HDNet hires strategic consultant

Scott Doyle, says:

Sometimes peeps have their reasons.

For instance, my email signature at work has my middle initial b/c the setup of our email address is first initial of first name + last name...however there was already an sdoyle, so my middle initial is thrown in (sldoyle) and I help people make the connection by displaying it in my sig.

Just sayin'.

Rick Yost, says:

Interesting subject. I've always thought it funny that some women will use their maiden-or last married name as a middle name. Such as Hillary Rodham Clinton. I guess this is an attempt to avoid being confused with the other Hillary Clinton. I've never understood it myself. I guess it's a girl thing.

Rawlins Gilliland, says:

Clearly, a lot of people here and elsewhere either have no middle name or hate theirs. Otherwise~~~As a man raised by feminist activists, let me earn my stripes here:

I'm almost sure that if men had traditionally been expected to drop their last name...the name of the father's family.... for that of his wife, they would have used either their 'maiden' name as thier middle initial, or double name (like Rodham Clinton...which she has since dropped).

In my case, I sometimes use my middle initial...'H'...which stands for Harrison... because it is part of my name, and there was a reason I was given it. I was almost Harrison Rawlins instead of Rawlins Harrison. It was a coin toss, and my mother's family name lost. But lost completely and forever over a flipped nickel?

Beyond that; Why does someone eat celery? Because they want to.

Rick Yost, says:

Rawlins Gilliland- Using middle initials isn't a big deal, I use Richard B. Yost for legal stuff. It was the whole last name thing I was wondering about.
And I actually agree- women shouldn't just automatically have to give up their names. And you're right about the Celery.

Scott Doyle, says:

I know an Ann Marie. Of course we know Jim Bob and Jean Anne, etc - but I've never see someone who's referenced by both first and middle name to toss in an Initial between the middle and last name. I concur with whoever posted that it's odd, I was just saying more often than not there's a reason someone slaps in their initial.

To me, Sue Ann R. Hamilton is over the top. If you're gonna go by Sue Ann, at least go the distance and spell out all 4 names.