Re: CHAT: Names, was: Re: Brithenig-heads

Irina Rempt wrote:
> My baptismal name is Ruth, not pronounced the English way (that would
> probably have been bearable) but very much like "rut"; the things it
> rhymes with, as my classmates knew and used to their great enjoyment,
> are _kut_ "cunt", _tut_ "prude", _trut_ "dowdy woman" (with slightly
> sexual overtones), and combinations of those, like their favourite
> nickname for me, "chocoladekut"
Hmm.  In English "Ruth" is such a pretty name, IMHO.  Of course, there
aren't any rude words that I can think of rhyming with it.

> When we married, I grabbed the chance to use Boudewijn's surname with
> both hands (it's not automatic any more over here, you have to
> specifically request it, they assume everybody wants to keep using
> their maiden name)
Interesting, so how often is it that people request using the husband's
surname?

> A few years ago I went to a convention in Canada and a Canadian
> friend bought an inland ticket for me. He was very surprised that a
> person he only knew as "Irina Rempt" needed a ticket in the name of
> "Ruth Drijfhout" :-)
Why would you need a ticket for your original name?

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