I stop people confusing my given name and surname?
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| May 10, 2020 at 18:11 | comment | added | WoJ | @Tim: now that I re-read your "That wouldn't work in some cultures" I got curious :) Would you have an example? | |
| May 9, 2020 at 18:52 | comment | added | WoJ | @Tim: oh sorry, I misrad what you wrote, I thought you were suggesting that this might work (and not the other way round). Sorry | |
| May 9, 2020 at 18:51 | comment | added | Tim | @WoJ - I am well aware - that's why I posted it! | |
| May 9, 2020 at 18:49 | comment | added | WoJ | @Tim: this is also what happens in french, when you call Dr MARTIN, Prof LEROY or Mr DUPONT | |
| May 9, 2020 at 18:48 | comment | added | WoJ | @Willeke: in French that would work: François DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD | |
| May 9, 2020 at 15:04 | comment | added | Tim | Just reading the question, this tought occurred immediately. Could be taken one step further. Mr.SURNAME (forename). Mr is interchangeable with Prof., Dr, etc. That wouldn't work in some cultures. | |
| May 9, 2020 at 14:50 | comment | added | Willeke | This does not work for me, as my family name has three words and two of them should not have a capital but the third one does. Like the 'de la Whatever' in French. My French friends never get this right as they would write it 'DE LA WHATEVER'. | |
| May 9, 2020 at 3:40 | comment | added | pepoluan | Heh, I have been writing my lastname in uppercase for ages because people keep misreading it if I write it in lowercase. Never knew that it's already the norm in France. Now I can say that I'm not a weirdo, I just use the French style 😄 | |
| May 8, 2020 at 15:19 | comment | added | Nate Barbettini | I agree, it's country-specific. A while back I had to google "Why are French last names capitalized" because I wasn't familiar with it as an American English speaker. Now it makes sense. :) | |
| May 8, 2020 at 10:26 | comment | added | WoJ | @lema: the problem you may face is that this is quite country specific. It will look weird initially if you are the only one using that approach. In such a case pushing a wider adoption actually helps to go past the WTF phase and actually see it as useful. | |
| May 8, 2020 at 7:53 | comment | added | lema | Thank you. Multiple people pointed out this approach here. I will give it a try. Do you think, it is sufficient to use this notation in my mail signature. I don't think I can implement it in all of the institutes' websites. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 23:27 | comment | added | Nyos | +1 for this. I have two given names, and a last name that can also be a given name. On top of that, we use eastern name order in Hungary. So when it matters, I use this convention. (or use my nickname with friends, coworkers, etc.) | |
| May 7, 2020 at 18:50 | comment | added | DetlevCM | Indeed. Seems a little unusual at first, but then one gets used to it. And ambiguity is pretty much impossible in this configuration. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 14:55 | history | edited | WoJ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 7, 2020 at 14:45 | comment | added | CCTO | Came here to mention the upper-case strategy, which can be very effective. Though I'd mention, in English contexts, "SURNAME Given-name" always uses a comma; this is extremely well standardized. In the special case where the OP wishes to be addressed by their surname ("Prof. Robert" for example) then perhaps they could arrange to have their given names represented by initials. EG Prof L Robert instead of Lee Robert. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 14:16 | history | edited | WoJ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 7, 2020 at 10:48 | history | answered | WoJ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |