jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoTrump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name (it’s Harris)www.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down115
arrow-up1520arrow-down1external-linkTrump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name (it’s Harris)www.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square84linkfedilink
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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-squarenomous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years 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-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.