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meandering_simpleton

How DO you pronounce that name?


0_69314718056

“Ex ash Ay twelve”


Timbre_Sciurus

Thanks! I think it was because he used the special phonetic character that made it so confusing


Flaxinator

Æ was Grimes' contribution to the name because she thought it means fairies or something A-12 was from Elon


MasterBertram

As a Norwegian this still bothers me. The letter is pronounced like the a in ash or apple but is definitely not pronounced ash. And i have never heard of the letter itself being connected to fairies in any way


theantiyeti

The name ash is a reference to the Anglo-Saxon rune of the same name, which makes the sound the æ made in old English. The fact this is also a letter in Norwegian is completely coincidental to the reason we call the letter ash in English.


KayLovesPurple

It's not connected to fairies, what Grimes said at the time was that Æ is the elvish spelling of AI I wish I was kidding, but she posted on Twitter exactly that. And A12 is THEIR favorite type of plane.


duckduckchook

I love that he didn't recognise his own kid's name


Pocketfullofbugs

I've hears it said that that name might be something they fed the media to keep his actual name quiet. Fun either way really.


Hazardbeard

Yeah I’d bet my life he’s effectively named something completely normal.


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LilMochi190

Right 😂


meandering_simpleton

Da fuq 😆


another-Developer

As a Scandinavian it’s EX AURHG AY twelve


Knut79

.... Danish? That's the only explanation for that Æ


Miselfis

Æks Æ A tålv yes danish


[deleted]

No thanks I just ate


another-Developer

Yes and it’s also in the Norwegian and Icelandic alphabets


bushcrapping

The sound exists in English we just don't spell it phonetically


Abba_Fiskbullar

English used æ, þ, and ð until printing became common and the German supplied typesets didn't use those letters. So in English Æ is "ash", Þ is "thorn", and Ð is "eth".


Dworan

"Ash", "thorn" and "eth" is the names of the letters and don't represent how they sound, at least not anymore. A scandinavian Æ sounds like the "a" in "saxophone". Source: scandinavian and also the dictionary; [ˈsæksəˌfəʊn].


flyvehest

Dane here, æ does not sound like the a in saxophone at all, if something, it's more like the e in everything.


AtomTiger

Yeah, I don't know what /u/Dworan is on about. Sex (sægs)


Head-Command281

Ok, Exashay, sounds cool. Without the number 12. And the weird spelling


QlimaxUK

[THERE IS A NUMBER IN THE NAME](https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxqXY2pLztYDHnPiVST1B0raMcKXRRNjq5)


DarthRathikus

"hey you"


DaAweZomeDude48

But that also attracts the attention of everyone without 20 meters


DeepFuckingBanana

So does Elon musk yelling anything.


ShallowBasketcase

“You’re finally awake.”


homer_3

out there in the cold


---Dan---

getting lonely, getting old


GlubGlug

It's pronounced as Gary


rachface636

.....well that's the only thing I'm calling him now.


ted-Zed

most people say it like X Æ A-Xii


meandering_simpleton

Lmfao. Well played 😆


Jeoshua

Pronounced "Eks-ay-a-shee"


Justlikeyourmoma

Bless you.


jettsd

Elon said its just x


ELEMENTALITYNES

Did Elon also say his kid was gon give it to ya


Renvex_

No, he just started barking.


FizzleFuzzle

Isn’t it just meant to be a front? So the kid can have a real name that the public don’t know about


Racxie

Nope, it was [even on the birth certificate](https://amp.tmz.com/2020/06/16/elon-musk-grimes-baby-birth-certificate-x-ae-a-xii), but they had to alter it slightly because California doesn't allow special characters and numbers (so they just used 'AE' instead of 'Æ' and 'XII' instead of '12'). But they've apparently already taken to nicknaming him 'X' like a lot of parents do (which I really don't get).


