BS: Hyphenated last names

Subject: Hyphenated last names
From: MarkS
Date: 14 Apr 00 - 10:37 PM

Since we are having so much fun with the colloquialism thread, thought it might be fun to try something else. The growing custom of the female in a marriage of using a hyphenated last name instead of taking the males last name leads to all kinds of interesting possibilities.
In my school class, Ms. Linda Poore was an item with Mr. Richard House. If they would marry......
Any other ideas?

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Mbo
Date: 14 Apr 00 - 10:43 PM

The Magee-Tarre wedding!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Gary T
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 12:29 AM

When Polly Warner married a Mr. Cracker, she became Polly...

I understand they had a pet shop, sold lots of parrots.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: catspaw49
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 01:30 AM

Look, I went to school with a girl named "Sharon Peters." Now ANYTHING beyond that would be overkill!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 01:40 AM

I knew a man named Cat, who really and truly named his son Tom.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: RWilhelm
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 10:21 AM

Around these parts the locals have decided to emulate their hyphenating yuppie neighbors. We now have names like Woodman-Woodman, Smith-Smith, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: rpm
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 04:17 PM

I have a dentist who has encountered a serious(?) problem in this regard. In the seventies he and his wife agreed to use both last names and now have three chldren with last hyphenated last names the oldest girl is engaged and mom and dad want to be sure she knows that they're cool with whatever she and her intended decide. Peace, love and first names only... Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: JenEllen
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 05:36 PM

True Story:
My darling friend Shelly just had a bouncing baby boy. The announcement came out to read "Bobby and Shelly Brush would like your help in welcoming to the world their son Sage ....."
~Elle

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 05:40 PM

40 years ago, I married my first wife...her maiden name was Long, my name is Day...I still have the clipping from the newspaper that said "Day-Long rites read at 1st Unitarian Chuch"...we decided NOT to use the hyphenated form..(wont even work backwords.)

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Mark Clark
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 05:45 PM

I was going to start using a hyphenated last name but I could never decide whether to go with Cl-Ark or Cla-Rk.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Ely
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 05:57 PM

I know a couple that just combined their name rather than hyphenating and ended up as the "Joneswaddells". I'm not kidding.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Apr 00 - 06:03 PM

So if my old school chum Martin Cake married a former work mate, Sue Baker, she'd be Sue Baker-Cake.....

Good game, cruel and unusual, but good.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Gary T
Date: 16 Apr 00 - 01:16 AM

So what happens when two hyphenated folks want to marry, especially if they both strongly believe in hyphenating? Their great grandkids' names would reach to the moon and back.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Kelida
Date: 16 Apr 00 - 01:30 AM

The last names of three of the administrators at my high school are Grippa, Holden, and Peters, respectively. Think of the possibilities.

Peace--Bridget

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Apr 00 - 01:36 AM

Come to think about it, I do have a friend who does not use a hypenated name, but it would be kinda' cute.....Her maiden name was "Hard" and her married name is "Hug."

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Megan L
Date: 16 Apr 00 - 07:42 AM

An unfortunate practice is arising in Scotland for peaple surnamed Bell to call daughter Heather, suppose the think it's funny they don't have to live with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: GUEST,James
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 08:22 AM

I went to school with a boy whay was called Bowden Paine........honest!

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Ringer
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 01:58 PM

There was a girl in my cousin's school-class whose name was Shona Frodsham. She married a man named Bill Nix...

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: bill\sables
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 02:07 PM

I knew a neighbour in Co Durham who had two Daughters His name was Harry Kirton and he called the girls Alice and Anette

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: bill\sables
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 02:09 PM

There was also a work mate called Jeremy Bear which was OK till he met and married a girl named Greselda

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Jim Krause
Date: 18 Apr 00 - 01:00 PM

I went to highschool with a girl whose name was April Estep. There was a boy, not in our class whose name was Bob May. We all thought it would have been funny had they married. They didn't that I know of.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 18 Apr 00 - 06:14 PM

If Honor Blackman, of "Avengers" fame, had married screen idol Richard Todd, the result would have been amusing for connoiseurs of Cockney rhyming slang ....

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: Susan A-R
Date: 19 Apr 00 - 10:22 PM

Well Rats, we're the Arnowitt-Reids, the Arnowitts for Michael's music career, the Reids when we order pizza, the whole shovel full when dealing with annoying telemarketers, and oh, you should see the misspellings on our fridge, Arnowellherd, Arnosevelt . . . We thought of being the Reidowitts, or the Arnoreids, but it just didn't seem right. Mostly we just use our own.

Michael swears he went to school with someone named Claire Annette Reid, and there is, of course the Ima Hogg piano competition in Texas. Then there's my cousin Candice (candy) married to Hamilton (Ham) nice combination, don't you think.

Subject: RE: BS: Hyphenated last names
From: mjm
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 06:20 PM

Curious that I still can recall clearly, but it was sixth grade. Her name was Candy Burger. She did a nice job of stealing my boyfriend away. Woe was me. Karma, perhaps. His name was John Cain. Ha! m