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In reply to the discussion: One phrase that always sticks in my craw: referring to a married woman's former name as "Maiden" [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)136. No that was your former legal name.
My uncle changed his name after college. All his high school friends still call him by his birth name while his college and work friends call him by the name he selected as an adult.
That caused confusion and hassles when I was trying to settle his estate as he had assets in both names so it's nice to be able to differentiate between the two.
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One phrase that always sticks in my craw: referring to a married woman's former name as "Maiden" [View all]
pink-o
Mar 2013
OP
I know a guy that never got over his wife not taking his name. If you knew what it was you
brewens
Mar 2013
#44
Well considering I don't own a spinning wheel and get my yarn at Beverly's like everyone else...
pink-o
Mar 2013
#11
I don't think that gets used very much, does it? It also doesn't imply something
TwilightGardener
Mar 2013
#27
No, there should be an equivalent "polite" word like matron, or matronly--
TwilightGardener
Mar 2013
#22
No...unless wedding parties have a "Coot of Honor", or "Best Coot", it's not
TwilightGardener
Mar 2013
#29
Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women, has a great song for older women - Silver Beaver
Hestia
Mar 2013
#53
Geezer is usually applied only to men. I'd rather be a matron than a geezer. nt
valerief
Mar 2013
#80
semantics ARE part of the issue, not a distraction. words matter, the power of naming matters,
niyad
Mar 2013
#7
a typical dismissal of the importance of the power of naming, but, alas, completely unsurprising.
niyad
Mar 2013
#19
Who is foaming at the mouth? OP said she doesn't like it. That's not foaming at the mouth.
Squinch
Mar 2013
#132
I always think it's funny to see concerns derided out of an inability to multitask. eom
uppityperson
Mar 2013
#28
Not derided. Encouraged. It's always interesting to see what people are most concerned about (nt)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#32
and you have dismissed those concerns as being insignificant and not serious. but, as I said,
niyad
Mar 2013
#39
What specifically leads you to believe that concern with one issue denies the existence...
LanternWaste
Mar 2013
#102
My daughter kept her birth name...I was very happy...husband was reluctantly OK with that.
Auntie Bush
Mar 2013
#48
"husband and wife are one under the law--and that one is the husband"--blackwell
niyad
Mar 2013
#114
For that matter, how about brides wearing white for virginity, throwing rice at a couple who's
raccoon
Mar 2013
#33
Well, then, by all means you should wear one. And those who don't see the point
Squinch
Mar 2013
#133
Fantasy novels like all fiction and non-fiction alike have to be grammatically correct
Cleita
Mar 2013
#92
The meaning of the word has drifted over the centuries. Here's a contemporary dictionary entry:
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2013
#109
It's earliest recorded use in English is as a translation of 'puella'
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#119
So is this OP what people are talking about when they say that others are telling them
Squinch
Mar 2013
#134
112 comments on this linguistic bs while congress institutes austerity = what's wrong with the
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#113