Re: Spousal names (Was: Re: "Mister" (was: Re: New Lang: Igassik))

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > In that case I couldn't see why couples don't
> > *exchange* names and be *twice* as romantic.
>
> Hmm, so John Smith and Jane Jones get married and become John Jones and
> Jane Smith?  That would be cool.  :-)
The only disadvantage I can think of is that it would make figuring out
kinship-ties an absolute nightmare, at least for someone like me who
thinks genealogy is enough headache already!

YHL