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Long ago in a land far away I failed to persuade someone who had won the green card lottery to change her name from Assol to something, ANYthing, else.
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many don't. But these were born here.
My fave is still Randy Dong ...who was an associate researcher or something when I was PhD student. He chose an anglicized name, but apparently was underinformed about the differences between British and American English. But he was very friendly and enthusiastic and when he introduced himself to the group, it was several minutes before any of us could respond