Re: OT: Name Conventions

I like the French convention of writing the family name in all caps. It
makes it easier to tell which one it is, in the face of varying cultural
conventions about whether to put it first or last or somewhere else. E.g.

    George MÉLIÈS
    LUGOSI Bela
    Andrew LLOYD WEBBER
    SAKAMOTO Ryuichi
    Woody ALLEN
    Jet LI
    CHOW Yun-Fat
    Michelle YEOH Choo Kheng

Notice the extra fun involved for those of Chinese extraction, when some
of them add Western-style names as well. The normal Chinese convention is
to put the family name first (within the Chinese name), but it seems
mainland Chinese are switching this to conform more to Western conventions
(like Japanese commonly do), while those of Chinese extraction elsewhere
in Asia still keep the old traditions.