Doubled barrelled names - is an idea that only works if most people don't do it.
If it became the norm tommorow, it would only take 3 generations to reach awful levels of incoveniance.
generation 1: mrs walker and mr smith marry, and have:
miss. walker smith
generation 2: miss walker smith marries mr baker miller, and have:
miss. walker smith baker miller
generation 3: miss walker smith baker miller marries mr tinsford jones spike thornley, and have:
miss. walker smith baker millier tinsford jones spike thornley.
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It only works currently because most people realise its stupid and don't do it. Its no coincidence that most societal models around the world have developed some method of passing down family identification.
As I said in my previous post, I don't see any reason why it can't be the man taking the womans name. but it should be one, singular name, that transitions in the same manner for each generation. This helps keep naming effective and simple, and helps trace families through time.
Doubled barrelled names are just ill thought out and ineffective.
(the only exception would be a merging of the names. Say, smith + baker, becomes smicker.. then smicker and jokes (jones and spkike) become ssmickes etc. That way you are always merging, but you are never elongating.)
Doubled barrelled names - is an idea that only works if most people don't do it.
If it became the norm tommorow, it would only take 3 generations to reach awful levels of incoveniance.
generation 1: mrs walker and mr smith marry, and have:
miss. walker smith
generation 2: miss walker smith marries mr baker miller, and have:
miss. walker smith baker miller
generation 3: miss walker smith baker miller marries mr tinsford jones spike thornley, and have:
miss. walker smith baker millier tinsford jones spike thornley.
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It only works currently because most people realise its stupid and don't do it. Its no coincidence that most societal models around the world have developed some method of passing down family identification.
As I said in my previous post, I don't see any reason why it can't be the man taking the womans name. but it should be one, singular name, that transitions in the same manner for each generation. This helps keep naming effective and simple, and helps trace families through time.
Doubled barrelled names are just ill thought out and ineffective.
(the only exception would be a merging of the names. Say, smith + baker, becomes smicker.. then smicker and jokes (jones and spkike) become ssmickes etc. That way you are always merging, but you are never elongating.)
It's all about patriarchy you see. Men like to be in control, even of women's names.