Do you have friends or relatives that use a double-barrelled surname?
By squaretile
@squaretile (3778)
Singapore
December 21, 2009 3:57am CST
In my country, it seems like most of the people who use double -barrelled surnames (ie. combining their surname and their spouses' with a hyphen) are high-society people.
Do you know people who have double-barrelled surnames?
I always wonder what happens when their kids get married? Triple hyphens?
haha. just a quirky question for a quiet afternoon.
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4 responses
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
22 Dec 09
That's interesting.. haha =D
I dun have frenz with such names yet.. And i think u are right.. They tend to be high-society ple, due to those western influences, and also, wanting to differentiate themselves from commoners.. haha =D
As u can see, even the children of celebrities have kinda special names which we dun even hear it out there.. So i guess, the richer one is, the more unique their name will be, in order to stand out?? haha
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
22 Dec 09
Interesting... I have never come across such surnames before!
As in, Mr Tan married Ms Lim, and they started calling themselves Mr&Mrs Tan-Lim?
Why would anyone want to do that? What is the purpose or significance of it?
@rene12 (794)
• Philippines
21 Dec 09
I have a classmate with a weird surname. His surname is Ong Hoa. Yes, it a space in between and no hypen. When our professor ask him why is it like that he just answered "I am not interested on knowing it so I don't ask my parents". Weird right? :D
