From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/21/26 00:36, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:   
   > On 21/01/2026 13:02, Don_from_AZ wrote:   
   > [SNIP]   
   >> My father entered the US Army at about the time the US entered WW   
   >> II. His name - William Albert. Two good English names, no problem right?   
   >> Well there was a problem: he had no middle name. The army couldn't cope   
   >> with that, so for his term of service in the European theatre he was   
   >> recorded as William NMN Albert (for "No Middle Name").   
   >   
   > Oh, it's still alive and happening in the US military.   
   >   
   > A friend of mine married a USN pilot back around 1990, and moved to the   
   > USA, sensibly enough.   
   >   
   > When she went to do the things that military spouses (spice??  :-) )   
   > have to do about being recognised by the military she was told, "Ain't   
   > nobody don't have a middle name, honey", and in exasperation she gave in   
   > and plonked her Grand-mother's maiden name in the box.   
   >   
   > Post-divorce she decided she liked Grandma's maiden name, so changed her   
   > surname to that.  :-)   
      
   As noted elsewhere in this thread, I had no middle name, When I got   
   married, I did what my mother did and used my birth name as my middle   
   name. I thought that was what all women did.   
      
   (Actually Spanish naming conventions are fairly close to this.)   
      
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   nationalism is akin to believing that one’s child can do no wrong.   
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