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To: BobL

Depends why the hyphenated name.

My cousin’s name is hyphenated, and has been for hundreds of years. It was because during the plague years, many names were dying out so a few places in Germany allowed the married couple to combine their names.


30 posted on 11/30/2020 9:22:03 AM PST by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian )
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To: redgolum

I’m a political junkie, that’s all. When you put yourself out there, it doesn’t matter if you’re right, or justified, all that matters is how it’s perceived by others.

While I admit that hyphenated names, for any reason, annoy me, I can certainly tolerate them. On the other hand, and not pertinent here, but if there are two names on a Republican Primary ballot, and I have no clue regarding either, I would pick the one without the hyphen, since that’s all I have to go on.

Even so, that’s a REALLY INTERESTING history - and sad, of course.


31 posted on 11/30/2020 9:31:32 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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