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Omphalopsychite (talk) 18:16, 8 April 2019 (UTC) Brand new to editing Wikipedia. Simple correction to the "China Joe" page. R.N. DeArmond's book the Founding of Juneau on page 146 has no mention of the name "Andy". It does mention As Hie. As I learn more about editing, I would like to add the following footnote on early census records of Chinese-Canadian and Chinese-American names with the use of "ah" or "as": https://guides.vpl.ca/ccg/chinese_names Chinese names were unfamiliar to the English-speaking-and-writing clerks, registrars, and other persons who initially created official records (for example, registers of births, marriages, and deaths and census returns). Such individuals would not have understood the complexities of Chinese names and language. Even when there were translators, the rendering of Chinese names into English was often misconstrued. The prevalence of the name Ah in many references to Chinese people in original sources is a good example of how Chinese names were mis-interpreted. Ah is not a Chinese name, but is a prefix added to the personal name as a familiar or informal manner of address. In the English language this is somewhat equivalent to the addition of a suffix (-ie or -y) such that Ann becomes Annie and Jim becomes Jimmy. For some Chinese people, the Ah part has been incorporated into the English versions of their surnames. For example, a person named Liu Tai Ling (i.e. surname Liu and given names Tai Ling) could commonly be called Ah Ling, resulting in the English-speaking scribe's creation of the surname Ah Ling or Ahling and the obliteration of the real surname, Liu.

Some Chinese-Canadians took the full name of their founding ancestor in Canada as their surname. For example, the children of pioneer Yip Sang for a time used Yipsang as their surname. If the person was commonly known as Ah, however (e.g. Ah Tai), and few people knew his surname, then his descendants might eventually take Ahtai as their surname.

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Theroadislong (talk) 13:59, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

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 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Omphalopsychite/sandbox/china joe. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 14:06, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

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