Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread lelu
Julia wrote: I agree with Erik on this. I knew someone whose child had a hyphenated last name, and they didn't give him a middle name because that would have been too much, in their opinion. What I'd like to see is if hyphenation or some variant of the Spanish system let each person

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Aha, the newlywed finally returns. I really have been missing you. We need more female voices before the testosterone takes over the list. I hope you are having a great time and aren't way too busy . but ... just out of some kind of personal curiosity er is there more then just the

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: John wrote: I, on the other hand, have an extremely short name. Only two syllables if you don't include my middle name. One of my brothers, who also has a single syllable first and last name, used to jokingly say he was going to name is firstborn Jebediah

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Ticia
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Aha, the newlywed finally returns. I really have been missing you. We need more female voices before the testosterone takes over the list. I've been lurking ever since this new list was created after we returned from our honeymoon in Spain. Don't have much

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
John wrote: I, on the other hand, have an extremely short name. Only two syllables if you don't include my middle name. [snip] Lal replied: The benefits of a short name should never be underestimated. Julia responded: Refinement of that statement: the benefits of an easily

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: Any such hyphenation process doesn't scale well. On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:04:13PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Erik wrote: I always thought a decent way to do it would be for woman and man to keep their same names, for male children to get the father's name and

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:55 PM Subject: Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack I agree with Erik on this. I knew someone whose child had a hyphenated last name