keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
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Re: Ridiculous....
I agree. Not just 1,000 years but many more than that. Some translations and even just the names themselves can come out as expletives or other wise even insulting to US custom. However, no one should ever have to change there name, period. I would be outraged if someone asked me to do so and there would be no end to the battle/lawsuits and what have you.
The US should not ask, or especially force, anyone one to change anything just to "fit in" to our society.
Yes, Spanish speaking but not knowing English is a problem, I think they should learn English, just like we should if we were to live in France, learn French.
But changing something that is so important to many as their name is completely out of the question and this should have never happened. I cannot imagine that this is uncommon, it is very common. I hear all sorts of last names that are what they are.
Here are a few...
Neicewonger
Fingered
Horney
Assman
I could go on and I did not even really get into the different ethnic names.
Verizon is not alone in bad customer service though, this story just happened to pick on them. Every big company has it's problems. |
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Maxo
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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| said by keyboard5684  :The US should not ask, or especially force, anyone one to change anything just to "fit in" to our society. I don't think that anyone here argues that there should be a legal requirement for immigrants to change their name. |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| said by Maxo :I don't think that anyone here argues that there should be a legal requirement for immigrants to change their name. Unfortunately the illiterate INS bureaucrats at Ellis Island had a habit of doing this between January 1, 1892 and November 12, 1954 (when the immigration depot was closed) by deliberately misspelling any name they found too hard to spell or pronounce. |
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