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#144256 06/21/05 07:50 AM
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i always find someone use these letters after their names. I can't find its meaning. Pls told me what they mean. TKS.


#144257 06/21/05 11:21 AM
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Well, I know it's a Chinese name. What language do you see this in?


#144258 06/21/05 11:34 AM
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> Well, I know it's a Chinese name.

Yeah, that was my first thought - "Oh, could just be a name, couldn't it". Only other thing I considered was that it might be a country reference .. like Bob US, Anne UK. NG would be short for Norway.


#144259 06/21/05 12:50 PM
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National Guard?


#144260 06/21/05 01:26 PM
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NG
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ng may be a noun: For the Cantonese surname, see Ng. In Filipino and other Philippine languages, the letter Ng is treated as a separate letter and pronounced as in sing, ping-pong, etc.

NG may stand for:

Nigeria (ISO country code)
Nottingham: NG is the British post code for the region in eastern England which is served by Nottingham postal sorting office. (See list of UK areas). This is sub-divided into numbered districts. (See list of UK districts). These are further sub-divided into individual premises or small groups of premises.
National Geographic
Natural gas
Newgrounds(.com), a popular website for exhibiting Flash animations and games.
In Japanese, ng represents 'rejected product' or 'defective product' and is short for 'Not Good'.
ng may be a gramatical part of speech:

In Filipino and other Philippine languages, by itself, ng is a genitive marker and is an abbreviation that is pronounced nang [naŋ]
(The corresponding plural marker is mga, an abbreviation of mangá ).

But NG can also stand for Non Grata where, for instance, an ungullish avian descends on a public beach where sea gulls are squatting.



#144261 06/22/05 04:45 PM
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someone use these letters after their names
Hi shalyu
Can you give an example of who uses this and where? eg in the newspaper or on letterhead papers or personal letters?


#144262 06/22/05 11:26 PM
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NG Engine Gas Generator Speed
NG Nailgun (gaming)
ng Nanogram
NG Nasogastric
NG National Geographic
NG National Guard (US)
NG Natural Gas
NG Neo-Geo (SNK handheld game)
NG Network Grid
NG Networth Gain
NG Neutral Good (gaming)
NG Newgrounds
NG News Group
NG Next Game (gaming)
NG Next Generation
NG Niger
NG Nigeria (Internet TLD)
NG Ninja Gaiden (video game)
NG Nitroglycerin
NG Nittle Grasper (band from Gravitation anime)
NG No Good
NG No Gum (philatelic term)
NG Noble Gas
NG Noise Gate
NG Northrop Grumman
NG Norwegian
NG Nose Grab (snowboarding)
NG Nose Guard (football)
NG Not Going
NG Naso Gastric
NG National Grassland
NG Novu godinu
NG Net Gamer
NG Nuwe Geslag
NG Narrow Gage
NG New Gamma
NG Nanogram(s)
NG NT and General
NG Nancy Gartner
NG Norm Graf



#144263 06/23/05 02:46 PM
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TLD? Something something domain?


#144264 06/23/05 04:02 PM
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yep, top level domain.



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