Blair Lent

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Explica porque las padres chinos ponen a todos sus hijos nombres sencillos y cortos. [Relates why the Chinese have given their children short, simple names ever since one family's eldest son fell into a well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing his long, involved name].