A MAN WITH a deeply unfortunate name, from a phonetic English point of view at any rate, has expressed his profound irritation that no-one believes it is in fact his real one.
23-year-old Australian Phuc Dat Bich, who is of Vietnamese descent, posted a photograph of his passport on Facebook after his account was locked down a number of times as administrators felt it was a joke account.
“I find it highly irritating the fact that nobody seems to believe me when I say that my full legal name is how you see it,” Phuc said in the post.
I’ve been accused of using a false and misleading name of which I find very offensive. Is it because I’m Asian? Is it?
Having my fb shut down multiple times and forced to change my name to my “real” name, so just to put it out there. My name.
The post is signed “yours sincerely, Phuc Dat Bich”.
Phuc’s post was initially shared on 28 January of this year, but has only recently gone viral, with 72,000 shares and counting.
In case you’re wondering, the correct Vietnamese pronunciation of the name is ‘Phoo Da Bic’.
You can see how people might be confused though.
Not to worry, Phuc’s Facebook profile picture depicts him sitting in an opened car boot while eating a bag of kettle chips. So he may be a man with the ability to see the lighter side of things.
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