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[A Blue Wolverine <kphan@engin.umich.edu>]

> 
> >It's nothing wrong with name change as long as you protect it, honor it and
> >live with it.
> 
> Not much argument here; however when there was a name how do we honour the old 
> name given to us by our parents?
>
> Regards,
> Hung La
> 
	I don't see why changing name is such a big deal that we are 
wasting time making a fuss out of it. As long as we are still proud of 
our heritage, still see ourselves as Vietnamese, still ..... eat rice 
and fishsauce..:) still get involved in Vietnamese traditional 
festivities, and most importantly, still speaking Vietnamese.... then 
any name is just fine. I understand that we should preserve what have 
been given to us from our parents, from our culture, but I don't think 
our parents would mind us getting name changed and wouldn't feel bad 
about it. Why? 'cause they and our friends & relatives  still call us by 
that Vietnamese name anyway, right? So, please be understanding to those 
who have had their names changed. 

	Regards,
	Tran Phan
	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI