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Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 16 Apr 24

One of the professors in Japan claimed that married couples will use the surname Sato. It would be attained in 2531. It was a study asking for a new law about this idea.This would be a new law that makes it a Sato nation in the...

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How Sam will feel when his class adviser was my former coworker?

Luis Asuncion @luisga814 (7138) • Quezon City, Philippines 25 Aug 22

Good morning. Today is Friday at 8:16am here in the Philippines. A while ago, while we're on breakfast. Sam told to me that his class adviser informed was my former coworker in one of the institutions I've worked before as...

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So what's your name?

Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30461) • Corsham, England 23 Jan 20

Most people here don't know my name as it's not on my profile, I'm not sure why, perhaps I wanted to feel more anonymous when I joined many years back. Some people like others to know their christian name and others reveal their...

christian name

surname

british

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April 9th Is My Independence Day.

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 9 Apr 18

Well, it's April 9th 17 years ago today I legally changed my last name to Christensen. By doing this I claimed a piece of my Danish heritage, and rejected a patriarchial naming tradition which originated in a time when women were...

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AN OLD FLAME

Kandase @Kandae11 (57231) 22 Aug 17

Had a chance meeting with an old flame of mine - well, maybe I shouldn't say 'flame' - because I don't recall any sparks in that relationship which ended over eight years ago. Thing is, he would like us to renew our friendship...

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Your name is all over the internet

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 16 Feb 17

They (this is a general they) tell you that your information isn't private. That anyone with the know how can find something out about you just by a few keystrokes on google. This isn't a lie, or a scare tactic. You can pretty...

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From when did surnames arrive?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 12 Jul 16

If you've done any kind of research on your own surname, or that of others, you will know that a lot of them, quite literally, translate to a trade. Others, especially of Celtic (Irish and Scottish) origin, translate to "son of"...

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Glass Island? Quay Road? Manor House?

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 2 Jul 16

Still doing research, MIGHT have found a possible ancestral home. It's all hearsay but then isn't much of history anyway? Someone else's research says that my tenth great grandmother on my father's side? Her father was wealthy....

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My Paternal family line ends with me

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 18 Mar 16

I was just thinking about this when I was looking at ancestral stuff (That I've been lazy on, I swear if I could hire someone...). My father was the only male. I am his daughter. There are no others to take on the last name....

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Ooh I found a fun little tool to play with!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 9 Mar 16

Found a neat little generator that uses the electoral roll ofr the UK to base it's information off of. Input your surname and it will show you where the highest volume of people with that surname live / lived. I typed in my...

surname

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"It so unfair?"

ida123 @ida123 (6206) • Cagayan De Oro, Philippines 24 Feb 16

My husband and my son returned home before lunch and it was a great surprise why they came home too early. I asked them, why so early? Are you finished? They replied, yes, we are. My son told me that surnames who are not common...

surname

hit

unfair

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Baby Girls

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 20 Sep 14

Apparently it is against the law to have a girl in China. You can only have one baby and it must be a boy to carry on the family name. The Chinese government will kill your baby if it is born a female. There (more...

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Do You Know Khmer/Cambodian?

slyvixen42 @slyvixen42 (926) • United States 6 May 14

Can anyone help me find out what these surnames mean? I know they are supposed to have meanings associated with virtues. I'm sorry, but I don't know how to spell them in Khmer. The names I'm trying to find out about are : Im, Kim,...

Do you think women are obliged to take the spouse surname when they got married?

Jenith @Jenith (1381) • Philippines 19 Jul 12

Since then I've been confused whether women must use the lastname of their spouse when they got married. Obviously, I observed all the women in my place really changed their lastname. I just don't know why. Do you guys have any...

lastname change

married

spouse lastname

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Where does your surname came from?

lynpreety @lynboobsy11 (11343) • Philippines 3 Jun 12

Here in my country we normally used our father's surname. I want to know in other friends here who live in some countries where does they got they surnames. Your take mylotters....

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Again?...I got the wrong grade..

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 3 Apr 12

I really hate having someone in the same class with the same family name as mine. It is just so unfair since I try my best in having a good grade in that particular subject and the teacher mixed up our grades. I...

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Would you carry your husband's surname or keep your maiden name after marriage?

hot_legs15 @hot_legs15 (132) • Philippines 16 May 11

Changing one's surname or keeping it after marriage is fraught with several complications. In the Philippines, although a married woman is allowed to keep her maiden name under the Family Code, I only encountered one married...

maiden name

marriage

surname

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Using your husband's surname...

babyEj @babyEj (1522) • Philippines 31 Mar 11

In our country after you get married you have to use your husband's surname. For me, I loved to use it yet there's indescribable feeling at the first time I saw my name with his surname. I would like to hear...

surname

when married

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Resume Writing Question

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 19 Mar 11

I am currently writing a resume for a position for which I hope to apply. The experience that I have in the field I gained 10 years ago, and under a different last name. I did not change my name when I got married, rather I chose...

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The Ampatuans are in the news again!

chipesterkhan @chipesterkhan (2925) • Philippines 19 Jan 11

Does anyone here remember what happened on November 23, 2009 in Maguindanao? For those who don't, a massacre occurred in Maguindanao, a province in Mindanao (Philippines). 58 people were killed on that day. Journalists,...

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