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Re: call function for times with different types

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Christoph M. Becker wrote:

> Evertjan. wrote:
>> "Christoph M. Becker" […] wrote […]:
> However, if you post to Usenet, you should be aware that the default
> Content-Type is
> 
>   Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> So if you are using non ASCII characters, you should configure your
                                          ^ in the message *body*

> newsreader to add an appropriate Content-Type header field.

JFTR: The “Content-Type” header field only applies to the message body.
 
>> However, dear Christoph, even having a fine addressline, quod non, does
>> not in the least diminish the value of my request for a signature or at
>> least a nickname.
> 
> Well, the name has been already given in the "addressline"--there is no
> *need* to duplicate it.

However, since English, not Chinese, has become the /lingua franca/ of 
computer science (and technology in general), it is be prudent to specify 
the Hanyu Pinyin transcription of the name as well (or instead of the real 
name) in this international newsgroup.  In this case, with Google Translate 
recognizing the name as Chinese, it would probably be “Wu Xi Hao” (as 
suggested there).  “Wu” being a common Chinese family name, it would be 
customary to write “WU Xi Hao” to signify that.

I know first-hand from my flatmates at the university back in 2003 that at 
least some Chinese like to choose an English first name on the Net instead 
of their real first name which might be difficult to pronounce properly, and 
even more difficult to write, by people whose native language is not one of 
the Chinese languages.  The traditional order of the given name is then 
reversed, for example “Robert Wu” (which, by serendipity, is also the name 
of a Chinese-American actor and producer).

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call function for times with different types 吳晞浩 <shwu.cs98@gmail.com> - 2014-08-25 22:59 -0700
  Re: call function for times with different types "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-26 09:22 +0200
    Re: call function for times with different types "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-26 09:44 +0200
      Re: call function for times with different types "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-08-26 10:11 +0200
        Re: call function for times with different types "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-08-26 13:25 +0200
          Re: call function for times with different types Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-26 17:25 +0200
            [OT] Chinese given names (was: call function for times with different types) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-27 01:40 +0200
          Re: call function for times with different types Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-08-26 15:47 +0000
            [OT] Internet standards (was: call function for times with different types) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-26 18:22 +0200
  Re: call function for times with different types Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-08-26 14:56 +0200
  Re: call function for times with different types Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2014-09-02 13:39 -0700

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