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		godelski 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Falsehoods programmers believe about aviation You should see Vietnamese! It's decreasing, but it used to be ~40%! Now it's closer to 30[0]. And don't forget that there's Lee[1], Lee[2], Lee[3], Lee[4], and Lee[5]! Which are all different [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_name [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(English_surname) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BD_(Vietnamese_surname) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(Korean_surname) [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E6%9D%8E) [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_(surname_%E5%88%A9)

sandbach 6 days ago [–]

Besides the two you mention, there are ten other Chinese surnames that could be anglicized as Lee, namely 力, 勵, 厲, 栗, 澧, 禮, 立, 酈, 離, and 黎.

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