@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 month agoTrump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name (it’s Harris)www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1536arrow-down115
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkTrump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name (it’s Harris)www.independent.co.uk@jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-square@Simulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink4•1 month agoHer husbands last name is Emhoff. Maybe he is referring to that? If Lemmy can’t understand him, what chance does his base?
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 🏅Alink4•1 month agoIs it a compulsory that a married female take on the male last name? Am from Asia and this isn’t practiced at all.
minus-square@nomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 month agoIt’s not compulsory though it’s widely practiced and probably used to be required for certain marriage arrangements. It’s becoming less common and many women will hyphenate their last name after marrying now.
minus-square@Simulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink1•1 month agoBack in the 1960s maybe. Even then professional woman rarely changed.
Her husbands last name is Emhoff. Maybe he is referring to that? If Lemmy can’t understand him, what chance does his base?
Is it a compulsory that a married female take on the male last name? Am from Asia and this isn’t practiced at all.
It’s not compulsory though it’s widely practiced and probably used to be required for certain marriage arrangements.
It’s becoming less common and many women will hyphenate their last name after marrying now.
Back in the 1960s maybe. Even then professional woman rarely changed.