SC - OT - naming

[Angus]

It's the same story in Sweden.  A year or two ago the papers wrote about a couple that wanted their son to have the name 'xzuffthattllker45xxooowqsdehjighyj'.
It's NOT the actual name, I can't recall that one, but it looked somewhat like that but with 56 letters or so.
When the parents were asked how the name was to be pronounced they replied "Fredrik".  They wanted to show that a name doesn't reflect a person's qualities.
It was turned down of course, in the end I think the main arguments were
*The main public has absolutely NO idea how to pronounce it.
*It won't fit onto a standard ID card.

The parents kept fighting for it though but I can't remember if they backed down in the end or just took the fine for not having named their child at the age of 5 (or if it's 7, not sure what the law says).

/Angus MacIomhair
- --- Morgan Cain <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org> wrote:
>>     Were you aware that the French gov't must approve your child's name?
>> They maintain a list of approved names, and if the name you want for your
>> baby isn't on the list, bad luck, try again.
>>
>>     Sieggy
>
>
>Not just France, but in the good ol' USA also -- at least, in St. Louis, and
>when I was born, which is why my birth certificate's authentication is
>somewhat after my date of birth.  (I had a stubborn mother.)  Apparently
>"Margo," which is a perfectly good name in France, didn't exist in Missouri.
>My mother had to show them.
>
>                                ---= Morgan
>
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