Using the middle name - is that US/British tradition only ?

U2girl · 01-18-2002, 08:51 AM

I mean, i haven't heard of any other nations using that...

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CatDubh · 01-18-2002, 09:38 AM

at least it gave you a good reason to open another thread

Klodomir · 01-18-2002, 09:43 AM

I think most Catholics have a middle name.

I have a middle name, but I don't use it for anything, it just sort of sits there.

zoomerang II · 01-18-2002, 09:45 AM

Don't russians use the patronymic in a formal sense occasionally?

anyway, i have never heard any people in england use their middle name - maybe its done more in the states but ive never really noticed.

sulawesigirl4 · 01-18-2002, 11:02 AM

we don't usually use them in the States in terms of addressing someone with it. You would use it signing some formal documents, etc. or your mom might use it when she's really upset with you. lol.

Hewson · 01-18-2002, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by sulawesigirl4:
or your mom might use it when she's really upset with you. lol.

Yep I think this is the real reason for middle names...to determine the anger level of a parent...if you hear your middle name used, run!

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WildHoneyAlways · 01-18-2002, 01:29 PM

Agreed, If a parent uses your middle name it's time to run. I always knew I was in trouble when my mother would list my all my siblings names followed by "whoever you are, get down here!!" yipe.

U2girl · 01-18-2002, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by CatDubh:
at least it gave you a good reason to open another thread

Thanks. You don't have to look at it if it's that bad.

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**Sicy** · 01-18-2002, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by CatDubh:
at least it gave you a good reason to open another thread

She's just jokin.

[This message has been edited by Sicy (edited 01-18-2002).]

WildHonee · 01-18-2002, 02:14 PM

If you're Catholic and you got confirmed, you get yet ANOTHER NAME. So I have....4. My neices each have 4 names to start out with. By the time they get married, they'll have 6!! Crazy!

You only use someone's middle name if you're mad at them...that's how my parents operate, anyhow.

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**Bonochick** · 01-18-2002, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by WildHonee:
If you're Catholic and you got confirmed, you get yet ANOTHER NAME.

Yep...I'm Julia.

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Screaming Flower · 01-18-2002, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by Bonochick:
Yep...I'm Julia.

i'm cecelia.

dream wanderer · 01-18-2002, 07:29 PM

We use middle names to differentiate us from all the other John Smiths here...

really. When I was a kid people kept getting mixed up with a grown woman that had my name...the only way to differentiate was our middle names...she was a Lee and I was a Sue...

We Americans also have the habbit of using surnames as middle names...usually a first son might be given the mom's maiden name as a middle name...I did that with my son cause there were no boys to carry on my dad's last name...I've had British friends who upon hearing them thought they were those hyphenated names like they have...like Barker-Finch. Double barrelled names...except we don't call them that...they are just the first and middle name...no hyphen.

senrab · 01-19-2002, 01:00 AM

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Originally posted by Bonochick:
Yep...I'm Julia.

I'm Rose.

Zooman91 · 01-19-2002, 01:02 AM

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Originally posted by sulawesigirl4:
or your mom might use it when she's really upset with you. lol.

Well, I know the French moms wouldn't use it, they've got 4 middle names to go thru before they actually start the wine-inspired yelling.

**KhanadaRhodes** · 01-19-2002, 02:01 AM

my parents have never said my middle name, at least not *to me* but to like other people. so HAW! :P

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Klodomir · 01-19-2002, 03:28 AM

Actually, my middle name is my mother's first name. Does anyone else have that?

**Bonochick** · 01-19-2002, 08:28 AM

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Originally posted by Klodomir:
Actually, my middle name is my mother's first name. Does anyone else have that?

No...my middle name is also my mother's middle name though.

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01-18-2002, 09:43 AM	#3
Klodomir Refugee Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,198 Local Time: 10:57 PM	I think most Catholics have a middle name. I have a middle name, but I don't use it for anything, it just sort of sits there.

01-18-2002, 09:45 AM	#4
zoomerang II War Child Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: melbourne, terra australis Posts: 657 Local Time: 08:57 AM	Don't russians use the patronymic in a formal sense occasionally? anyway, i have never heard any people in england use their middle name - maybe its done more in the states but ive never really noticed.

01-18-2002, 11:02 AM	#5
sulawesigirl4 Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,415 Local Time: 04:57 PM	we don't usually use them in the States in terms of addressing someone with it. You would use it signing some formal documents, etc. or your mom might use it when she's really upset with you. lol.

01-18-2002, 01:29 PM	#7
WildHoneyAlways Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In a glass case of emotion Posts: 8,163 Local Time: 03:57 PM	Agreed, If a parent uses your middle name it's time to run. I always knew I was in trouble when my mother would list my all my siblings names followed by "whoever you are, get down here!!" yipe.

01-18-2002, 02:14 PM	#10
WildHonee Mr. MacPhisto's Loo Cleaner Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: THE SOUL Posts: 6,870 Local Time: 04:57 PM	If you're Catholic and you got confirmed, you get yet ANOTHER NAME. So I have....4. My neices each have 4 names to start out with. By the time they get married, they'll have 6!! Crazy! You only use someone's middle name if you're mad at them...that's how my parents operate, anyhow. ------------------ *~Mona~ LOVE me, give me SOUL* And planting an amazing fern on her shoulder... ~ScottPhisto~ I got lost in the Netherlands!! You can dream, But you can never go back the way you came

01-18-2002, 07:29 PM	#13
dream wanderer Acrobat Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 320 Local Time: 09:57 PM	We use middle names to differentiate us from all the other John Smiths here... really. When I was a kid people kept getting mixed up with a grown woman that had my name...the only way to differentiate was our middle names...she was a Lee and I was a Sue... We Americans also have the habbit of using surnames as middle names...usually a first son might be given the mom's maiden name as a middle name...I did that with my son cause there were no boys to carry on my dad's last name...I've had British friends who upon hearing them thought they were those hyphenated names like they have...like Barker-Finch. Double barrelled names...except we don't call them that...they are just the first and middle name...no hyphen.

01-19-2002, 02:01 AM	#16
KhanadaRhodes Paper Gods Forum Administrator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: a vampire in the limousine Posts: 60,696 Local Time: 03:57 PM	my parents have never said my middle name, at least not to me but to like other people. so HAW! :P ------------------ there is no tomorrow, only tonight... ME!

01-19-2002, 03:28 AM	#17
Klodomir Refugee Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,198 Local Time: 10:57 PM	Actually, my middle name is my mother's first name. Does anyone else have that?