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Vegetable posted:So there are double-barrelled surnames. What happens if two people with double-barrelled surnames marry each other? I imagine they really have only two options: choose either parent's surname or combine it into a four-barrelled one. Has there been an egalitarian yet elegant way of resolving this? "Don't change either name" strikes me as more egalitarian than choosing one person's surname and more elegant than hyphenating all of them together.
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You can combine without hyphens: Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, combined his name (Villar) with his wife's (Raigosa).
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Dec 5, 2012 23:17
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This might be better for an IT thread or something but I'll try here first. I'm not IT but our IT is two time zones away and not supportive of what we're trying to do. At work I need to be able to regularly get a file off of an iPad and onto a computer. The program that makes the file (iAuditor) only exports to Dropbox or through email. The iPad is wifi only and we have no wifi at work, and I don't have the access to make an adhoc network or enable Bluetooth Internet sharing. I figured out that if I tell it to export via email I can open up my drafts and see the PDF file. I can't open it though. If I could open it I could save it to Documents and file transfer it over that way (although its inconvenient and I don't know how they feel about me installing iTunes.) Is there a way to open files that are saved to a draft of an email on iOS? Or is there some simpler solution I'm not thinking of?
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Dec 5, 2012 23:21
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Vegetable posted:So there are double-barrelled surnames. What happens if two people with double-barrelled surnames marry each other? I imagine they really have only two options: choose either parent's surname or combine it into a four-barrelled one. Has there been an egalitarian yet elegant way of resolving this? The way I've seen it done is that they create a new hyphenated name from the woman's matriarchal name and the man's patriarchal name. So Burns-Jones and Smith-Johnson would become Burns-Johnson or whatever.
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Dec 5, 2012 23:25
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Mescal posted:Do you mean this generally or have a certain case in mind? ToxicFrog posted:"Don't change either name" strikes me as more egalitarian than choosing one person's surname and more elegant than hyphenating all of them together. CaptainViolence posted:The way I've seen it done is that they create a new hyphenated name from the woman's matriarchal name and the man's patriarchal name. So Burns-Jones and Smith-Johnson would become Burns-Johnson or whatever. Golbez posted:You can combine without hyphens: Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, combined his name (Villar) with his wife's (Raigosa). It's funny because I saw this on Wikipedia and realised it wouldn't work at all for Chinese surnames - which contain at most five characters and are almost all monosyllabic. So Wang and Li wouldn't square together. I imagine this is a problem for some other languages too. Vegetable fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Dec 5, 2012 23:36
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Double barelled surnames (not in Spanish) came from the aristocracy. It was a way of showing pedigree, that you came from two rich old powerful families, so you're twice as well-bred as other people. It's egalitartian in context of gender, but it's a remnant of an archaic and pretty oppressive class system.
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Dec 5, 2012 23:41
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:This might be better for an IT thread or something but I'll try here first. I'm not IT but our IT is two time zones away and not supportive of what we're trying to do. If this is a one-time thing, the simplest solution is probably just to find some wi-fi. Can anyone's phone act as a wireless hotspot? Is there a coffeeshop somewhere nearby that you can take the iPad to long enough to send an email? If you're expecting to need to do this repeatedly... getting wi-fi in the office is still probably the best solution overall.
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Dec 5, 2012 23:57
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One of my college professors lamented that in hyphenated surnames, the woman's usually comes first and therefore, in a sense, replaces or serves as more of a middle name, and isn't egalitarian or progressive at all. I don't know enough, myself, to say she was onto something or just needed something to rail against. 
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Dec 6, 2012 00:02
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Liebfraumilch posted:One of my college professors lamented that in hyphenated surnames, the woman's usually comes first and therefore, in a sense, replaces or serves as more of a middle name, and isn't egalitarian or progressive at all. I don't know enough, myself, to say she was onto something or just needed something to rail against. And if it went the other way, they'd be complaining that the man's name comes first and is therefore more important (alphabetizing, etc.)
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Dec 6, 2012 00:37
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Powered Descent posted:If this is a one-time thing, the simplest solution is probably just to find some wi-fi. Can anyone's phone act as a wireless hotspot? Is there a coffeeshop somewhere nearby that you can take the iPad to long enough to send an email? It'll be done repeatedly. I agree that wifi would be best, even if it was a really weak router and only served one room. We did have wifi but it kept going down so our horrifically overworked IT guy (one guy for about 10 locations) just ripped it out. Right now I'm trying to explain to them that going to McDonalds every other day or so and using their wifi isn't exactly a great idea from a wireless security standpoint, let alone all the other reasons.
