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Help[Opinions] I'm not so sure...
in reply to a message by Francesca
...about the necessity of a blood and surname connection for Wolfgang to be feasible/accepted in the U.S. I suppose the choice is perhaps more defensible with these in place but this German name, in particular, is so associated with Mozart/music/the arts that I think it's received almost more as an honoring name, regardless of the ethnicity of the bearer...unusual, to be sure, but respectable.
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I myself have a German name with a Dutch last name. it's similar enough so that no one even notices and sometimes I can slip through the courts pretending to be a noble by spelling it "von" rather than "van"
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Ever watch "Mr. Show"? What you said reminds me of a character they had called the Dutch of Dukes. Towards the end of the show, he was arrested for impersonating royalty.
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Wolfgang Van Halen and Wolfgang Diefenbach are sophisticated and powerful; Wolfgang McDonald, Wolfgang Doyle,, Wolfgang D'Angelo appear comical. There is a difference, regrettably or not.
This message was edited 2/22/2012, 9:59 AM
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Looks pretty cool to me.
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I actually like them all. For some reason it sounds really interesting paired with something Italian. When Wolfgang is paired with something German I find it rather boring. Maybe that's because my dad is German and I know lots of older guys named Wolfgang Schneider and stuff like that. Wolfgang Armando sounds cool and young whereas Wolfgang Scheider is the boring guy who lives down the street. To each their own, I guess. I like unexpected combos. Stuff like Michiko Thompson or Chloe Fujita. I just think it's nice. Plus there are so many immigrants in the US and they name their kids English names too which I think is nice. I know many people with names like Hannah Chang or Brooke Giovanni. I always thought that was nice rather than odd.
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I'm not trying to pick a fight, but:
we get it, you don't like mixing names of different origin... sheesh, let it die already.
we get it, you don't like mixing names of different origin... sheesh, let it die already.
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I knew a Toshiro McIrishLastName, and he seemed to carry it well. Sometimes, it all depends on the personality; comical isn't always a negative if you have the right attitude.
This message was edited 2/22/2012, 9:49 AM
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:-)
I know plenty of people who marry into different ethnic last names and their first and last names don't "match"... or their children have fn.s of one ethnicity and surnames of another... In this age of mixed marriages and international adoption, it's ethnocentric to expect EVERYBODY's names to match. If some people want their children's names to "match" their heritage, that's fine, but we shouldn't expect everyone to play by such rules if they don't want to. Plus, a large percentage of Chinese Canadians and Jpns. Americans have western fn.s with their Chinese or American surnames... If they can get away with using names so different from their ethnic heritage, I see no reason why it can't go the other way or even just someone from one European descent using names from another European language... It's not that big a deal... and the more common it becomes, the easier it is for people to accept...
I know plenty of people who marry into different ethnic last names and their first and last names don't "match"... or their children have fn.s of one ethnicity and surnames of another... In this age of mixed marriages and international adoption, it's ethnocentric to expect EVERYBODY's names to match. If some people want their children's names to "match" their heritage, that's fine, but we shouldn't expect everyone to play by such rules if they don't want to. Plus, a large percentage of Chinese Canadians and Jpns. Americans have western fn.s with their Chinese or American surnames... If they can get away with using names so different from their ethnic heritage, I see no reason why it can't go the other way or even just someone from one European descent using names from another European language... It's not that big a deal... and the more common it becomes, the easier it is for people to accept...
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Agree to disagree. :)
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