On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:14 +0100, Jean wrote:
When letters are addressed jointly, ours are to Mr and Mrs William Nathan
(William being my husband's first name). I believe that strictly speaking I
should be address as Mrs William Nathan - think again! That implies the
old idea of a wife
After such an interesting chat on surnames, what about first names.
I was taken aback when doing the weekly shop last week to hear a very young
mum (about 17) calling out to her toddler of about 2 years old Britney!
Britney! Didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the little girl.
It's
My brother-in-law and his wife decided when their first was on the
way, that what ever names they chose, they wouldn't be able to be
shortened. The first one was named Annabelle, the second Lucretia,
then Kingsley, Madeline and Hayden. Not sure what happened to names
that couldn't be
Nova wrote:
- but they began to find it
awkward for their little children to try to teach them to use the *Mr and
Mrs*
title when speaking to the other adults so they elected to use the first
names (the children were already familiar with) - but adding Mr. or
Mrs. for a sign of
From: Helen Ward wrote The first one was named Annabelle, the second
Lucretia,
then Kingsley, Madeline and Hayden. Not sure what happened to names that
couldn't be shortened...
People like to try to shorten my name, but most ask what do I get called for
short. I smile and say Malvary. If
This is certainly a very interesting thread! When my parents met, which
was in Rome, Italy, the Italians didn't quite know what to do with my
fathers names, Thurlow Weed. Somehow it became Carlo Guidi. Some
time ago I joined the local Dutch Club (since I'm half Dutch), and
joined up in as
Okay Jean,
What is a Trilby? This is new to me (on this side of the pond).
Lorri
Washington State, USA
, Mr Trilby (wears one).
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My parents decided to name us so that they
couldn't be shortened. So Jean
for me and John for my older brother.
You reminded me of a young couple that didn't like
shortened names, so named their son Jaz. I often
wondered if he grew up being called Red or Buddie or
Scooter or some such
A trilby is a man's hat described by Wikepedia as softer than a homberg and
similar to a fedora, but with a narrower brim:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilby
Not worn by many nowadays.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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On 25 Aug 2006, at 12:47, Margery Allcock wrote:
I was born to Dorothy and William Burgh. My father said that, with a
surname like Burgh, nobody needed a middle name for identification, so
I
never had one.
My Mother used to be Dorothy May Smith; as a child there was another
Dorothy
May
On 25 Aug 2006, at 08:30, Jean Nathan wrote:
I was taken aback when doing the weekly shop last week to hear a very
young mum (about 17) calling out to her toddler of about 2 years old
Britney! Britney! Didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the
little girl. It's not unusual for
Seeing all these comments about married women being addressed by their
husbands name prefixed with Mrs set off one of my pet niggles. My
family background is Quaker, and I taught to address people by their
given name family name and not to use titles as everyone is equal,
and using titles
Rosemary's post got me thinking a bit about my upbringing. I was
discussing this thread with my mother by phone this morning, and she too,
despised being addressed as Mrs Thurlow Weed. She had her own name,
thank you very much. Shortly after she was married, she encountered Mrs
Thurlow Weed,
The etiquette book I used to pore over in the 1960s specified that a
married woman's letter should always be addressed to Mrs. John Doe.
Only a divorced woman would become Mrs. Jane Doe; a widow would
continue to use her husband's name. And that's how I still address
letters to widows of my
On Aug 25, 2006, at 17:07, Thurlow Weed wrote:
Rosemary's post got me thinking a bit about my upbringing. I was
discussing this thread with my mother by phone this morning, and she
too,
despised being addressed as Mrs Thurlow Weed. She had her own name,
thank you very much.
Precisely
In Poland, the divorced woman always reverted to her maiden surname;
the widow kept her husband's. Possibly because most divorces were
initiated by males, who either wanted to repudiate the wife or who
wanted to remarry and didn't want to look like bigamists :) But, under
no circumstances did
Martha,
The etiquette book I used to pore over in the 1960s specified that a
married woman's letter should always be addressed to Mrs. John Doe.
Only a divorced woman would become Mrs. Jane Doe; a widow would
continue to use her husband's name. And that's how I still address
letters to widows
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