Sesame Squirrel<p>As I update this week's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WatchPartyCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatchPartyCalendar</span></a> my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KungFuSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KungFuSat</span></a> friends, here's a li'l <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nomenclature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomenclature</span></a> lesson for my KFS <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FilmMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilmMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CineMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CineMastodon</span></a> posts.</p><p>In English, to help non-Chinese understand our ambiguous names, we capitalize SURNAMES and append the Chinese first names, if we've also chosen a Western first name. </p><p>Examples: </p><p>• Andy LAU Tak Wah<br>• Sesame SQUIRREL Xiao Li §<br>• Jet LI Lian Jie<br>• CHOW Yun Fat</p><p>FYI : Squirrel = 松鼠 = Sōngshǔ<br>so -- Sesame SONGSHU Xiao Li</p><p>§ Xiao Li is my name IRL</p>