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

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Matthew Kehrt wrote:

> Eviendadil has a naming system where daughters inherit their mother's
> surnames, and sons their fathers.  When people marry, they also choose
> another name for their marriage.  These are both used along with up to
> three, but normally only one, given names and a nickname/title,
> something ppl call them.  People are generally called by their given
> names in formal settings, occaisionally prefixed by a title.
> Informally, people are called by their given names.
> This causes fun when tranlating modern names, just for the heck of it.
What a lovely system for marriage-names!  If only I could use it for
myself (not that I'm getting married anytime soon--I think).  <pondering>

YHL