Manager433 SG Ok, basically surname Au, Aw, Ow all belong to the same chinese characters of Ou. Only the english spelling diff. Hope this info helps. But Au-Yong total different from Au/Aw/Ow, totally no connection k.
[email protected] SG none chinese ones can? lady living on the ground floor of my place in sinagpore has surname "Outhouse", which is slang for toilet. Also friend of mine here has surname Tainturier, which is french for people who run laundry shops.
Gordonator SG Ngu. one of my friend, his surname in chinese character is Wu. at first don't know how to pronounce, Gu? Nu? he himeself don't know either. in the end we settle on Nu.
meltz SG Ngo and Boei ... till nw i still dont know hw to pronounce .. and wat the words in chinese ...
Gordonator SG Chong and Yong are common surnames right? but bet u all never heard of Choong or Yoong.
FireIce SG it's jus spelling last time parents not good in english and the fatimah @ registry of births oso not good at spelling chinese dialect names i have a fren whose dad and brothers are "koh" he ended up being "koi" bcos the lady misspelled
BlUe [email protected]|eLd SG Gt a frenz surname is ngiam, nvr heard b4, at first tot he from vietnem! But he pure S’porean.
Gordonator SG getting the spelling of the name wrong at least not so bad. but getting surname spelled wrongly is kinda serious, afterall the family name is at stake.
BlUe [email protected]|eLd SG Same to my frenz oso, but really wonder why is it translate to ngiam... Dialect?? Ask him, then he scratch head oso!
