ext_22870 ([identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] la_marquise 2011-01-14 12:44 pm (UTC)

I'm not even sure it's that English speakers won't try. We never get the chance! Maybe it's something to do with tonal languages since it seems mostly to be a Chinese thing. Tamils and Punjabis seem mostly to just shorten their given names.
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