Name Hacks
As a kid I recall a popular rumor that there was a pair of twins in Canada named Fruit and Loop. This rumor came to our neighborhood via a worldly and scabby boy who moved into a big house down the street.
Sixty million Chinese faced the problem that their names use ancient characters so obscure that computers cannot recognise them and even fluent speakers were left scratching their heads.
While working at a youth hostel in San Francisco, I was checking in a man whose California drivers license identified him with only a single name, “Patchy”. He informed me that in CA you have a legal right to an alias, and that they will issue you an ID with any name you want, except “God”. I promptly went down to the DMV and got what I considered to be the best alias ever, “Fay Kaylius”, complete with the darkest juiciest fake black eye i could render using black and blue bics.
A Chinese couple tried to name their baby “@”, claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child, an official trying to whip the national language into line said on Thursday. story
Before I was a parent, I always thought that “Mr.” would the coolest first name for a son that I might someday have. Since becoming one of those parental types, Di-Ann and I have had the honor to bestow names on 2 children, and we have tended towards obscure or exotic traditionals for our kids’ first names, and fantasy based metaphorics for middles. Emiko Transformer & Tabor Oz. Both names will hopefully continue to carry the blessings and wishes of freedom, power, choice, transformation, exploration and individuality that we have for our children.
A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman — but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry. story
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