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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by alephknoll on Saturday April 20, 2024 @12:28PM (#40098522)
It must be exhausting being married to a woman who wants to 'buck tradition'. Why didn't she buck tradition and just name your kids 'Aa, Aa', 'Aaa, Aaa', etc and be done with it? Heck why not go all the way and let them go nameless.

> However, my wife hated that her last name was near the end of the alphabet growing up.

Just exhausting.

> We opted to hyphenate.

Isn't that tradition in a significant portion of the world? So by bucking tradition, you really meant you traded one tradition for an even older tradition.

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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by jedberg on Saturday April 20, 2024 @12:52PM (#40098691)
You seem to be irrationally upset about my light-hearted anecdote. I sincerely hope your weekend gets better.
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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by alephknoll on Saturday April 20, 2024 @01:07PM (#40098788)
It was just a simple observation. You are reading into things too much. There's no need to be so defensive. Your comment hasn't upset me in the slightest ( rationally or irrationally ) and I sincerely hope you weren't offended by mine.
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Re:U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names... by macintux on Saturday April 20, 2024 @05:04PM (#40100993)
> It must be exhausting being married to a woman who wants to 'buck tradition'. Why didn't she buck tradition and just name your kids 'Aa, Aa', 'Aaa, Aaa', etc and be done with it? Heck why not go all the way and let them go nameless.

You managed to combine snarky reductio ad absurdum and a gratuitous attack on his wife in three sentences. Why wouldn't someone be annoyed by that?

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