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Hyphenated Names Cause Quandry

NPR offers a story of a couple who met, fell in love and are wondering what to do about a new last name because both have a hyphenated last name -- Green-Walsh and Rathert-Knowles. At one point, the story reads: "The pair chatted and flirted for a bit. Those were the good old days, before they started discovering the kind of issues that inevitably pop up later. Like when Brendan first noticed the name on Leila's mailbox. 'I remember looking at hers and being like, 'Holy crap, there's another hyphenated last name!' We had the potential of being the McKenna-Thomas Camera-Smith household. Which sounded too much like a law firm, really.' Full story here. (AP file photo: Farrah Fawcett-Majors had one of the most recognizable hyphenated names of the 1970s)

Question: Are you a fan of hyphenated names?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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