I used to work with a guy that was from China. He only had a first in a last name. He was going to college here and the college required everyone to have a middle initial as part of their login. They just used his last initial as his middle initial.
Wait does everyone there have a middle name? I’m Dutch and I don’t have a middle name. I figured that was quite common also in the English speaking world
He’s the only person I’ve known here in almost 50 years without a middle name. It’s quite possible other people haven’t had a middle name but it’s never come up.
Not true, I am a naturalized US citizen, and don’t have a middle name - it was never an issue and I was never asked to come up with one. My son was born in the US and also doesn’t have a middle name.
I used to work with a guy that was from China. He only had a first in a last name. He was going to college here and the college required everyone to have a middle initial as part of their login. They just used his last initial as his middle initial.
Wait does everyone there have a middle name? I’m Dutch and I don’t have a middle name. I figured that was quite common also in the English speaking world
I don’t have either. Maybe it’s a murican thing
My grandfather and father dont have a middle name.
Both Sicilian (Father born in the U.S though)
I have two. You can borrow one for a while.
The famous poet Edgar Poe also didn’t have a middle name
He does, it’s Allan
He’s the only person I’ve known here in almost 50 years without a middle name. It’s quite possible other people haven’t had a middle name but it’s never come up.
Not that I’m aware of Gerry F. Flap.
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Is a middle name mandatory for you?
What else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
I don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
I think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
Not true, I am a naturalized US citizen, and don’t have a middle name - it was never an issue and I was never asked to come up with one. My son was born in the US and also doesn’t have a middle name.
My cousin was given his mother’s maiden name as a middle name when he joined the navy
Huh. Interesting.
I knew that middle names are common in the US but I didn’t know it’s so deep in the culture
One of those things that’s just normal so we don’t talk about it I guess.
I’ve usually seen NMN used for no middle name.
Poor Alex Song (A.S.S.)