[slavik81]

It's rather silly, but until I read this article, I'd always assumed dang was Asian.

[StavrosK]

The Chinese Da Ng?

[slavik81]

I'd picked up from context that it was his real name, and had assumed it was his surname. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)

[frosted-flakes]

Isn't Ng a Vietnamese name?

[StavrosK]

I thought so too, but Wikipedia said Chinese, so I went with it.