 Chinese couple tries to name baby "@" |
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| Chinese couple tries to name baby "@" |
 Aug 16 2007, 01:50 PM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/5059215.html
QUOTE BEIJING  A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive name for their child settled on the e-mail 'at' symbol  annoying government officials grappling with an influx of unorthodox names. The unidentified couple were cited today by a government official as an example of citizens bringing bizarre names into the Chinese language. Written Chinese does not use an alphabet but is comprised of characters, sometimes making it difficult to develop words for new or foreign objects and ideas. As of last year, only 129 names accounted for 87 percent of all surnames in China, Li said. The letters 'a' and 't' can be pronounced in a way that sounds like the phrase "love him" in Chinese. The father "said 'the whole world uses it to write e-mails and, translated into Chinese, it means 'love him,'" Li Yuming, vice director of the State Language Commission, said at a news conference. Li did not say if police, who are the arbiters of names because they issue identity cards, rejected baby 'at.' when will this stupid shit end? |
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Aug 16 2007, 01:56 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Aug 16 2007, 02:50 PM)  when families are free to name their children anything they want. even if they wish to leave the name section blank. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Aug 16 2007, 02:09 PM
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i think it's pretty cool
A friend of mine names is kid: ! Yeah, the symbol... They call him "ex" --------------------  |
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Aug 16 2007, 02:10 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
well there needs to be limits.
i.e. A-Z |
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Aug 16 2007, 02:24 PM
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QUOTE (blaarg @ Aug 16 2007, 03:09 PM) i think it's pretty cool A friend of mine names is kid: ! Yeah, the symbol... They call him "ex" Wow thats stupid Sorry, it had to be said -------------------- |
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Aug 16 2007, 02:35 PM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Aug 16 2007, 03:10 PM) well there needs to be limits. i.e. A-Z three characters. thats pretty rough man... -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Aug 16 2007, 05:23 PM
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before class started one day, I got there early, and this one girl was talking about how her sister just had a baby, and they named it Bentley(anyone want to guess the race of this girl?). I muttered to myself, that's the only Bentley they'll have.
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Aug 16 2007, 05:25 PM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
you should have said it loudly.
-------------------- 32-bit whore
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Aug 17 2007, 01:36 AM
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 N O E S Group: Members Posts: 421 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Hieuston, TX Member No.: 42 |
http://www.hotghettomess.com/images/storie...th/Julymess.jpg (sorta NSFW...)
Yaaa baby Bentley!!!! This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Aug 17 2007, 09:03 AM --------------------   |
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Aug 17 2007, 10:27 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
I've heard of someone who named their daughter Trashunda.
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Aug 18 2007, 09:57 AM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
shithead = best baby name
(freakonomics) |
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Aug 18 2007, 10:18 AM
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Corrupting the youth of America Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Alice, TX Member No.: 176 |
limonjello, orangejello, abcde.............best three names i ever saw in medical records
-------------------- Brandon....you're the reason I'm pro-choice.
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