Top Chinese Names in Vancouver
This post is not related to elearning nor technology, but relevant to the local community. A recent study conducted by "worldjournal", a Chinese media company in Canada indicates among the top ten surnames in the Greater Vancouver community, the top three of them are common Chinese surnames. Although the first one "LEE" is shared among various of ethnic groups (British, Chinese and Korean). The second and third most popular surnames are: "Wong" and "Chan".
According to the report, "Smith" was top surname in the Greater Vancouver area before 1991 but slipped to number 4 this year. However it is still the number one surname in Canada.
The other six most popular surnames in Vancouver are: "Kim", "Chen", "Gill", "Li", "Brown" and "Johnson".
Note that there are two types of Chinese today - Simplified and Traditional. Their spellings in English (pinyin) are slightly different due to pronunciation alterations. For example, "Wong" and "Wang" is the same surname; "Lee" and "Li" is the same surname. Normally people from Hong Kong and Taiwan are using the first set - "Wong" or "Lee", people from mainland China are using the second set - "Wang" or "Li" etc.
Therefore, this blog can also be called "Tim Wong's eLearning Blog". :)
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· http://www.realteachers.org btw, I do not see your email address here.
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