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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Hyphenamed #73366 06/22/2002 2:28 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA her maiden name (incidentally, am I right in thinking that this terminology is frowned upon? Why so?), Once upon a time the term maiden implied virgin. Nowadays, by the time a girl gets married she's rarely a "maiden," so the term is now obsolete. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted hyphen in last names graceusa 06/18/2002 1:43 PM Re: hyphen in last names FishonaBike 06/18/2002 2:13 PM Re: hyphen in last names Wordwind 06/18/2002 5:50 PM Hyphenamed musick 06/18/2002 7:04 PM Re: Hyphenamed slithy toves 06/18/2002 7:47 PM Re: Hyphenamed FishonaBike 06/21/2002 11:32 AM Re: Hyphenamed modestgoddess 06/21/2002 3:42 PM Re: Hyphenamed Geoff 06/22/2002 2:28 PM "Maiden" Name FishonaBike 06/25/2002 3:59 PM Re: "Maiden" Name modestgoddess 06/26/2002 1:11 AM Re: "Maiden" Name FishonaBike 06/27/2002 9:46 AM Re: "Maiden" Name Buffalo Shrdlu 06/27/2002 12:06 PM Re: "Maiden" Name Keiva 06/27/2002 1:49 PM Re: "Maiden" Name wwh 06/27/2002 2:41 PM Re: "Maiden" Name of troy 06/27/2002 4:42 PM Combined name FishonaBike 06/28/2002 10:36 AM deed poll dodyskin 06/29/2002 5:53 PM Re: deed poll wwh 06/29/2002 7:46 PM Re: deed poll Keiva 07/01/2002 6:37 PM Re: deed poll wwh 07/01/2002 7:17 PM Re: "Maiden" Name wow 06/28/2002 8:45 PM Re: "Maiden" Name modestgoddess 06/29/2002 5:07 AM Re: PMS Fiberbabe 06/29/2002 1:13 PM Re: PMS dodyskin 07/08/2002 4:17 PM Re: Hyphenamed slithy toves 06/30/2002 12:37 PM Re: Hyphenamed inselpeter 06/30/2002 4:28 PM Re: Hyphenamed modestgoddess 07/03/2002 3:19 AM Re: Hyphenamed wwh 07/03/2002 10:43 PM Re: Hyphenamed modestgoddess 07/04/2002 6:49 AM Re: hyphen in last names consuelo 06/19/2002 1:27 AM Re: hyphen in last names belMarduk 06/19/2002 1:51 AM Re: hyphen in last names wwh 06/19/2002 2:11 AM Space, the final frontier musick 06/19/2002 3:10 PM double barrelled surnames dodyskin 06/19/2002 10:42 PM Re: hyphen in last names lukaszd 07/04/2002 6:46 AM Re:reversing first & last names wow 07/06/2002 5:14 PM Re:reversing first & last names modestgoddess 07/08/2002 4:12 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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