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Preston-Clarkson

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AurelieFizz · 14/03/2020 18:22

Preston-Clarkson

Are those names too similar to hyphenate? Is it more of a mouthful than your average hyphenated surname?

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donquixotedelamancha · 23/03/2020 20:32

OP said she didn't get your point, not that she didn't get your joke.

It's perfectly clear OP did not understand the joke, as it is clear that you did not.

Trans is more than just cutting off a "johnson" as you put it.

I didn't put it any way. I referenced another poster refering to adding a Johnson, not removing one.

And is there really any need to make trans people the butt of yet more jokes (they've been marginalised for years).

You clearly don't understand the difference between the subject of a joke and the target. The joke may have referenced the subject of sex reassignment surgery but it was targeted at the double meaning of the previous posters comment. In essence it was a pun.

Abuse of someone for who they are is bad, but suggesting an entire group cannot be referenced in humour because some people are mean is silly and patronising to the group in question.

Are you trans @whatausername? Or are you just claiming we are marginalised snowflakes so you can police others humour?

whatausername · 23/03/2020 17:52

Trans is more than just cutting off a "johnson" as you put it. And is there really any need to make trans people the butt of yet more jokes (they've been marginalised for years).

OP said she didn't get your point, not that she didn't get your joke.

s3tut0y3r · 22/03/2020 07:51

In years gone by, children often took their mother's maiden name as a middle name. Preston would work as a middle name....

s3tut0y3r · 22/03/2020 07:47

What if your child then decides to add his or her surname to his partners with a hyphen? You would have a triple barrelled surname! At some point , someone will have to stop adding! Personally, I think it is nice to have the same surname as my child, so I began to use my married name and changed my daughter's surname too so it was the same as her new brother and step dad. We felt more like a unit....

Carouselfish · 15/03/2020 15:54

Johnson Thompson is so so awful. The joining of the two noble and ancient families of Johnson and Thompson. Sigh.

TotesGodsWill · 15/03/2020 13:36

It is a bit of a mouthful

If you’re not married then use the child’s mother’s name. If you are married then use the child’s mothers name, whether that’s the husbands name, her maiden name or a hyphenated version

donquixotedelamancha · 15/03/2020 11:36

Katarina Johnson-Thompson isn't trans. I don't know what your point is but please don't use trans people as a joke.

So you don't get the joke but are convinced that it's 'using trans people'?

Oh, sorry, you were just virtue signalling weren't you? My bad, carry on.

Percypopper · 15/03/2020 10:58

@donquixotedelamancha Grin

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AurelieFizz · 15/03/2020 08:34

@donquixotedelamancha

Katarina Johnson-Thompson isn't trans. I don't know what your point is but please don't use trans people as a joke.

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Whydoesit · 15/03/2020 06:40

*exceptions

Whydoesit · 15/03/2020 06:40

Now I’m thinking about it I think the general loose “rule” with double barrelled surnames (I’m sure there are excepts) is that the longer or more cumbersome name goes first and the shorter name last.
The reason why yours sounds a bit clunky I guess is that they have a similar ending and both have two syllables however I think I find Clarkson marginally longer (the Clark taking longer to say than Pres) hence Clarkson first.

Whydoesit · 15/03/2020 06:36

I think Clarkson Preston (that order). It’s marginally better.

I’d do it without the hyphen but still have them both as last names, but no reason not to hyphen if that’s what you want to do.

It’s not great but it’s a surname and we don’t tend to have choices with surnames. Mine’s awful but it’s my surname and I’m not going to change it.

Redshoeblueshoe · 14/03/2020 23:23

Or take the ends of both names: Sonton
Ok I've had 🍷

Pinkypink · 14/03/2020 23:21

I prefer Clarkson Preston -bc I think the other way round would end up being Preston Clarkston

UnexpectedItemInTheShaggingAre · 14/03/2020 23:20

We’ve (DP and I being the we) spent a solid five minutes saying both ways and we think, Clarkson-Preston is ever so slightly easier to annunciate

donquixotedelamancha · 14/03/2020 23:19

Katarina Johnson-Thompson added the Johnson herself.

It's always about trans people with you lot :-)

lorrainerose · 14/03/2020 23:14

Use your surname?

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AurelieFizz · 14/03/2020 22:02

Okay so generally what are your preferences out of:

Preston-Clarkson
Clarkson-Preston
Something else?

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Percypopper · 14/03/2020 21:31

I think it depends on the first name. Also I think Clarkson-Preston sounds slightly better

MikeUniformMike · 14/03/2020 20:05

@DramaAlpaca, according to a Daily Torygraph article she added it because her mother reverted to her maiden name after she divorced Mr Thompson.

pilates · 14/03/2020 19:46

It doesn’t flow very well, could you add Preston as a middle name?

Blursula · 14/03/2020 19:46

I think it's fine. People will get used to it. I didn't hyphenated our child's surname as I was worried it would be too much of a mouthful and often wish I'd just gone for it!

DramaAlpaca · 14/03/2020 19:41

Did she Mike? I didn't know that.

MikeUniformMike · 14/03/2020 19:16

Katarina Johnson-Thompson added the Johnson herself.

NearlyGranny · 14/03/2020 18:39

Your ear will quickly get used to it. It's better than plenty of others. I could mention Rees-Mogg or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha!