>>>>Today I visited the website of Christof Lange, oh sorry, I mean Christof Wollenhaupt. Until today I thought it were two different persons, but it appears that he married two years ago and has changed his last name.
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>>>>What puzzles me is that no one here has wondered how this is possible. As far as I'm aware of, there's no law that allows a man to change his last name when he gets married.
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>>>>Christof, are you reading along?
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>>>Is it only in GB that we call it the "surname"?
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>>We use surname and last name interchangeably. I'd say both are in quite common usage.
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>See, Canada, like with your spelling "colour" correctly and all, half way between culture and barbarism. :-)

No, I'd say we're a tad closer to 'culture' than the mid-point. After all, we enjoy the Pythons and Rowan Atkinson, and we can still attend pro sports contests without trying to kill each other afterward. ;)