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Moem ([personal profile] moem) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt 2017-01-10 06:12 am (UTC)

I've always found the American habit of calling a woman by her husband's first and last name utterly weird. It's as if it's meant to make a woman completely disappear as a person when she marries. Last name is one thing, but can she at least keep her first name?
I'm glad there's a shift happening in that habit.

Here in the Low Lands we almost never combine titles with first names. You're either Jaap Janssen or Mister Janssen, but never Mr. Jaap Janssen; you're Alexandra Janssen or Doctor Janssen, but not Dr. Alexandra Janssen.

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