TouchTheFuckingFrog@lemmy.world to Shit Americans Say@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMiddle Names Are Uniquely Americanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMy mother (American) has no middle name and it causes her no end of bureaucratic bother.
minus-squareTouchTheFuckingFrog@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoReally? Why does no middle name cause hassle?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLots of forms want a middle initial. She usually uses her maiden name. But sometimes they don’t like that because it’s not her legal name.
minus-squareBoomBoomLemon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not. I don’t have a middle name and it’s never been a hassle. You either leave it blank, put a dash or write “NMI” for “no middle initial”. You will see the latter on some US government forms.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agohttps://wookware.org/name.html Here’s a person who finds extra hassle.
My mother (American) has no middle name and it causes her no end of bureaucratic bother.
Really? Why does no middle name cause hassle?
Lots of forms want a middle initial. She usually uses her maiden name. But sometimes they don’t like that because it’s not her legal name.
It’s not. I don’t have a middle name and it’s never been a hassle. You either leave it blank, put a dash or write “NMI” for “no middle initial”. You will see the latter on some US government forms.
https://wookware.org/name.html
Here’s a person who finds extra hassle.