Untitled. (1941, May 17). Wairarapa Times-Age, 6. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19410517.2.54
A lady who had employed a Chinaman as cook asked him his name. ‘'Me name San Toy Lee,” he said. ‘Ah, your name is too long," the lady replied. "I will call you ‘John’.” “All light." responded John. “What’s your name?" "Mrs Charlotte Anne Hemingway,” she told him. “Your name too long.” remarked John. “I call you Cholly."[1][2]
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- ↑ Untitled. (1941, May 17). Wairarapa Times-Age, 6. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19410517.2.54
- ↑ This annecdote has appeared in a number of pubications internationally, so it is unlikely that this conversation actually happened.
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