RE: terminology problem

["Marsha G. Kamish" <mgkamish -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

But if the question is about "American" English, last
name and first name are the choice. Check any form you
find anywhere in the US. 

--- Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> Keith Cronin observed:
> 
> > But everybody knows what their *first* and *last*
> names are. 
> 
> We get a lot of requests from Asia.  I use "family
> name" and "given name,"
> because we can't be sure what the "first" and "last"
> names represent.
> Everybody knows what they are, sure, but not
> everybody agrees on what they
> are.
> 
> Cheers ... Kim
> 
> 

=====
Marsha G. Kamish and Gabriel
Katy, Texas

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