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Naming kids weird things, like @
Just because you like the internet, and have a strong desire towards email, there is no way on earth you should be able to name your child '@'.That's just what a couple in China is trying to get away with. It is their life after all, but think of poor '@' when he's 5 going to school, or 16 and trying to get a date. The couple claims that the '@' symbol professes their love for the little bundle of joy. You see, in China 'at' or sounded out 'ai ta' apparently means to 'love him'.
China does have a ban on using ancient characters in names. It's not known whether the couple was actually allowed to name their child '@', but if they are, maybe we'll soon see a few $, %, &, and !'s sprout up around the country.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsjustinAug 16th 2007 3:36PM
i want to change my name to !
GarrisonAug 16th 2007 3:47PM
Maybe they were big fans of Rogue or NetHack.
Saftey DancerAug 16th 2007 3:49PM
I want to change my name to
ThingFishAug 16th 2007 4:35PM
This is as stupid as that New Zealand couple trying to name their baby 4real, the gov't denied them because names can not contain numbers. Now they are trying to name the child Superman. Personally I think people like this shouldn't be allowed to put there DNA in the gene pool.
markAug 16th 2007 7:04PM
That's gonna suck when @ tries to get an email address. Or fill out an online form for that matter. "You may not use special characters in your name."
Chris GilmerAug 16th 2007 7:05PM
LOL @ mark. that is so true!
MarkAug 16th 2007 9:38PM
Don't these idiot parents realize that they are ruining their children's lives by giving them all these stupid names, just so THEY can get attention for themselves. These kids are human beings, not pets! Imagine what they have to go through in school when their name is Superman or some stupid symbol. This should really be considered abuse.
MysteriusAug 17th 2007 1:53AM
It's not so bad. I mean, it seems to be a workable name in Chinese, at least. If he ever needs to fill out his name in English, just use "At", or if he feels self conscious about that, then "Ahta" or something.
I might consider it myself someday, for my child, though I'm not insane enough to actually try to use the "@" symbol as the name.
adamAug 17th 2007 3:28AM
My real name is Hyphen Interrobang
#Aug 17th 2007 5:49AM
I was known as # in my former life
kimosabiAug 19th 2007 4:23PM
why cant they just pick one of the 91235283462842387423425435million other chinese symbols?
JamesAug 20th 2007 11:04AM
Maybe I should change my name to "emdash" -- sort of a copy-editor in-joke?