Eddie Van Halen has died

Re:Eddie Van Halen has died by mc32 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @06:36PM (#24703170)

His middle name was ‘Lodewijk’, ‘Van’ is just part of a compound last name like Von Richthofen or Fitz Patrick, O’Leary, Di Chirico, etc.

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Re:Eddie Van Halen has died by mcv on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @03:16AM (#24706008)

I'd heard before they were Dutch born, but still, to hear that Eddie Van Halen was actually called Edward Lodewijk van Halen makes him sound way more Dutch.

And here I was thinking that Jan Akkerman was the best Dutch guitar player ever.

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Re:Eddie Van Halen has died by ghostpepper on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:57AM (#24708919)

So in that case, why does it make sense to split up a compound name?

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Re:Eddie Van Halen has died by mc32 on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:13AM (#24709074)

Blame it on tradition. Just like today we don’t write “today” as “to day” as used to be the case.

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