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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Double/hyphenated last names are SO egocentric and selfish. They can only last maximum one generation. Think about the rational implications - if everyone is as selfish as you and gives their kids two last names, then when those kids get married they now have a FOUR LAST NAME string of crap after their name. Then it becomes EIGHT. What is wrong with people[/quote] In the UK they became very popular with the middle and lower classes (trying to imitate posh people with compound surnames) and then people started associating them with try-hard striver types, so they lost their lustre. A few very old double surnames persist through the generations, but people do not recompound them or break them up and pick some from column A and some from Column B. They stay fully intact. The compound names that arise in the US have no history and don't project poshness. [/quote]
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