Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2年前"I can't stay quiet": Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever POTUS endorsementwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down18
arrow-up1336arrow-down1external-link"I can't stay quiet": Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever POTUS endorsementwww.axios.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2年前message-square47fedilink
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·edit-22年前as i said in another comment: wouldn’t that be Melinda French-Gates? in the article (and others about this), her name isn’t hyphenated, and when only referred to by her last name, it’s just “Gates” Gates said that she has voted for both Republicans and Democrats in past elections.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·2年前without the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2年前That doesn’t really matter, though.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2年前Agreed, but like second last name middle name. A lot of people had names like that where I grew up
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2年前i don’t particularly care what she calls herself. i was just curious
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22年前 Melinda French Gates[2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964)
as i said in another comment:
in the article (and others about this), her name isn’t hyphenated, and when only referred to by her last name, it’s just “Gates”
Why does the dash matter so much?
without the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name
That doesn’t really matter, though.
Agreed, but like second last name middle name.
A lot of people had names like that where I grew up
i don’t particularly care what she calls herself. i was just curious