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Dec 6, 2012 00:43
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Vegetable posted:I was talking about them in the context of them naming their kids. I don't think a married couple need to change their surnames - that I agree with. Aah. This is something my wife and I have discussed, actually, and the best we've come up with so far is "sons get dad's name, daughters get mom's". quote:That seems entirely arbitrary as a convention though. Well, yes, but how is it any more arbitrary than "children always get mom's/dad's surname" or any other naming convention?
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Dec 6, 2012 01:42
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I've always thought it made more sense for children to have the mother's name since matrilineal descent is the easiest to "prove," per se. Edit: Excepting non-biological children, obviously.
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Dec 6, 2012 01:44
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I heard a story on the radio (probably NPR) just this summer about this last name thing. Some people picked one from each, or combined two names into one, or mashed everything together. But my favorite was where they agreed to pick just one name from the four, so they went with the one that had pretty much ended in their close family, to bring it back.
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Dec 6, 2012 01:56
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My parents just flipped a coin. Which is awkward because I was the only one to get my mom's name and no one believes my dad is my dad.
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Dec 6, 2012 02:27
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I was flipping through the channels the other day and saw part of an interview with the comedian Richard Lewis. I was pretty surprised by this, since I thought he was dead. Is there another comedian who looks similar I might be confusing him with?
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Dec 6, 2012 02:32
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Richard Jeni?
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Would it be possible to have a custom ad in a very popular youtube video (that you made) that linked to your amazon affiliate cookie?
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Dec 6, 2012 03:14
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So, I've had the same watch for, like, I don't even know how long. Its strap just snapped off at the base, next to the face. Is repairing it a thing, beyond the obvious options of seeing what super-glue can do? Like, is there such a thing as someone fixing the strap? It's a lovely Timex so whatever, but I'm a little sad to see it go considering how long I've had it.
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Dec 6, 2012 03:42
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Xiahou Dun posted:So, I've had the same watch for, like, I don't even know how long. Its strap just snapped off at the base, next to the face. If it's a Timex it probably has those little stainless steel spring things holding the strap to the watch. You can buy replacements anywhere you can buy watches and you just have to use a needle or part of a pen or something to collapse the spring and get the old strap off. Or at least that's how I remember it working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Q2Y6FBsOI I'm probably gonna get fishmeched hard for misunderstanding your question and having my words RE: replacement not match the intent of the video here. There is definitely a solution out there so don't throw away an old watch like that dad in Watchmen. 
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Dec 6, 2012 03:57
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Schweinhund posted:Richard Jeni? That's the only person who comes to mind, but of course he doesn't look anything like Richard Lewis. Xiahou Dun posted:So, I've had the same watch for, like, I don't even know how long. Its strap just snapped off at the base, next to the face. I'd be surprised if it could be fixed in any way that would be secure. Replacement straps can be had for not much money though, so you should be able to get a new one on without much trouble. I had one of these for a long time. It was very easy to put on, and the watch died before the strap wore out.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:00
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tarepanda posted:I've always thought it made more sense for children to have the mother's name since matrilineal descent is the easiest to "prove," per se. But that's a reason to use the father's name. We know who the mom is, so this is a way to formalize paternity.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:06
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No, sorry, the strap itself snapped off, not that its fixture broke. It was a failing of the leather itself. But yeah, I'd prefer not to replace it, but I'd rather not spend more than the cost of a new watch. Even though it was a Christmas present from my sister like 8 years ago and it was with me when I lived abroad and has outlasted like 6 girlfriends and has been god drat invincible and gently caress I love that watch. Yes, I am that guy who gets attached to inanimate objects. Edit : I should add that I'm a picky bitch and only like leather straps. Because I don't know I'm dumb.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:08
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Xiahou Dun posted:But yeah, I'd prefer not to replace it, but I'd rather not spend more than the cost of a new watch. Even though it was a Christmas present from my sister like 8 years ago and it was with me when I lived abroad and has outlasted like 6 girlfriends and has been god drat invincible and gently caress I love that watch. Yes, I am that guy who gets attached to inanimate objects. Even within leather straps there's a huge amount of variation (like, $10 at the low end to multiple hundreds at the high end) depending on what kind of leather it is, how it's finished, how it's made, etc. You can almost certainly find an inexpensive but comfortable leather strap that fits your watch, as long as you aren't set on having a hand-crafted shark leather strap trimmed with gold thread or something.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:12
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Yeah, but, like, is there a store that does that? I admit I might be a complete idiot* and just not understanding. I just don't even know where I go from here. *Well, I am, obviously, but I mean in this instance.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:15
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My first stop would probably be the watch counter at a department store, or failing that, a jewelry store that sells watches. If they don't sell straps, they can probably tell you who does.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:20
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Xiahou Dun posted:Yeah, but, like, is there a store that does that? Pretty much any store that sells watches also sells watch straps. I generally go to Sears because there's one conveniently close to me, but most department stores and jewelery stores carry them. You can also order them online in various places, just googling "watch straps" or "watch bands" should turn up a bunch.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:24
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stubblyhead posted:That's the only person who comes to mind, but of course he doesn't look anything like Richard Lewis. Xiahou Dun posted:Yeah, but, like, is there a store that does that?
