Singhals wrote: >.... decided to >change his name to something "not ethnic"... >... his All-American new name : >Macy. I worked (in England) with someone married to a man with a clearly non-English name. They changed the family name to an English surname (chosen from a telephone directory) in order to 1) help the children to feel like the others at school; 2) avoid having to spell the surname in shops. We pointed out (when she informed us after the deed-poll) that choosing a name such as Reed (Read, Reade) didn't help with reason 2. <grin> myths@ic24.net