It's quite common for Asian people of the family name:given name system to westernise their name to more easily navigate the cross-cultural interactions. To me, it's a pretty big step. I doubt many westerners do it the other way.Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.
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In addition to Vincent Tan being Tan Chee Yioun, Mehmet Dalman is Mehmet Sükrü and Ken Choo is Choo Ken-Yi.
Someone who hasn't adopted a business professional stage name is manager Sabri Lamouchi who really is Sabri Lamouchi.
Fans who have speculated he might be a patron of Ton Tan, Tonyrefail's premier sunbed centre, where Rhondda residents who desire a darker skin complexion head to, are likely wrong because French-born Lamouchi is of African parentage.
It also means people are less likely to take the piss out of them, and given some of your comments in the past, I'd guess you're one of those people.
It should be pretty obvious why a french man hasn't done this.
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