Hyphenated last names

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Maybe it's my age or maybe it's my background, but I don't like to be called "Mystic" by people I don't really know. It irks me no end for a random salesperson or someone similar to call me by my first name -- to me it smacks of trying to suggest a familiarity where there is none.

Yep, I've been known to have a salesperson say "HI, I'm Gregg, what's your name?", only to answer "Mr. Cat."

Maybe that goes back to my "youth", or to where I'm from... things do tend to be much more casual & laid back in the northwest. Just goes to show a blanket solution apparently doesn't work!

Perhaps we should start referring to you as Mr. Cat from now on? (j/k- but it would be funny to see that randomly show up in threads)

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Perhaps we should start referring to you as Mr. Cat from now on?

[carnation]

It's interesting how many Latin American countries do names.

The girl: Maria FathersLast Name MothersLastName.
Let's call her Maria Cruz Lopez.

The boy: Juan FathersLastName MothersLastName.
Let's call him Juan Ortiz Arellano.

They marry; she keeps her names but adds "de Arellano" to them. Now in these countries, if you can only use 1 last name for whatever reason, you use the first one (the dad's last name), so they'd be Maria Cruz and Juan Ortiz.

What happens here a lot, though, is that when a Latino kid who's just come to this country comes to school to register, the secretary thinks that "Arellano" is Juan's last name and that Ortiz is his middle name and he goes through all his years of school as Juan Arellano.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Perhaps we should start referring to you as Mr. Cat from now on? (j/k- but it would be funny to see that randomly show up in threads)

Since he's Southern, we just make it initials.. MC. <duck>