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Subject: Re: middle names
Author: Daividh   (guest, 209.209.171.192)
Date: December 2, 2001 at 6:23:38 PM
Reply to: Re: middle names by Agata
In Mexico many people do tend to "middle" names, altho whether they're considered as "middle" or not I don't know (they could be confirmation names, etc.). Some of the folks we deal with in our organization down there are distinguished first-name-wise as "Juan Pablo", "Juan Diego", etc., rather than by any use of their last names/

The two last names thing is used in Mexico as well as (I guess) in other Hispanic cultures. Many people make no day-to-day reference to the final (mother's) last name in business dealings, but Veronica Juanita Gomez Gutierrez (unmarried) might properly sign her name in a business context "Veronica J. Gomez G."

- Da.

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