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1. Depending on a person's society and culture there will be a difference on what they think of first when they read or hear something.

2. In American society for example, if someone hears something like Hung Tran they'll first think of a transgender person.

3. Societies in Asia where Hung is a man's name and Tran is a last name they would probably think of a man.

4. In Vietnam, the Chinese surname Chen is written in Quốc Ngữ (The Vietnamese language) as Trần. Tran is the second most common surname in Vietnam.

5. Media, society, culture, and a person's national current events shape both a person's mind and the person. So Americans and someone from Asia will sometimes think differently. Just like an American and a British person will think differently. A British person asking "Where is the trolley?" in America might cause some people to become confused if they don't know about the different words British people use.

6. Hung Long Tran in Vietnamese means Hero Dragon (Last name unknown meaning).
Hung. Vietnamese Origin. "Hero" The meaning of the name Hung is Hero.
Long is a boy's name of Chinese, Vietnamese origin meaning "dragon".

7. Do you think it offensive to ask people what they first think of when they read Hung Long Tran?

8. I had wanted to do a poll to see people's first thought. Since the majority of users are from Western English speaking countries where transgender issues are on the media, I was curious to see how Western thought patterns differ when reading that phrase and how many people would recognize Hung Long Tran is a Vietnamese name and not something else. Sadly, the mods on this website are either too ignorant or too PC, so I cannot post my Poll on this website because I know for a fact the Poll would be removed by at least one crybaby Mod.