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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Name Changes
Message-ID: <494@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 10:44:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 29 10:44:38 1985
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Reply-To: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
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Summary:  children's names

In article <100100001@ima.UUCP> johnl@ima.UUCP writes:
>
>As far as children go, if you want to name the kid after George Washington,
>why not name him George Washington?  (Or, more plausibly, name him after
>his maternal great-grandfather whose name was not that of either of the
>spouses.)  This might confuse elementary schools, but I figure that's their
>problem.  My opinion on this may moderate when actually presented with a
>descendant, of course.
>
What with second marriages and all, the schools have a lot of experience
dealing with kids whose name does not match their parents.  Our school
system sends mail "To the Parents of ...".

I think the most confusion would be with the people who visit the new
mother at the hospital to register the birth ... and the most
disappointment from the grandparents.

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           PKW 
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