From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 25 03:30:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA29402 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 03:30:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA29397 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 03:30:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA77929; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:30:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: Greg Lehey Cc: Mark Ovens , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) References: <368102F5.C90B94D5@uk.radan.com> <19981224102628.S12346@freebie.lemis.com> <36822D20.DCF23B22@uk.radan.com> <19981225100225.H12346@freebie.lemis.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 25 Dec 1998 12:30:02 +0100 In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Fri, 25 Dec 1998 10:02:25 +1030" Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey writes: > Right. The way they see it, they are interpreting the French laws, > which state (after translation through German into English) that a > woman does not gain possession of the surname of her husband, but that > by universal agreement, she uses it (presumably for the duration of > the marriage). My humble opinion on this matter is that this is bullshit. > As a result, my wife is Yvonne Koedderitzsch (good > French name, that) épouse Lehey. AFAIK, in France she may choose between keeping her maiden name, or taking her husband's name. I'll ask my mother for the details if you want. (Is Ködderitzsch an Alsacian name btw?) DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message