Supermen, @s and Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii; Silly names from across the globe
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We all know choosing a child's name is important. It will determine the general public's perception of them, how they fit in with their peers, and whether or not they will hold a deep, abiding grudge against their parents to the grave and beyond.
To the vindictive, however, it is a chance to revel in some dickery. I've blagged most of these from [URL="http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/"]El Reg[/URL]. [URL="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/03/venezuela_name_clampdown/"]Use the links from here to find my sources.[/URL]
From Venezuela:
[quote] Venezuela's National Electoral Council last week proposed a Bill that would prevent parents giving their offspring "names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce", AP reports. The move came after a perusal of the electoral rolls revealed a litany of outrages, including Edigaith, Hersony, Nohemar, Mileidy and Leomar. It also identified no less than two Supermen, at which point the powers that be decided enough was enough.[/quote]America:
[quote]A NZ couple are fighting the powers that be for the right to name their son "4Real"...The Wheatons' choice was inspired by seeing an ultrasound of the unborn infant and realising it was "for real".[/quote][quote]An NZ judge has done the decent thing and made a nine-year-old girl a ward of court to allow her to ditch what must rate among the most preposterous names of all time - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.[/quote][quote]Jon Blake Cusack and wife Jamie, of Holland, Michigan, will certainly be spending many a sleepless night debugging little Jon Blake Cusack Version 2.0 and - in about 16 years' time - having a very hard time explaining to their unfortunate offspring whose bright idea this was in the first place.[/quote]From Sweden:
[quote]A Swedish couple is battling the country's National Tax Authority for the right to call their daughter "Metallica"[/quote][quote]A Stockholm couple is battling the tax authorities for the right to call their five-month-old daughter Elvis, [I]The Local[/I] reports.
The girl's mum, Linda, explained: "We talked about lots of names and then Elvis popped up. We thought it was a name that was both pretty and gender-neutral. We're not Elvis Presley fans at all."[/quote][quote]A Swedish couple's battle to name their son "Q" will shortly arrive on appeal at the Supreme Administrative Court, aka [I]Regeringsrätten[/I], which will determine if current regs allow single-letter first names.[/quote]China:
[quote]A man in central China has been refused permission to name his son "@" because it cannot be translated into Mandarin - as the law demands.
According to the Beijing Morning Post, the nomenclative dissident from Zhengzhou argued that the symbol is in common use on keyboards and therefore fair game.[/quote]Belgium:
[quote]Belgian authorities have decided that it is not a particularly bright idea for a Mr and Mrs Renault to name their daughter Megane.[/quote]And from my dear old Blighty:
[quote]Indeed, just last week we managed to completely bypass the sorry tale of a UK couple who christened their baby "Drew Peacock" only to get a very nasty shock when they typed it into Google. Likewise, we have never mentioned the legend of Scunthorpe and the trouble it had with emails and related domain names when they crashed against porn filters ("Who put the c*** in Scunthorpe?" came the cry at the time.)[/quote]How did we ever get this far as a species? If you have any more buggeries of identity to contribute, please do.
[quote]A NZ couple are fighting the powers that be for the right to name their son "4Real"...The Wheatons' choice was inspired by seeing an ultrasound of the unborn infant and realising it was "for real".
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I really, really wish people wouldn't choose fucking stupid names for their kid. It's almost a kind of child negligence.
No contributions, but that was hilarious.
Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii :wtc: Why!?
I wish I had a name like that. Fuck boring normal names.
My daughter is going to be named metallica now, thankyou sweden.
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No fuck that, it will be a mix between all the names, Mrs. Met@llica. Q. Mcdonalds. Bond.
I will name my children after the gods from Norse Mythology.
Jason Lee from My Name is Earl named his son Pilot Inspektor
My sister and her boyfriend gave their kid the middle name "Metal", and i think its fucking awesome. As long as its middle names.
I want to be named Q holy crap
I'm naming my daughter BoJangles.
Or Jabberwocky
I remember hearing the tula does the hula in Hawaii story while ago.
what's wrong with elvis? i've met kids with that name
Ummm...where the fuck's NZ in America?
Goddammit I thought it was Badage Boys.
[quote]Venezuela's National Electoral Council last week proposed a Bill that would prevent parents giving their offspring "names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce", AP reports. The move came after a perusal of the electoral rolls revealed a litany of outrages, including Edigaith, Hersony, Nohemar, Mileidy and Leomar. It also identified no less than two Supermen, at which point the powers that be decided enough was enough.[/quote]
This one is bullshit. Although we're famous for our ridiculous names, which are totally unpronounceable even by Spanish standards. We've got millons of Jhonnys, spelt like that ( with the S ); "Brayan", a bastardization of "Brian"; "Maikel" for "Michael"; fucking "Yusalmy" out of "US Army" ( The name came from a T-Shirt the mother was wearing on birth ), "Yordan" out of "Jordan".
Then again, we're just really stupid for names and everything else in general..
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I once met a (black) girl named "Tah-sha"
no big deal right?
WRONG. It was pronounced "Tuh-[b]dash[/b]-uh" :doh:
Isn't Q the name of the kid from Paper Towns?
4Real....are they for real?
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i love this guy
I'm going to name my kid Respekt
I gave my cat a super long name with like 18 middle names. I wrote it all down but I saved it on my currently broken computer, all i can remember is
Garry Steven Segagl Jesus Gabe Curtain Swimming Champion Michael Phelps Green.
We just call him Garry.
I know there is a couple in Stockholm that named their baby Gollum, thats kinda a douche move.
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They must have made a mistake, the 'Jawi' words down there says Batman Bin Sufarman. Which, the fathers name 'Sufarman' is legit.
Jawi is basically the Malay language only that the words is similar to Arabic.
Me children are ging to be named HArdwood and Panelling
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