I have met some gals in New York (and elsewhere) who find Last name of their boyfriend as big a consideration in making a marriage decision as the size of his wealth. My artsy fartsy friend still keeps her Japanese husband’s last name even after being divorced for some 10 years. I think some gals find an exotic and hard to pronounce last name very appealing to have – and they don’t hesitate for a second to correct the mispronunciation – e.g., It is not pronounced as “Choufasivolu” but “Shosivo”, then what the hell is F and L doing in there? I guess it is there only for decoration. Get the F out. My ex boss who cannot be mistaken anything other than an Upper East Side Jew from 20 miles away, took on her husband’s Irish last name and to buttress her Irish “roots”, she would get all NYC Irish papers delivered to her office. Gaelic my ass.
Funny - My mother drove her antisemetic father nuts by making one of my middle names "Rosenberg", not a Jewish bone in my body. I didn't take my husbands surname for a couple of reasons but I thought the Rosenberg Khan was a bit unbelieveable.
There are some big donors for the Medical Alumni last name of Fuchs - everytime I had to do up invites to the banquet dinners for them, I would snicker. I would always wonder why they never changed their last name.
They try to put a french accent on it, I guess to make it not what it is, who knows, lol
My first name is Muslim, but it sounds like a hindu name. So when I intorudce myself to hindu friends, and then tell them that I am from Pakistan, they eventually ask my last name to confirm my religous identity :D
They have never known a hindu guy from Pakistan...hehehe
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My first name is Muslim, but it sounds like a hindu name. So when I intorudce myself to hindu friends, and then tell them that I am from Pakistan, they eventually ask my last name to confirm my religous identity
I sent an official company Eid card to a Hindu with a Muslim sounding name… he wasnt pleased.
