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Marcie Dahlgren-Frost. Dahlgren is my maiden name, Frost is my married name. I'm single again, but I never bothered to remove the frost. And I get compliments on the hyphen.
— Marcie Dahlgren-Frost · Uncle Buck
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An editorial interpretation.
Marcie turns an explanation of her surname into a miniature comedy of marriage and divorce. Keeping Frost invites a pun about lingering coldness, while compliments on the hyphen make punctuation sound like a personal accessory worth retaining after the relationship ends.
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