I mean, I'd expect my registered name in the US to be my full name, but I dunno how it works, maybe they make you drop the patronimic
Anyway, not a big issue
atj
Isn't a bit like Chinese names in Western countries?
Icelandic contains some non-ASCII characters
reosarevok
Sure, but I'm expecting then it'd be Gudmundur Thor Fridleifsson, not just Gudmundur Thor :)
Those are actually both first names, I think?
Not that Fridleifsson is *really* a surname, but :)
CatQuest
wait they can't do that? so many other scandinavian names are based on patronymic names (evne if they don't functino like it anymore)
atj
I thought maybe they had a different name order structure
reosarevok
I mean, I dunno how it works really, maybe they'd only register my first surname, while I consider my legal name to have two :)
So it might be different
atj
well, here in the UK we have middle names, but most people ignore them completely
CatQuest
I know in the us apparently, the first of two last names is considered a "middle name" (wich ot me is weird)
unless hypen
atj
hyphenation is normally due to combining the maiden and married name
CatQuest
very may people here have two last nmes
not here
usually two people will get to gether and adopt two names or atleast the kids will take each prent's name
parent's*
atj
also it's mainly "upper class" people that do it, or people who want to be perceived as such (hyphenation that is)
reosarevok
Yeah. We don't generally *use* our second surname much
But it's still part of the legal name, just not the one we usually use :)
CatQuest
i mean in the us that unless the names are hypenated the first last name is considered a middle name (wich is weird for me because a middle name is always a "firstname" type name, so not things liek "smith, "robinson" or "ling")
reosarevok
CatQuest: I think it's a second first name, not a last name :)
In Spain you can have many first names - my mom had 4
*3
CatQuest
:D
atj
Fair play, sounds fun!
reosarevok
Because her parents wanted to give her a Basque name, and the registrants were like "only if you get two real Spanish names too" apparently
CatQuest
lolwut
reosarevok
(those were weird dictator-y times so)
atj
Franco eh? :)
CatQuest
my mom had two firstnames, but hypenated os it was kidna one name
reosarevok
atj: yeah - not that I lived the period, but it seemed to be quite dumb in many ways :)
CatQuest imagines that's what our grandchidlren will say
CatQuest
:/
(well hope, really, that it'll be better even then)
all the kids deserve soem real snkow this year. it's been mean the last 3
oh! atj, canada?
no wait oy usaid uk
atj
UK
CatQuest
where? north?
atj
South east-ish
CatQuest
hmh. it must be the wind, a cold wave is in norther europe apparently
atj
Maybe south east midlands
CatQuest
it's - 5 degrees in them orning now
last year it was in the 10's this time of year. and raining ridicolusly
atj
Just in time for the new CoV variant
reosarevok
We went for a nice walk in the morning, snow everywhere, roe deer tracks, etc
Fun
atj
Sounds lovely
I do like proper snow
CatQuest
reosarevok: aaaww
wait.
pictures?
:o
reosarevok
Not right now, but it keeps snowing, so
CatQuest
tracks belong in inat apparently?
:O
reosarevok
They do
CatQuest
that weather is comming here tomorrow apparently
reosarevok
But I already have photos of the local roe deer in any case :)
CatQuest
maybe ill be able to take pictues of crow tracks :o
:|
i'm imagiing some deer eating fisheggs
reosarevok
haha
atj
I'm confused now
CatQuest
or covered in it somehow. idk
reosarevok
CatQuest: rådyr apparently?
CatQuest
oohhh
rådyr
reosarevok
atj: we both use iNaturalist so that's the inat thing CatQuest mentioned :)
CatQuest
oh gods it's etymologically related "rådyr" pretty much will sound like "roedeer"
reosarevok
"English roe is from Old English rā or rāha, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, cognate with Old Norse rá, Old Saxon rēho, Middle Dutch and Dutch ree, Old High German rēh, rēho, rēia, German Reh"
So, yeah
CatQuest
well, "row" "dur"
reh
:D
atj
sorry, I somehow missed the roe being deer and fish eggs thing :)
CatQuest
oh oh
atj
It's Monday OK?
CatQuest
hey no prob
I was figuring something with the fisheggs tripped otu yp