Funny Story As Promised

Right, I am sorry if I offended anyone by mentioning my opinion about the surnames in Bangladesh. I did not intend to offend anyone personally.But that is my view.I think that
happens because a lot of people trying to be fashionable, import a lot of Arabic or Arabic sounding names and insert those into their names. (e.g. Binte, Ibne etc.)
Another reason could be that a lot of people trying to be humble, remove the surname from their name. (e.g. they remove choudhury,khan etc.) but why? If that is your surname, you
should keep it.
O.K. the funny story I promised yesterday goes like this. :
In Sydney, this person I knew had his daughter admitted in hospital for some illness.
Now, we all know lot of Bangladeshi girls have Begum as their last name.
So when this guy went to see his daughter in hospital, th edoctors and nurses started addressing
him as Mr.Begum.
You see what can happen because of lack of cultural knowledge ?

By Mohammad Mogni Choudhury (Bengali/Sylheti language Interpreter)