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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
I think it was common for immigration officers to do that to people coming into the country from Europe back in the day- arbitrarily shortening family names that were difficult to pronounce. And often the families had no say in the matter.
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This is how I've heard it often happened. No one said "Our name is too difficult...", but rather someone at the port of entry said "
Your name is too difficult..."