To dash or not to dash

[doodlebugg 10]

run it together ..or space no dash...

and then...if space...2 capital letters?

jJ

and if no space, 2 capital letters?

this is getting complicated! I have a headache!

[Jenn! 918]

How about

"aL~"

[doodlebugg 10]

i have a confession to make: I can't handwrite the big E too well and if I have to make a space my whole mojo will get disturbed.

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

Oh my goodness Jackie I wasn't expecting that.

I'm so glad Medo has a very simple name. No spaces no dashes just 4 littlle letters.

[Nasturtium 500]

run it together ..or space no dash...

and then...if space...2 capital letters?

jJ

Run together, no space, no second capital. Alo..... is how it goes legally for us and most people i know did that: Alk... Als... etc. Then it's legally bound together with the least chance of being screwed up. As far as how he chooses to sign his name or write it on forms where it's not "legal" it doesn't matter.

[esmatsgirl 1]

I fretted over whether to keep the dash or not. After a long talk about what name we both want to use once he arrives in the USA, we decided to not use the Al at all. They don't say it out loud when they speak their name in Jordan...so I figured why should we worry about it here? It just confuses Americans who will always be trying to pronounce our name. We actually changed the spelling of our name also. The reason is because the Arabic and English translation is a difficult one. How it is usually translated is not really how it is supposed to be spoken in English. So, we decided on the spelling we thought was the best so that our name will be pronounced correctly here....and...I received my new social security card in the mail today with my new name on it...yipppeeee!!! Now I can change it everywhere else!!! I am so honored to be a part of his family and now to use the family name is the greatest!!!