Brian Lear on WNYC so So an essay in the Atlantic says,

why does a silly little hyphen

make so many people uncomfortable or unsettled

or even, God forbid uncomfortable dash unsettled.

Does that sound familiar?

Do people wince at your hyphenated last name?

The piece in the Atlantic is called the least common, least loved names in America, and it's by senior

associate editor Rachel Goodman Way.

So G-T-M-A-N-W-E-I Rachel Goodman Way,

so she has a personal stake in this,

and says she figured combining her and her husband's last name

seemed like a normal thing to do, or at least unobjectionable, but objections have indeed

been raised.

So we'll talk about some of those objections and because most of the concern about

hyphenated last names, Rachel Rachel writes is directed at women. We'll get

some of the into some of the cultural factors in this too. Rachel thanks for the

article. Thanks for coming on. Welcome to WNY. Thanks Brian. Thanks for having me. And listeners you on upon getting married and if you're on the fence maybe Rachel Gutman Way can give you some

advice to one two four three WNY C two one two four three three nine six nine62, or maybe you are one of those people who finds the whole idea

unsettled dash objectionable.

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So you want to introduce this by describing your own experience

with hyphenating, your and your spouse's last name when you got married, how'd you come to that decision?

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