Phuc Dat Bich Wants Facebook To Know That, Yes, It's His Real Name

[fleur-de-lisa]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/phuc-dat-bich-wants-facebook-to-know-thats-his-actual-name_564f1b9ae4b0879a5b0a7d6d

"Phuc Dat Bich" is not a 12-year-old's poorly spelled insult.

He's a 23-year-old Vietnamese-Australian who asserts he had his Facebook profile shut down multiple times over accusations he was using a fake name.

To prove his namesake to the world, he shared an image of his passport online.

Originally posted in January, the photo surged in popularity online this week, with more than 128,000 likes and 68,000 shares on Facebook as of Friday.

[NewJeffCT]

1. Beyond Facebook...

that's got to be trouble in just about any English language speaking country.

Receptionist: "May I ask who's calling?"
PDB: "Phuc Dat Bich"
Receptionist: "Get the Fuck Out of Here Mister or I'm calling security!"

Mom, "You must be my daughter's new boyfriend. Hi, I'm Mrs. Jones."
PDB, "Phuc Dat Bich"
Mom, "how rude. My daughter will not be going out with you."

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. I wonder how it's pronounced . . .

probably not the way we think it is!

I just sent him a friend request on Facebook just so my relatives can see his name. How many will get it?

[OriginalGeek]

4. My friend badly mispronounced Phuket at a Thai restaurant

the waitress laughed harder than we did.

[mockmonkey]

8. It's pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove

[Shrek]

11. Something like "Foo Da Bic"

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/phuc-dat-bich-kicked-off-facebook.html

[Massacure]

12. I read another article about this guy yesterday, and the pronunciation is "phoo da bic" n/t

[Enrique]

3. poor guy

looks like he's had a rough go of it.

[KamaAina]

5. There was an archbishop of Manila named Jaime Sin

Yup, Cardinal Sin.

[Ron Obvious]

6. There was once a footballer from Vietnam or Thailand called Phuc Yu

Although to be fair I could be misremembering, and it was actually a hairdresser from Hampstead.

[NewJeffCT]

7. when I was in college, there was a pretty Vietnamese girl

named Titi - though, it was pronounced Tee Tee.

[Xipe Totec]

9. How many alerts have you received so far just for posting?

[fleur-de-lisa]

10. None that I know of.

I was wondering if someone would take offense, but it's the poor dudes real name, not that that would keep some of the alert-happy folks on DU from going off.

[Xipe Totec]

13. It seems we were punked. I fell for it too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017311001