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Discussion on: What do American developers get wrong about internationalization?

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Ignasi Marimon-Clos

Assume (name) (middle name) (surname) format. Some countries use (name) (father surname) (mother surname).

Assume all women will discard their surname if/when they marry.

Both combined make the question "What was your mother maiden name?" useless. Actually it's the same than now, and is exactly my second surname, which is public record).

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Kit Sunde

Some countries put the last name first (super common in Asia).
A lot of people in Asia don't have last names.
If my country is Singapore, why do I have to select a region and a city? These are all the same thing.