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calcaneous
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:10 pm Post subject: Mary-Kate, John-Michael, etc... A name with hyphen. |
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Hi, guys.
You guys probably know Mary-Kate from the famous Olson Twins, right?
(Was she the one with a drug problem? I can't quite remember.)
Anyway, why is her name Mary-Kate? I mean did her parents decide to
name her Mary-Kate, because they couldn't pick one name or something?
Is there any particular reason? |
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flying_pig319
Joined: 01 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| It's just a different style of name. There are lots of common hyphenated names, like Mary-Ann or Peggy-Sue. They're pretty common in small Southern American towns. |
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: |
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And using the hypen shows that the first name is Mary-Kate, rather than first name Mary, middle name Kate, last name Olsen.
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calcaneous
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject: Thanks, guys. |
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| I just thought that it had something to do with their religious backgrounds or something. But I guess not. Anyway, thanks a lot, flying_pig319 and CP. |
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