veradee (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} veradee) wrote,@ 2009-08-05 16:38:00 |
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Granger(-)Snape
What are the chances that Amy Miller who marries a Mr Smith would become Amy Miller Smith in Britain?
I can't count how many times I've come across Hermione Granger Snape in fanfics or discussions, and I always wonder whether that is actually something that many British women do. Wouldn't she rather remain being Hermione Granger or become Hermione Snape?
Sometimes, I also read Hermione Granger-Snape, which doesn't seem to be more likely to me. I know there's Justin Finch-Fletchley in the HP books, but I always understood hyphenated family names to mean that it's a posh family and that therefore all family members are called like that.
What are the chances that Amy Miller who marries a Mr Smith would become Amy Miller Smith in Britain?
I can't count how many times I've come across Hermione Granger Snape in fanfics or discussions, and I always wonder whether that is actually something that many British women do. Wouldn't she rather remain being Hermione Granger or become Hermione Snape?
Sometimes, I also read Hermione Granger-Snape, which doesn't seem to be more likely to me. I know there's Justin Finch-Fletchley in the HP books, but I always understood hyphenated family names to mean that it's a posh family and that therefore all family members are called like that.
