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[(Anonymous)]

I must say I didn't realise before hand how cumbersome a double barrelled surname is. Its got to the point where if I'm ordering a pizza or taxi, or booking a restaurant or hair appointment, I just use one half or the other because its Just Too Complicated to spell the whole lot. I've also lost count of the times when people have assumed that my first name is Purser and my surname Hallard - I mean what kind of a forename is Purser for Pete's sake?

At the time, it was the least silly of a variety of pretty silly options. Phil wanted us to go for either an Anagram (Pullars-Harder was his favouite, or failing that something including Pulsar) or to pioneer the use of unusual punctuation within the name, such as Purser:Hallard or Purser!Hallard.

If I was in communication with my former self, I would advise some shorter combination of the two names, such as Purlard - it would probably feel strange for a bit, but would be more easily livable-with. On the other hand if I was in communication with my self of 5 years ago there are a hell of a lot of more important bits of advice I would give myself, so this tiny detail might get forgotten.