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From: martillo@csd2.UUCP (Joachim Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Name Changes a case history
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 10:51:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 10:51:00 1985
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For women changing last names upon marriage is pretty silly especially
because almost half  will get divorced  anyway.  Both my  mother's and
father's families come from areas where patrynomics were  much more in
vogue than last names.  Therefor my mother remains Hannah Ruth 'A`jami
as  short for Hannah  Ruth bat Hassan 'A`jami  az-Zanzuri at those few
times when my mother's marital status need be indicated she  uses  the
form  Hanna Ajami  di  Martillo.   Depending  on mood  I  hyphenate my
mothers   name onto my  name   which   is common  in Latin  countries.
Martillo is not the  family name but rather a  nickname which  we have
used since WWI anyway.