Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 个月前"I can't stay quiet": Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever POTUS endorsementwww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-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 · 9 个月前message-square52fedilink
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·edit-29 个月前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-down11·9 个月前without the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 个月前That doesn’t really matter, though.
minus-squareNoIWontPickAName@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 个月前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-down2·9 个月前i don’t particularly care what she calls herself. i was just curious
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 个月前 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