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It get's worse. A friend of mine has a hyphenated name, "Kerry-Jean". The hyphen alone often breaks things.
by anotherevan 13y ago
It get's worse. A friend of mine has a hyphenated name, "Kerry-Jean". The hyphen alone often breaks things.
- mindslight 13y agoHyphenated last names seem to break many customer service people - they'll do things like insist one is the "real" name, assume you are married and ask when, etc. I think it's that hyphen is such a simple thing, it screams "understand me!" instead of simply being entered verbatim.
- aestra 13y agoAssuming hyphen = married = wife's father's name-husband's father's name is just so ignorant. I've known many people who have always have hyphenated names, a few I've gone to primary school with. I have a good friend with an always-hyphenated-last-name who gets asked personal questions by strangers and near strangers about her name. How about "It isn't any of your business, I can have as many names as I want?"
- Dove 13y agoMy best friend in elementary school had the misfortune of a hyphenated last name that was exactly sixteen characters long. The systems at the school evidently limited you to fifteen characters, because I saw her name printed in a lot of places without the final character.
- anotherevan 13y agoIn this case, "Kerry-Jean" is her first name. (Just to be clear.)