Off TopicAre you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
(
rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread
I'm going to be pedanticand say that changing of surnames to male's surname is not "Christian" but "Anglo-saxon" culture. Many other places and cultures in the world do not do this.
Highly religious Christian / Catholic examples where surnames are not taken include Italy and Spain. In Spain, at least, children are named with both surnames, hence everybody having two and kids not having the same surnames as their parents.
Exhibit A:
if my surname is Wilson-Jones
and my husband is Rodriguez-MartÃn
My child's surnames will be
Rodriguez-Jones, or Rodriguez-Wilson. Get it?
So no, it certainly won't happen everywhere...
(, Tue 14 Apr 2009, 17:43, Reply)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread