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08-08-2007, 09:46 PM #1
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08-09-2007, 01:17 PM #2
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - 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.
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08-09-2007, 01:30 PM #3
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You have to get permission to use a name? I didn't know that. Hope some NZer's can explain.
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08-09-2007, 01:35 PM #4
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it probably explained in the article. There IS a number in the rejected name.
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08-09-2007, 02:04 PM #5
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There's a book called Freakonomics, which I highly recommend, that has a whole section on names (and naming data). A couple of highlights:
A woman named her daughter Temptress, didn't know what the word meant. This came up at the daughter's hearing on prostitution charges.
A man named his son Winner, thinking this was a sure way to guarantee success for the child. Later, he named a subsequent son Loser. The book says something along the lines that Winner's most impressive acheivement was the length of the list of crimes he'd been charged with . . . Meanwhile Loser went on to become a well respected sergeant (or detective) with an overall contented life. His friends and coworkers had a hard time calling him Loser, I think it said he went by Lou or some such thing.
There is also a nice list of unbelievable names taken from public records, including things like Doctor, Lawyer, etc.The best part about going up hills is riding back down!
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08-09-2007, 08:40 PM #6
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There is a tv reporter here whose name is "my miracle" and my son had a classmate called "miracle". A friend of mine called her (6th and last) Malachi ("my angel").
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08-10-2007, 07:09 AM #7
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My neighbors are 3 generations living together. Grandma, my age: Josephine.
Daughter; my son's age; Cassandra. Baby son; Ananais. And I hear them calling him and talking to him, carefully pronouncing all the syllables.. and I wonder; what are they going to call him in the school yard??
Anna? Annie? Nias?
ps, didn't mean to imply there were no men in the house, there are but they have boring names!Last edited by mimitabby; 08-10-2007 at 07:34 AM.
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08-09-2007, 02:01 PM #8
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In Australia the registrar can reject names for certain reasons. Have a look at the link below:
Originally Posted by silver
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1987769.htmThe most effective way to do it, is to do it.
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