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From: Rick Van Dusen <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] 2010 US census
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:20:00 -0700
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EXACTLY! And worse.

In fact, when my son got his DMV* ID card, the card, thankfully, was
correct, but it was sent to "David Dusen Pieter Van" (instead of David
Pieter Van Dusen, or Van Dusen, David Pieter).

When I lived in New York State, people understood Dutch names, but here
in California, I've been called everything from Anderson to Mendoza.

Oh, and my first attempt to import my data into TMG, the two-thirds of
my individuals who have Van... names had Van as a middle name instead.


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* For those not in US states with a DMV, that's Department of Motor
Vehicles.





Lee Hoffman wrote:
> Rick Van Dusen wrote:
>> These latter forms have their own problems, IMO. One of them is
>> all-uppercase block lettering. Completely obliterates distinctions
>> between, say, Van Dusen, Van dusen, and van Dusen (without getting into
>> vanDusen, Vandusen). (Yes, whenever someone can't find me quickly "in
>> the computer", I immediately advise to check for either Vandusen or Van
>> Dusen.)
>
> Or by just Dusen. I haven't it in this case, but I've seen similar
> names treated like this.
>
>
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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