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in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Actually, I have been in a lot of bureaucratic situations in my life (I'm only 21) which required me to write down all of my names. Fortunately I got only one middle name but I think it must be quite annoying to write down 25 of them...
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This message was edited 5/3/2009, 8:24 AM
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I really doubt if most bureaucrats would WANT anyone who had 25 middle names to write them all out.
Most government data is computerized these days and there is only going to be a set amount of space for characters for middle names, and anything over that amount will just get cut off. :)
Most government data is computerized these days and there is only going to be a set amount of space for characters for middle names, and anything over that amount will just get cut off. :)
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Not american, and not middle names, but I know that a Madhabhushi Venkata Narasimha Sesha Pundarikaksha Madhava Ravikumar was allowed to use initials in many places which demand `full names', so I do not think a longer name would have been much of a problem either.
Incidentally, we often called him A-to-Z (that is zed in India), even though his name actually does not contain all the letters. (And I may have got the spelling wrong: I remember it was 61 long, letters not counting spaces).
Incidentally, we often called him A-to-Z (that is zed in India), even though his name actually does not contain all the letters. (And I may have got the spelling wrong: I remember it was 61 long, letters not counting spaces).
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This happens to a friend of mine whose parents were German; she has at least five names (four middle ones) but goes by the middle one! And banks can't cope unless she leaves out a few.
The name she goes by is the shortest of the lot, btw: Heidi. The others include Dorotea and Elisabeth, but I can't remember them all since they are never used.
The name she goes by is the shortest of the lot, btw: Heidi. The others include Dorotea and Elisabeth, but I can't remember them all since they are never used.
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