ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoI don't really like that the feminist stance on cis marriage is that women should keep their own surname rather than taking the man'smessage-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up158file-text
arrow-up158message-squareI don't really like that the feminist stance on cis marriage is that women should keep their own surname rather than taking the man'sProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
Why can’t it be something fun like swapping surnames and then creating a portmaneau or blended name for the kids.
minus-squareradiofreeval [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 months agoHyphenated names but both names are passed down so you get mgm-mgf-pgm-pgf
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 months agoThe portmaneau/blending suggestion was specifically to stop hyperhyphenation, but we could lean into it like Discworld vampires and in a few generations have people with surnames like Smith-Huber-Кузнецо́в-김-García-Carvalho-सिंह-გელაშვილი.
minus-squareradiofreeval [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoThe longer the better
Hyphenated names but both names are passed down so you get mgm-mgf-pgm-pgf
The portmaneau/blending suggestion was specifically to stop hyperhyphenation, but we could lean into it like Discworld vampires and in a few generations have people with surnames like Smith-Huber-Кузнецо́в-김-García-Carvalho-सिंह-გელაშვილი.
The longer the better