> From: Andrew E Switala [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 11 June, 2004 11:47
> Subject: Re: [MODS] names and abbreviation
>
> Exercise: Convince a toff the hyphen in his name is just a
> display convention. :)
As was pointed out to me by colleague, the hyphen in her name
*is* significant and the whole hyphenated name should be
treated as one piece. However, in other cultures the hyphen
*may* be a display convention. This is why trying to break
names, into pieces is so difficult. Different cultures use
different conventions.
Does anyone have a reference, URL or otherwise, on how
different cultures construct names and conventions for
displaying those names?
Andy.
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