Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th

Thanks guys!

Congrats, HR! That's really awesome!

Thanks Glo

Okay, random question. If I'm querying someone who's last name is E*gan-Mi*ller would I address it to Ms. Miller?

No, don't shorten a double-barrelled name. M1ller isn't her name. She's Ms Egan-M1ller.

Thanks Para. I've always wondered.

No problem. Double-barrelled names are often chosen deliberately to reflect two sides of the family, so shortening the name can have problematic implications. For example, let's say a woman is born a Smith and marries a Jones. She objects to taking her husband's name because that tradition is a relic of the days when women used to belong like property to their closest male relative. So the surname Smith-Jones symbolises that she is in equal partnership with her husband, both names represented equally in their joint surname. Now imagine that you call her Mrs Jones.

Yeah...I get it.

I wonder if that'll ever be the norm.

I hope not I am very easily confused!

I don't think it's any more confusing than the current system of the wife taking the husband's name. In both cases the name is changed, but in the current case the wife's identity is symbolically subsumed into the husband's; she stops becoming Miss Smith and becomes Mrs Jones. Technically, in formal address she even takes his first name, becoming Mrs David Jones. That seems pretty wrong to me. By comparison, Mr and Mrs Smith-Jones retain their original identities (as Mr Jones and Miss Smith) and their names are equal.

I need to finish writing LL. It is getting on my nerves. Gaaaah.

*bangs head against the wall*

ETA- If I get married I think I want to keep my last name. I'm pretty sure I'll keep it, unless the other person has a really awesome last name- in which it will be hyphenated.

I've thought about it a lot. I hate my last name and it's too long to hyphenate with my future husband's last name so I'll probably just take his.

I am the last generation with my last name, and being a girl it will vanish if I ever marry. I've thought about the hyphen thing but I am lazy and it is just more letters to put on paper. *shrug*

Yeah. I just realized that my last name is long too. It's 10 letters. xD

I've just noticed with people I know that once they change their last name, it's been a struggle for them to be know under a different last name. I don't know. It's all personal opinion.

I kind of wish I had my moms maiden name, because I like it more than my dads last name. It's shorter and jewish-sounding.

I killed it. *poke*

But I am here to revive it! : D

Yay Kea!

Haha yes! What is up? :3

Nothin' much. Just got an idea for my SNI. You?

I'm still just roaming AW

Ooh! SNI! Do tell. XD

And hi parump!

I'm trying to work on my novel, and it's not going well haha. I keep getting distracted. xD

Kea- I'll send you my sort-of synopsis over Skype in a bit.

Distraction should be my middle name.
Also, I kind of want to rename the MC in SNI because I want it to have some sort of meaning. I can't pick a name I like, though. I also want it to match the two side characters. *sigh*

Hi. I've got nothing to do... And I don't feel like writing. *groans*

Zoe, do you mean AIM? XD I don't have a Skype.

Distraction should be my first name.

And all my character's name's don't have any sort of special meaning. o.o; I just name them what I like. xD As long as it matches their ethnicity, I'm fine.