TouchTheFuckingFrog@lemmy.world to Shit Americans Say@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMiddle Names Are Uniquely Americanlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down19
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoMy mother (American) has no middle name and it causes her no end of bureaucratic bother.
minus-squareTouchTheFuckingFrog@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoReally? Why does no middle name cause hassle?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years 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-up3·2 years 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-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoLots of forms require a middle initial.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year 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.
Lots of forms require a middle initial.
https://wookware.org/name.html
Here’s a person who finds extra hassle.