Re: Anthroponymy (was Re: Re: Laadan)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 13, 2002, 20:13 |
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En réponse à Muke Tever <mktvr@...>:
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> Well, English did it... it used to be that when Miss Mary Smith married
> Mr John
> Jones she was Mrs John Jones (tho still Mary by name).
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Yeah, it was possible in France too, when the word Madame was used. Never liked
the custom. Now, France is really equal about that system. When you get
married, you get a *right of use* of your spouse's family name (you are not
renamed, and for official papers you keep your original name), but the nice
part is that the man is allowed to take the name of his wife if he wants!!!
The law which equalised this use came into being because of one couple! That
couple desperately wanted the woman's family name not to disappear. She was the
only heir of the family and the last one to wear her family name. The law was
adopted extremely fast because the name was a national pride. It happens when
you are called Irène Curie!!! ;))) Result: her husband, Frédéric Joliot and she
*both* took the name Joliot-Curie.
Christophe.
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