[poll] Names!

[pne]

To clarify slightly (hopefully): the "more than two middle names" was meant to read "more than two given names (i.e., more than one middle name)". And the "human" option is for those who would prefer to answer neither "male" nor "female"; I take it for granted that most people who chose "male" or "female" also consider themselves "human".

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[timwi.livejournal.com]

Do you capitalise your family name? (e.g. John SMITH / NAKAMURA Chieko)

Only when writing French or Esperanto.

Which of the following do you have in your full name?

You forgot "an artist's pseudonym" :-) but I don't have one.

Would you expect your partner to change their family name when they marry you?

The answer "no" is ambiguous. It could mean "I do not expect my partner to...", or "I expect my partner not to...". The former applies to me, and I find the distinction quite important.

I consider myself

I hate it when the pollmakers put some joke answer in ("none of the above", in this case), and then people give that answer just to be funny, making the whole question much less interesting because the answers are not serious.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I hate it when the pollmakers put some joke answer in ("none of the above", in this case)

It wasn't intended to be a joke answer.

It's just that I thought that there'd be people who not only would not describe themselves as 'male' or 'female' but might not even identify as 'human'. It's not something I can imagine but in my time across LiveJournal I've come across a variety of beliefs which are different from anything I'd come across before, and people appear to be sincere in that belief.

So if someone thinks they're really, say, a reincarnated wolf or an alien from Alpha Centauri, or perhaps nineteen different people living inside one body, then I wanted an option they could pick.

[bdot.livejournal.com]

i have run into folks on lj and IRL who believe they are something other than "just human".. and while i identify as "female human" whos to say that the others are wrong!

[pne.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[timwi.livejournal.com]

I suppose that makes sense, but unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that many people will answer that just to be funny. :/ Of course, that's nothing you can change.

[pne.livejournal.com]

unfortunately it doesn't change the fact that many people will answer that just to be funny.

Yes, unfortunately.