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Re:The Discovery of Radium by Marie Curie by saagarjha on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:28PM (#22585488)
Because people find it inconvenient to use middle names everywhere, particularly if they’re long?
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Re:The Discovery of Radium by Marie Curie by jcranmer on Sunday March 15, 2020 @02:57PM (#22585703)
Skłodowska is her maiden name, not her middle name (which was Salomea).
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Re:The Discovery of Radium by Marie Curie by kragen on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:00PM (#22585738)
In American English, when people retain their birth surnames in the middle of their name after marriage, they become "middle names" just like a second given name. Often USAns don't know that this custom is not universal, leading to dreadful faux pas when they assume things like that Hugo Chávez Frías's surname was "Frías".
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Re:The Discovery of Radium by Marie Curie by saagarjha on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#22585747)
Didn’t she replace her middle name with her maiden name?
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