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Weirdness in Sweden

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3701802.stm ...full article

Swedish MPs are calling for legislation on babies' names to be changed after a Gothenburg woman was refused permission to call her son Staalman (or Superman).
The parents wanted their son to be named after the cartoon superhero, because he was born with one arm pointing upwards - as Superman flies.
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Legislation on babies' names? Why?
 
IIRC France has the same laws as well. Your baby's name can't be something weird.

Charlie (it's Googable) Monoxide

PS A friend of mine was considering naming his daughters Ampersand and Tilde. Look how easy it would be to sign their names: @ and ~
 
Charlie Monoxide said:
IIRC France has the same laws as well. Your baby's name can't be something weird.
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Why though? It seems like a gross violation of civil rights.
 
I absolutely agree with you. It's nice to see that Frank Zappa named his kids accordingly, namely Dweezil and Moon Unit 1.

Charlie (where's Frank when you need him?) Monoxide
 
Tony said:
Why though? It seems like a gross violation of civil rights.
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Well, I doubt in the U.S. you could name your kid Sh1thead. Is that a violation of civil rights? Sure, you can call him that from time to time but making it legal seems extreme, don't-cha-think?
 
Tony said:
Why though? It seems like a gross violation of civil rights.
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There are conflicting rights, those of the parents and those of the child. What if the parents decide to call their kid Fockinmoron? If I called you that in front of wittnesses you'd have legal grounds to sue me. Should the kid have the same right? Yes - but too complicated? There you have the reason for the legislation.

Zee
 
Rob Lister said:
Well, I doubt in the U.S. you could name your kid Sh1thead. Is that a violation of civil rights? Sure, you can call him that from time to time but making it legal seems extreme, don't-cha-think?
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Can you cite any laws?
 
I met someone whose name was John Doe III. He claimed that when he was about 10, he found out the thing that identified himself personally was the "III." So he decided his name would be "III" - pronounced "three." When he was an adult he tried to get his name legally changed to "III" but California denied the change. However, he said he received a jury duty summons for "III."

I cannot verify the reliability of this story but if it true, there are limits to legal names in the US.

CBL
 
Strangest name I ever heard was a guy whose last name was Smith, named his son "three fifths". I thought about changing my name to "Screw Off". Then, when bureaucrats, police, etc, asked for my name, I could say "Screw Off".
 
Patrick said:
Strangest name I ever heard was a guy whose last name was Smith, named his son "three fifths". I thought about changing my name to "Screw Off". Then, when bureaucrats, police, etc, asked for my name, I could say "Screw Off".
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But you decided it'd be easier to stick to your real name, "Screw Up".
 
But you decided it'd be easier to stick to your real name, "Screw Up".

Ya, when I found out you already reserved "Screw Loose".
 
An ER Doc I knew years ago kept a log of some of the more unusual names she came across. Orangejello and his twin Lemonjello. Nosmoking. Meconium. Noname (17th child). Sir John (very difficult to call a 2y/o Sir). Beemer (BMW). Those are just the ones I can recall.

The all time winner of names parents gave a child that lived to regret it: Ima Hogg, daughter of Texas territorial Govenor Hogg.

Name the kid whatever you want but be prepared to explain it to them when they come home from school.


Boo
 
With respects to Johnny and Shell:

BOY NAMED SUE
My daddy left home when I was three,
And he didn't leave much to Ma and me...
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue'.

Well, he must o' thought that is was quite a joke,
And it got a lot of laughs from a' lots of folk.
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red,
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head.
I tell ya, life ain't easy for a boy named 'Sue'.

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen.
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars,
And kill that man that give me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town, and my throat was dry.
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me 'Sue'.

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out picture that my mother'd had,
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold,
And I said: "My name is 'Sue!' How do you do! Now you gonna die!"

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes,
And he went down, but, to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I've fought tougher men,
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: "Son, this world is rough,
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough,
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye.
I knew you'd have to get tough or die,
And it's that name that helped to make you strong."

He said: "Now you just fought one hell of a fight,
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'."

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I come away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but sue! I still hate that name!
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Rob Lister said:
Well, I doubt in the U.S. you could name your kid Sh1thead. Is that a violation of civil rights? Sure, you can call him that from time to time but making it legal seems extreme, don't-cha-think?
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But its pronounced shie-THE-ad
 
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