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"In ancient #China, #Chinese people don't give their women names, they just call them by numbers."

Ah, Reddit, where ignorant people so confidently talk of a culture they know ZERO about.

Btw, my brother calls my younger sister by number 二姐 (second sister). I am 大姐 (eldest sister).

In Hokkien at least there are different ways to call uncle or aunt by order of seniority and whether they are paternal or maternal side. For eg (tua ee, ah kim/Ah tiao, ah pek).

Why all this trouble? Because