Gwen,
> Hello tbbeta,
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, at 09:05:57 [GMT -0400] (which was 15:05 where I
> live) Gleason wrote:
>>> The Last Name should be inserted completely as the 'von' belongs to the
>>> 'Zwerg', that means the person is 'Mr. von Zwerg' and not 'Mr. Zwerg'.
>> This would be a tough one, I bet. Germans aren't the only ones with two part
>> last names. So what is the difference between a middle name and a last name
>> prefix?
>> It probably wouldn't be acceptable to hyphenate a German last name. Maybe
>> run them together:
>> vonZwerg?
> The von is **not** a middle name, it is part the lastname.
> Such construction like anglocentric countries does not exist in Germany.
> No, run together in one word is not acceptable. I hope you was joking.
I confess my ignorance of what is acceptable in Germany. The point being that
humans can look at
von Zweig and know that von is part of the last name. Computers don't know
that. Out of 7 billion
people now with us, how many will have middle name von? or van? How can a
computer tell the difference?
What about Spaniards with 5 or 6 names any of which could possibly be van or
von or de? Not that those names
would have the same significance as von to a German.
--
Gleason
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