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Sep-14-2006 11:21

Saw this news headline today and could not resist posting here for those of us who have worked all those cases in Shanghai.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_fe_st/same_name

Sep-15-2006 16:43

Being that agency headquarters is based in Shanghai, I, obviously, do alot of shanghai cases, and I am still not used to the names. They are all alike, for the most part anyway. Makes me use my brain more than I want to sometimes lol No wonder I get alot of headaches *grin*

Sep-15-2006 17:03

I just worked a few, and I started laughing at the combinations - you'll have "normal" names like Don Wu, Bing Quin, Yue Wan Cui, then comes "Bevis" (I'm guessing that's not true Shanghai-ese :>)

Sep-15-2006 17:59

Or on a "list of standard Chinese characters." just a guess though. ;-)

Sep-15-2006 18:11

Those names give me a darn headache :) No way that I will ever locate HQ's in Shanghai!!!!