One is on the West Coast, the other on the East, and they are separated by thousands of miles. But because they are of similar age, and are both of Chinese ancestry, and their Chinese names and English names are nearly identical, there are bound to be misunderstandings.
一在西岸、一在東岸，兩人相隔千里，只因年紀相近、都為華裔、中英文名字又只有一字之差，才有誤會。