On 8/30/2006 at 11:01 AM Don wrote:
Yes, and a Macedonian (?) married female's last
name is a
diminutive form of her husband's last name. And married
females in western societies *tend* to use "Mrs".
I don't know about Macedonian, but many Slavic languages decline the
surname as to sex and marital status. And then there's the whole affair of
patrynymics...
Cheers,
Chuck