RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down14cross-posted to: worldwithoutus@kbin.socialglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: worldwithoutus@kbin.socialglobalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoMaking sure you’re not dating a cousin would be a lot more work.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoA lot of names came from locations and professions. For example, not every “miller” or “smith” is related to one another (well, any more so than every human is related to another)
Making sure you’re not dating a cousin would be a lot more work.
A lot of names came from locations and professions. For example, not every “miller” or “smith” is related to one another (well, any more so than every human is related to another)