# Most Unfortunate Hyphenated Surname **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227 "2011-08-18T21:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227/21 "2011-08-19T14:36:05Z")
At the apartment I used to live in, my neighbors were the Odems-Neighbors. Thus, if anyone asked me who those people were, I could tell them. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227/22 "2011-08-19T16:25:45Z")
Cox & Zucker lived down the hall from my college dorm. It was known as the Cox-Zucker room. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227/23 "2011-08-19T16:42:56Z")
Kirsch-Platt. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227/24 "2011-08-19T19:53:21Z")
When I was in college, a fellow student had the surname Ohnesorge-Fick. My German-speaking girlfriend told me it meant “fuck without worry”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unfortunate-hyphenated-surname/593227.md?page=1)