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Posted on 01/03/2013 3:01:18 AM PST by Einherjar
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means "light breeze" in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government.
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Ok True. But the question is... if half the women over there are ridiculously “not guilty” would I notice?.......LOL
Heck, I work at a community college in the burbs, and it is really pathetic the number of mauled names the kids have these days. I’m not talking just the obviously ghetto list, but the number of kids with names that are simply spelled wrong from the norm. I mean you will see a name on a list, and assume it is a typo (Stefany, say), but it is not.
Now I understand that a community college is not exactly catering to the upper crust of society, but getting your kids name correct when they are born doesn’t seem like a particularly high hurdle.
Better than laouthousa or lasheda.
Thanks for that. Amazingly, and a huge compliment to the mother, it was NOT obvious!!!
I won't even tell you how a family member's common name is spelled, but it's along the Stefany line. Missing some characters.
Latin Americans use many names similar to names in English, but they spell them differently. I’ve had Stephany, Estefany, and Estefeni in my Sunday School classes in recent years.
We use “Steven” and “Stephen” for boys without comment, so there’s nothing sacrosanct about the “ph,” and why must there be an “a” in the feminine version when the masculine uses “e”?
Shirley Q. Liquor. LOL
Iceland is not the only European country to limit the names of newborns.
Again, not about control of the people, it's about preserving their language and culture.
My wife received an application from a woman whose first name was Clitoralyn
So, being her, I would introduce myself to everybody by my preferred name, use it in written form everywhere I could get away with it, and spit my government-approved name with as much contempt as I could muster only when required by some bureaucrat (and then say, “but REAL people call me Blaer.”)
And dangit, if my Momma called me "Dog Poop" and the Government wanted to call me "Humilis Vectigal Generans" (look it up), I'd probably settle on "Skyway Thunderbolt" as a reasonable compromise, and use it as outlined above.
Changed from Sh*thouse, maybe?
“Can you imagine? “
Easily. I’m sure Obama is working on it as we speak.
Just like a foreign language class.
“This class is taught in American English. I will assign a grownup, American English name for each of you. You may or may not use it outside of this class if you wish. Let me offer a bit of advice, though - if you use this grownup name in daily life, you will have a much higher likelihood of being a live, healthy, productive citizen in America.”
i went to grade school with kids whose last name was “Outhouse” ..true story.
You posted: How about Latrina
It’s pretty.
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I think it stinks...
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But you've been known to have a crappy attitude.
“This time, the panel turned it down on the grounds that the word Blaer takes a masculine article, despite the fact that it was used for a female character in a novel by Iceland’s revered Nobel Prize-winning author Halldor Laxness.”
...and just HOW did “Halldor Laxness” get ON the list???
Still have not made the decision to grow up, eh?
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