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Uncle is how Asians address middle aged men to be polite. Women are aunties.
Roger, Nigel, Elaine, Evelyn, these are the middle-aged names you go with when you give your Asian child an English name. It’s a funny byproduct of colonization. The UK had Malaysia until 1957, when they left, they didn’t give us the new updated version of their English names. So all the names we use are from that era: Charles, Keiths, Tobys, Ians. My brother’s name is Gary.
We didn’t know Kevins or Marks existed. How many Rogers do you know nowadays?
No 5-year-old Rogers running about.
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Chinese Arts Now Festival review - comedy of the diaspora
Clips and chat from comics of Chinese heritage
by Veronica LeeSaturday, 13 March 2021
Evelyn Mok, who describes herself as Scandinasian , introduced the event
Chinese Arts Now was founded in 2005 and aims to produce and present work that explores Chinese themes, stories and art forms in the UK. Its annual festival includes a comedy night (presented in conjunction with Soho Theatre), and this year three comics of Chinese heritage – Evelyn Mok, Ken Cheng and Phil Wang – performed.