My father once heard a story about this. An Asian immigrant family decided to give their son an American-sounding first name, “Peter”. Unfortunately, their family name was “Pan”...
Probably an urban legend, but kind of funny...
Did he then proceed to change his last name to Bannings and become a lawyer?
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My father once heard a story about this. An Asian immigrant family decided to give their son an American-sounding first name, “Peter”. Unfortunately, their family name was “Pan”...
Probably an urban legend, but kind of funny...
Did he then proceed to change his last name to Bannings and become a lawyer?