Comments on: Culture Collection "Last Names"

By: alece

alece — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:49:35 +0000

so interesting…

and i’m intrigued to hear how geology got you to bolovia.

By: annie

annie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:31:07 +0000

Yep, you got that right!

By: @ngie

@ngie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:17:14 +0000

@Anita de Kruse – (did I get that right?) I still have to force myself to try to understand and fail miserably at times.

By: annie

annie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:34:30 +0000

Wow, thanks for the culture lesson! So interesting how differently people see things. A guy I work with is from Mexico, and I think he was explaining something similar about his kids names. It was confusing at the time.

By: @ngie

@ngie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:05:31 +0000

@Lysbeth – I would think that the ‘mess’ you explained might lead to an identity crisis or something. Whew – good thing you have kept yourself sane amidst all that!

By: libzsonshine

libzsonshine — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:10:23 +0000

Due to the haste in updating my last passport in order to make it to my 2nd Israel trip I had to have both my maiden & married name on it because my already purchased plane tickets were in my maiden name (due to my old passport being in my maiden name). I literally got my new passport 3 hours before boarding the flight in Newark to Israel. And do to having the new formated passport (the one with the chip in it), I also carried my birth certificate AND my marriage license as no one had ever seen the new passports…they had just came out that week!

Thus, according to my passport I am “Lysbeth Jane Kleeman Jordan” and ONLY on my passport. Oh…and when I fly, due to all my frequent flyer cards all being in my maiden name AND the fact that each one needs a copy of my marriage licsence in order to change my name on them, I always purchase my airline tickets using “Lysbeth Kleeman”. Which means I must always fly with my passport and then I get my frequent flyer miles!

What a MESS!

By: @ngie

@ngie — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:31:55 +0000

@Christy – All in due time, my dear.

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:35:29 +0000

I feel so ignorant. I am culturally ignorant!!! As I can’t travel right now, I’ll just keep reading, I guess. I learn so much from you, Angie (yeah, BM may not be the best initials LOL).

By: @ngie

@ngie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:50:28 +0000

@Steven – I am glad to have brought some clarity.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:48:05 +0000

I remember wondering about that when the US Baseball All Star Game was played in Pittsburgh (2006), and all the players were wearing “RCW” patches in honor of Roberto Clemente / Roberto Clemente Walker.

If Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico were known by his matrimonial family name, he’d be Bill Lopez. (That fact was brought up during Governor Richardson’s run for the Presidency – finishing 3rd or 4th, as I recall)