I like the Spanish way of doing it: a paternal and a maternal surname (their father's surname followed by their mother's surname).


>I just meant that it's another tradition slowly being killed off. And since I'm not too much into traditions, i won't argue about it too much.
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>never-the-less it's still kinda sad... IMO.
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>>>Sometimes a man's name is all he has that's worthy to offer to his bride. So now even that is being cheapened.
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>>>Kinda sad.....
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>>What's would be sad is if it's true that it's all he has to offer his bride. Don't see why a man's name is worth more than a woman's name. It's just tradition, nothing more.
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>>>>Our very own Christof Wollenhaupt, nee Christof Lange, did exactly that. When he married he took his wife's family name. It did strike me as odd but my respect for him made me think maybe there's nothing wrong with it. We should probably all open up our thinking from time to time.
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>>>>>Now a husband can take the surname of his wife.
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>>>>>http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_128002137.html
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>>>>>I once met a man whose legal name was “Ocean”. That was it. Extremely intelligent but when he talked to you he had to face you with the front of his body and head 90 degrees from your left side. Perhaps that is what we need – one word names. But then George Lucas had a movie titled THX 1138. That sounds way cool!