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mithridates
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:52 am Post subject: Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 |
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Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced /ˈalˌbin/) was a name intended for a Swedish child who was born in 1991.
The boy's parents had planned to never legally name him at all, as a protest to the strict child-naming rules of the Swedish government.
Because the parents (Elizabeth Hallin and an unidentified father) failed to register a name by the boy's fifth birthday, a district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden, fined the parents 5,000 kronor (equivalent to approximately US$ 650 or �� 525). Responding to the fine, the parents submitted the 43-character name In May 1996, claiming that it was "a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation". The parents suggested the name be understood in the spirit of pataphysics. The court rejected the name and upheld the fine.
The parents then tried to change the spelling of the name to A instead. Once again, the court did not approve of the parents' ideas for naming, for in Sweden it is prohibited to have a name of only one letter. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Someone is going to need psychotherapy when he grows up. And I hope he doesn't ever try to work somewhere where he has to wear a nametag, etiher. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Poor kid. What kid of parents use thier kid's name to try to make a political/protest statement?
That kid is doomed to years of daily beatings in the schoolyard; the parents should just be done with it and name him Adolf or something. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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I like the bit where one has to pronounce his name with 2 squares.
I also feel sorry for his teachers on the first day of school. |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| sure this isolated incident leads one to pity the kid (i certainly do!), but i find it fascist and ridiculous for the state to dictate what we can and cannot name our children. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| sure this isolated incident leads one to pity the kid (i certainly do!), but i find it fascist and ridiculous for the state to dictate what we can and cannot name our children. |
We have "Dweezil" and "Moon Unit," and whatever Bruce and Demi named their kids (I can't recall), in the U.S.
When I lived in Brazil, Jiu, my vodoo-practicing, Afro-Brazilian housekeeper, told me all about her two sons whose first names were the following, in order: "Elvis" and "JohnLennon."
In most places people can still name their kids whatever they want. |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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The parents don't have the right ikea  |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
| sure this isolated incident leads one to pity the kid (i certainly do!), but i find it fascist and ridiculous for the state to dictate what we can and cannot name our children. |
We have "Dweezil" and "Moon Unit," and whatever Bruce and Demi named their kids (I can't recall), in the U.S.
When I lived in Brazil, Jiu, my vodoo-practicing, Afro-Brazilian housekeeper, told me all about her two sons whose first names were the following, in order: "Elvis" and "JohnLennon."
In most places people can still name their kids whatever they want. |
as well as they should.
dont forget Oranjello and Lemonjello.
Also, Sh*thead...pronounced Shatead.
(all 3 names from "Freakonomics")
god bless 'urban' culture and single moms. |
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