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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
@liztai It isn’t any different from how we address male relatives/family members either
@liztai@hachyderm.io@rakyat ever dare, in a moment of rebellion, to call them by name?
My family is quite traditional in that regard. I don't think I ever dared 
@liztai I was never much of a rebellious kid, so no, haha