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Dec 6, 2012 04:25
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Okay, good. I'm just dumb and didn't know that. Sorry, I didn't start wearing a watch until this one and it's been going strong the whole time, so that there was watch repair beyond the actual watch was completely opaque to me. Thank you guys so much! I'll swing by somewhere on my way to work tomorrow.
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Dec 6, 2012 04:28
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I read here that the Screen Actor's Guild fines movie producers for casting a non-union member in a primary role. How are they able to do this?
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Dec 6, 2012 06:15
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Baron Bifford posted:I read here that the Screen Actor's Guild fines movie producers for casting a non-union member in a primary role. How are they able to do this?
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Dec 6, 2012 06:23
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That sounds kinda like extortion. What is their legal basis?
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Baron Bifford posted:That sounds kinda like extortion. What is their legal basis?
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Dec 6, 2012 06:36
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Baron Bifford posted:That sounds kinda like extortion. What is their legal basis? You can't force actors to work for you, so when they say "we won't work for you if you do X" then you just don't do X.
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Dec 6, 2012 07:07
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So recently I got banned on here, but I paid and got unbanned but I cant use the search function anymore? Why Is that...
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Smashlampjaw posted:So recently I got banned on here, but I paid and got unbanned but I cant use the search function anymore? Why Is that... If you get banned, you also lose all account upgrades (ie platinum which allows searching) except for archives.
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Dec 6, 2012 08:46
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So I bought this:   Anyone have any clue what it is? It is made of iron. It appears hand-painted. It is flat except for two prongs on the back. The only word I can make out is "William..." on the seal on the right. That trails off.
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Dec 6, 2012 14:20
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Vegetable posted:So there are double-barrelled surnames. What happens if two people with double-barrelled surnames marry each other? I imagine they really have only two options: choose either parent's surname or combine it into a four-barrelled one. Has there been an egalitarian yet elegant way of resolving this? You can just pick an entirely new name. Like, if Max Smith marries Sam Jones they could become Sam and Max Grabthar and give their kids that name. Or keep their original names and still give their kids the Grabthar surname. You can pretty much do whatever you want with your own or your kids' names. Baron Bifford posted:I read here that the Screen Actor's Guild fines movie producers for casting a non-union member in a primary role. How are they able to do this? In order to join the SAG you have to agree to not appear in any film that isn't sanctioned by the SAG, which means that any filmmaker who wants to cast SAG members has to agree to the SAG rules which means they can only use SAG actors.
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(I don't think there's any sort of retail store question thread anymore is there?) So yesterday I went shopping for groceries at Stop & Shop. They have a rewards card thing where a lot of stuff is sometimes cheaper with the card. I have a card, and this time most the stuff I bought was on sale, and I specifically bought large quantities of some stuff due to it being on sale which would have resulted in 25-30% savings total. Then I forgot to use my card at checkout and the cashier never asked me for it. I realize it's sort of my fault, but this is the first time I was never asked for a card at this store, and it's right on my keychain so there's no reason I wouldn't have given it to her. If I went back to the store today with my receipt would there be any chance of getting any money back for the difference? Has anyone been in this situation? I'm not sure why but it's bothering me a ton.
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Obdicut posted:Anyone have any clue what it is? At a guess I'd say a kitschy bootjack, though I don't really know how big it is. Could you fit the heel of a shoe into the horns?
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Baron Bifford posted:That sounds kinda like extortion. What is their legal basis? There's probably a collective bargaining agreement between the union and the movie studios. For example, I used to be a Teamster at UPS. The union and UPS come up with a new contract every few years determining wages and benefits, hiring practices, etc.
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