Q. "When two men get married and one takes the other's last name (rather than creating one of those hyphenated thingies), how do you refer to his former last name?" A. "Slave name."
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Did you see this craziness? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-08-11-change-name_N.htm
"About half of respondents went so far as to say that the government should mandate women to change their names when they marry."
I bet these are the same people who want the government out of their health care/economy/etc.
Ideology a la carte must be nice.
"Born," or if it's a small town weekly, "né."
The logical solution to this question is: keep your fucking name and don't invite me to your lingerie shower either.
I will probably refer to my old name as my "madmen name"
gayden name
Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.
I don't normally participate in these gay debates, but this was the funniest thing I've read today. Congratulations, Choire!
For Broadway queens, and lovers of poetry alike, I believe there is a name for daily use, a fancier name, and a name that only “the cat himself knows / and will never confess.”
[Editorial fix: There is no line break; also, following text in caps is usually published as small caps: “THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.” See, e.g., this edition or this one. Sorry to be anal retentive, but I like to corrupt people, not texts.]
Courtesy of Josiah Neufeld - "bachelor name" - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/i-took-my-wifes-last-name/article1232071/
The name which shall not speak its name!