Maximilianus Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 My grandmothers went by the spanish custom of not changing their last names. I didn't know about this custom and always wondered why they were listed under their maidens names in the phone book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides quarens intellectum Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 [quote name='jaime (the artist formerly known as hot stuff)' timestamp='1298152851' post='2213916'] I've thought about changing my name too. If I had a nickel for everytime someone added an extra "d" in Studmuffin... [/quote] [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1298155164' post='2213923'] you'd have $0.03 [/quote] well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='CherieMadame' timestamp='1298054325' post='2213630'] I'm reminded of the story of a priest who advised the teaching Sister from Germany named Sr. Himmelfahrt to change her name to the English equivalent, Sr. Assumpta. Can you imagine the disastrous effect her German name would have on a bunch of English-speaking grade schoolers?! So "Anglicizing" your name isn't a big deal. Not to me, anyway! [/quote] How sad, though...her German name has such a pleasant meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strgzr99 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) I have a difficult last name--prob not as hard as yours. I live in a town with a difficult name. The town fathers actually dropped one letter --officially--to make the spelling easier. It worked. You could change your name and drop just one letter. English speakers don't like strings of vowels or consonants. So if it's 'dnt' and you don't pronounce the 'd' you could drop that. Whatever letter seems extraneous. there's also the spelling out loud challenge. I do the following for my name, something I adopted only long after I was grown. "blank blank blank blank (the easy part), then " "B" AS IN BOY-"-then_blankblankblankblank. That usually does it. And if they mispronounce the name and there's "telemarketer noise' in the background, then I lie. Edited March 8, 2011 by strgzr99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 My last name is Sieber, pronounced sea-bur. Everyone says "cyber". I was going to change it until Justin Bieber came along. He is making the "ie" pronunciation mainstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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