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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
  9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP)

Side note: I’m all for doing what makes you happy, but if I’d been born with as ridiculously cool a name as Cassius Marcellus Clay or Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., no way in hell I’d change it.

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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
  9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP)
  10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
  9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP)
  10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
  11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller)

Had his first and middle names legally removed and now has only a single name.

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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
  9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP)
  10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
  11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller)
  12. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier)
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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
  9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP)
  10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
  11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller)
  12. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier)
  13. [strikethrough]Any random Jewish performer in Hollywood[/strikethrough]Woody Allen, born Allan Stewart Konigsberg

Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife (from a previous marriage) or keeping mine
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Famous people who legally changed their names

  1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
  2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay)
  3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe)
  4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib)
  5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman)
  6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor)
  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)
  8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King)
  9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP)
  10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
  11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller)
  12. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier)
  13. [del]Any random Jewish performer in Hollywood[/del]Woody Allen, born Alan Stewart Konigsberg

Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
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:: :confused: “milkbag”?

Eta: thanks for format fix! ::

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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show

(re: milkbags: it’s a Canadian thing, I think. Their milk comes in bags instead of cartons)

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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
  8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover)
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
  8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover)
  9. Snoring
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
  8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover)
  9. Snoring
  10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway ::
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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
  8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover)
  9. Snoring
  10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway ::
  11. How she has a near-religious objection to emptying the lint trap on the dryer

Not a “bitter fight,” as such, but recurring low-level skirmishing.

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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
  8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover)
  9. Snoring
  10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway ::
  11. How she has a near-religious objection to emptying the lint trap on the dryer
  12. What goes in the dishwasher / how to load the dishwasher.
    Can we do this for another three dozen topics or so? Seriously. It’s no wonder I’m separated now. Unbelievably weird disagreements about the most trivial of things. Constantly. Maybe I should start a thread.

Continue.

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Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse

  1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine
  2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag
  3. What brand of bread to buy
  4. Chores
  5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show
  6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own
  7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right)
  8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover)
  9. Snoring
  10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway ::
  11. How she has a near-religious objection to emptying the lint trap on the dryer
  12. What goes in the dishwasher / how to load the dishwasher.
  13. What year a particular Cure album came out (we were someplace that we couldn’t easily verify the right answer) :smack:

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