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China demands Ukraine explain 'low intellectual potential' slur (www.azerbaycan24.com)

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[–] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Mao Ning" Is she related to Mao Zedong?

[–] Ronin_5@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, there are tons of common last names in China. Like smith or Jones.

[–] Babs@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like, almost everyone shares the same 100 last names.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thats normal everywhere, the confusing part is that names are also used as words from my limited understanding.

[–] besbin@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 year ago

More like names are taken from words e.g. snow, rain, feathers, righteous, etc. Overtime they will modify the written words by adding or removing a few strokes to indicate that it's a name and not mixing it with normal words in the sentence. It's pretty normal practice just like other languages. Even English still have some daily used names that are like that e.g. Ruby, Apple etc.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, English is full of those, they just get capitalized. Sometimes due to real etymology and sometimes coincidence, like Mark and mark.