I don't like it when a website asks for a name, and the name field is split into two. If those fields were labeled first/last name, I would type in Hong/Minhee. But if the fields are labeled given/family name, I'll type Minhee/Hong. Because, like many other East Asian names, my name is Hong Minhee, but Hong is my family name.
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@jamalmarlone@mastodon.social · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:
@hongminhee often websites don't necessarily need a name at all. So what do you want us to call you :)
@rhamphorhynchus@mastodon.nz · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:
@hongminhee gaaah, I always, always refer to them as given name and family name, it's far more accurate and applicable to more naming systems (not all, haha).
Even in a fully Western context there are forms that want the family name entered first for reasons of their own, which must trip up plenty of people who aren't used to checking.
