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From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: kids and parents with different last names
Message-ID: <1071@shark.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Sep-84 14:08:34 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 22 14:08:34 1984
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If the kid has two parents' worth of last names to choose from,
why not take a little of each?  That way the kid doesn't have two
raised-to-the-generation-this-has-been-going-on last names, and
the kid isn't stuck with the last name of only one parent but not
the other, in some sort of sexually oriented system.
The kid's last name would be built from parts of the parents' last
name, joined in the most pronouncable way (as determined by the parents).
Thus,  Mr. Smith and Ms. Mayer might name their kid Mr. Smayer, or
Ms. Mith, or Ms. Mayith, etc.  (As you see, it can get subjective)
Mr. Johnson and Ms. Tabor might have a Johbor or a Tabson.
Ms. Mayith might marry a Mr. Tabson and have Tabsiths, Tabyiths, 
Maysons, or Maybsons.  Or even Maytab or Yithson.  Names don't have
to be constructed with one first part, and one last part.
It's new and different,  but I think it is the only fair and sensible
way to deal with this last-name scheme we have grown up with.
(anyone want to drop last-names altogether?  have N.Am indian type names?)

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