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It used to be the case that double barrelled surnames where only for the gentry, now every Tom, Dick and Chavvy have them. What has happened?

Maybe women don't want to be known by only theri DH's name.?

Save losing their identity.

I wish I had been more enlightened 21 years ago.

Put your judgey judgey pants away.

No but I really don't like double barrelled first names.

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Its also traditional in some countries to have double barralled names. i couldnt care less what someones surname is.

Oh YABU.

And it must be a nightmare for the children to spell their looong names.

'Mom' is far more chavvy IMO.

<runs away>

DH and I have different names, and we wanted ds to reflect both of us, so unless we'd made up a new name, he got to be double barrelled <shrugs>

Unless the surname is Ponsenby-Smyth, in which case how is that chavvy

I kind of see where you're coming from. They seem more commonplace now.

I don't care who has a double barrelled name or why right up until the names don't go. Sybil from Downtown's surname is Brown-Findlay...it just doesn't sound right.
Names like Rhys-Jones,Dudley-Jones,Fortescue-Smythe on the other hand do.

I agree it must be a nightmare. But only if they're already longer names. I wouldnt ever double barrell a name purely because I'm to lazy to want to have to write it all out every time.

Describing something as chavvy is a sign of being chavvy yourself I'm afraid.

And its becoming more and more common.
Have my judgey pants on up to my armpits

mrs I am deffo not chavvy

Double barrelled = fine.
Triple barrelled = hmmmm

Good luck op!

Saying stuff is chavvy is chavvy

Lol pp. That would spark a convosation or two

X-posted mrs

i love these threads

OP define chavvy IYO.

What happens in the future when all these double barrelled people marry each other, or don't get married but have children and can't decide on surname for the children?
I can see lots of:
Lloyd-Jones-Thomas-Browns in the future!!

Oh come on think of something better than this to start a row.

Purlease.

Saying that saying stuff is chavvy is chavvy is really chavvy IMO.

You are a goady stirrer OP, aren't you?

I thought I broke your big wooden spoon the other day