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On-Yomi: セイ、ショウ

Koohii stories:

1) [rgravina] 16-8-2006(292): When women marry, they adopt the surname of their husband, signifiying the start of a new life together. (adapted from gorgon).

2) [gorgon] 1-3-2006(87): Woman change their surname when they "start their new life".

3) [Nuriko] 16-4-2008(34): To help you keep this separate from family name (#1828 氏) (as I have been doing lately…), picture a woman who just married a man, and of course, she adopts his surname and they start a new life together. Throughout their entire life together, he requires her to address him as "sir." Yes, like the sur in "surname".

4) [Spidercat] 6-3-2008(21): Women should keep their own surname when they marry. Changing surname is like disavowing your previous life.

5) [dingomick] 3-9-2007(10): The woman didn't want to marry Frankenstein in the first place, much less have to change her surname. (Image: the bride griamcing in the contables office signing the certificate to change her name).

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