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Iceland teen known legally as ‘girl’ fights to get her name back
New York Daily News ^

Posted on 01/06/2013 5:21:02 AM PST by SMGFan

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And we need to be more like those European countries?

Time for the USA to get rid of all those weird new names with weird spellings. /s Those low information voters dontcha know?

1 posted on 01/06/2013 5:21:09 AM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Did Boy take Tarzan & Jane to court? Just wondering...


2 posted on 01/06/2013 5:33:37 AM PST by twister881
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What! we have to give up Shanikwa, chantelle, danikwa, imani, shanice, jamaica and china.


3 posted on 01/06/2013 5:40:36 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Being Breitbart, Concord and Lexington America's first gun grab attempt)
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Icelandic government’s approved list of names, sez it all


4 posted on 01/06/2013 5:41:50 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Being Breitbart, Concord and Lexington America's first gun grab attempt)
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And this country went bankrupt recently. Why is there a need for such a list when you’re friggin broke?


5 posted on 01/06/2013 5:48:47 AM PST by Thebaddog (Obama won, we are so screwed.)
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Icelandic government’s approved list of names, sez it all...What! we have to give up Shanikwa, chantelle, danikwa, imani, shanice, jamaica and china.

And Mohammed and Achmed and...

6 posted on 01/06/2013 5:52:58 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (We were the tea party before there was a tea party. - Jim Robinson)
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To: ronnie raygun

Don’t forget Apple & BlueIvy!
I feel sorry for the kids who have to go through life with some of the ridiculous names...difficult to pronounce, difficult to spell. JMO.


7 posted on 01/06/2013 5:54:46 AM PST by FES0844
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We had a local basketball team where every girl on the starting lineup was named “Katelyn” and all were spelled differently.

I propose we take all names, put them into a computer that separates them by sound, and whatever the most popular spelling of that name is, everyone with that name gets the same spelling. So if I ask someone what their name is and they say “Haley”, I don’t then have to ask “how do YOU spell that?” So Allison, Alison, Allisyn, Alisyn, Alysin, Allysin, and Allysyn all get one spelling. I don’t care which one wins, but we as a people need to agree that all we are doing is screwing up our childrens’ future by giving them a stupid way to spell their names.


8 posted on 01/06/2013 5:55:15 AM PST by pie_eater
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America is noted for having whatever names people want. In fact, in most of the world, names have meanings ~ in America they are just names.

Took me a good 50 years to do enough research in the most obscure parts of history to find out what my surname meant ~ and when I succeeded in that most awesome task I found there were a good dozen spellings of the primary core of the name and maybe over a hundred other variations based on varying pronunciations in languages that've been extinct for well over 1000 years.

Folks fresh off the Boeing don't usually have that problem and might well think those spellings are strange.

9 posted on 01/06/2013 5:56:08 AM PST by muawiyah
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Nobody get to mess with Billybob or Jimmyjoe! And when it comes to Sarah (think there are 100+ variations on that one) we have to remember that the Two Mary’s had a companion named Sarah who accompanied them to Ephesus ~ and that ain’t bad ~ however it’s spelled.


10 posted on 01/06/2013 5:59:06 AM PST by muawiyah
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Ten bucks says that Dwezil and Moon Unit are on the approved list.As is Mohammad,no doubt.
11 posted on 01/06/2013 6:08:33 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (When Robbing Peter To Pay Paul,One Can Always Count On Paul's Cooperation)
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“America is noted for having whatever names people want. In fact, in most of the world, names have meanings ~ in America they are just names.”

Not really.
Adolf Hitler Campbell Custody Battle: Parents Will Not Get Kids Back After Nazi Naming
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/adolf-hitler-campbell-custody-battle-nazi-names-new-jersey_n_1561046.html


12 posted on 01/06/2013 6:10:50 AM PST by Slambat (The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
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That was an exception to the rule ~ Chantechaniqua Jones ~ whatever jones means ~ is the rule.


13 posted on 01/06/2013 6:20:56 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: SMGFan

Secret Agent girl.... They’ve given you a title and taken ‘way your name...


14 posted on 01/06/2013 6:25:08 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: pie_eater
I propose we take all names, put them into a computer that separates them by sound, and whatever the most popular spelling of that name is, everyone with that name gets the same spelling.

I'll agree only if you make all of the people named Carl change their names.

15 posted on 01/06/2013 6:25:14 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
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Back when I was in the Air Force we had a guy named (full name) North East West.

I really felt sorry for him.


16 posted on 01/06/2013 6:26:36 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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Dogg - girl name in Iceland, means “dew” and is an approved name. LOL

http://babynames.allparenting.com/list/Icelandic_Baby_Names/Dogg/details/


17 posted on 01/06/2013 6:34:28 AM PST by Bluebird Singing
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I don’t think it’s anyone’s business what parents want to call their children or how people choose to spell their names.


18 posted on 01/06/2013 6:38:20 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Obama: Brought to you by the letter "O" and the number 16 trillion.)
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Björk is acceptable.


19 posted on 01/06/2013 6:46:44 AM PST by SMGFan (SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
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There have been studies on the correlation between first names and success and, SURPRISE! Those with common names with recognized spellings were much more likely to succeed than those with strange spellings.

I’ve been told by kindergarten teachers that students with names that were difficult to pronounce or spell, often got behind the Joes and Marys, and took months to catch up. Some never did.


20 posted on 01/06/2013 6:48:36 AM PST by jch10 (Hey GOP! Only Conservatives get my vote.)
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