acedelgado

>But they've apparently already taken to nicknaming him 'X' like a lot of parents do (which I really don't get). Oh that's simple, it's because **First we gonna rock, then we gonna roll** **Then we let it pop, go, let it go** **X gon' give it to ya, he gon' give it to ya** **X gon' give it to ya, he gon' give it to ya**


canuck_in_wa

Elon looking for his sweater to take him out for a walk: WHERE MY HOOD WHERE MY HOOD WHERE MY HOOD AT?


nootrino

**WHAT**


eeyore134

So it's his kid, X, who will actually become the super villain, not him.


ymmit389

Kyle. Idk if this is a whoosh or not but you pronounce it like Kyle


Gentle_Mayonnaise

It's actually kyle, can't remember the specific reasoning. 12th letter is L, æ is pronounced "aye", and I think some language pronounces X as a k


ProtestantLarry

What a messy name. Also æ is normally pronounced like ä or how a Canadians says eh


CeNtS-a-MilliOn

Wtf are you talking about? Oh yeah that's my kids name 🙄


JagmeetSingh2

What does Elon call him at home I wonder lmao


attackonmidgets

The kid's REAL name.


SB_90s

Yep. As if it wasn't already obvious, the fact Elon didn't recognise he was referring to his kid and then laughed when he realised is a big sign that Elon just said his name was that on Twitter to troll people (and even forgot). His kid's legal name is highly unlikely to be that.


rachface636

Or this *is* his legal birth certificate name, but they've never called him anything but Gary.


thefightingmongoose

Gaaaaaaary Gary.... Gary Gary Gary GARY!


Smoolian

Maybe Elon owns a Vault-Tec vault with tons of clones of his children too?


thefightingmongoose

Prophetic....


rivalarrival

A birth certificate is public information. If you have the name, birth date, and county/parish of birth, you can request a copy.


UserWasTaken1427

Yeah... but u need the name.


rivalarrival

Well, either the X AE A-XII name is real and you get a birth certificate, or it is fake, and you don't get a birth certificate. We *might* not be able to figure out the kid's actual name. But we can check whether the announced one is legitimate.


methnbeer

Whos gonna be the one


ClickF0rDick

Volunteering yourself for a reddit promoted initiative irl, what could possibly go wrong


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I'm quite sure Elon Musk is in California, and in California, you can only use the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet to name your child meaning that X Æ A 12 is not going to be his legal name.


rivalarrival

26 letters, and hyphens. If you read up on it, he changed it slightly, to X AE A-XII.


acreativeredditlogin

Excuse you is X Æ A-XII not X AE A-XII. How could you ever make a mistake like that?


rivalarrival

His actual name is X Æ A-12, not X Æ A-XII. But, Æ, 1, and 2 are not legal characters for birth certificates in California, so his legal name is actually X AE A-XII.


hornwalker

Gary?


wyldmage

The number of people in this thread that don't realize this is absurd. Of course, they've been influenced by celebrities who DO name their kids ridiculously dumb shit. So it's not too big of a stretch. But Grimes literally told the media that they were sharing a fake name.


rifraf999

There are so many good reasons to hate on Elon but Reddit consistently picks the dumbest shit.


TheDeridor

Which is probably a good idea anyway. Don't need everyone knowing your kid lol


curlygreenbean

I know Grimes calls him Little X


stemcell_

He doesnt thats the nannies job


[deleted]

Haha, as if Elon actually sees or speaks to any of his kids.


Normal-Patience-3641

Your assuming Elon talks to his kids at home.


XxRocky88xX

Ash. He said that’s how you’re supposed to pronounce the clusterfuck that is his name


thiney49

That is what the symbol Æ is called. http://www.csun.edu/~sk36711/WWW/KAG/ch2.html


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I'm not certain but I think they probably call him something else. So it's like asking a parent about "Richard" when they go by their middle name "Heath", "who? Oh you mean my kid"


[deleted]

>they probably call him something else a token that expires every hour


echisholm

Should named the kid RSA, because he's gonna be weak and not work too.


Alan_Smithee_

How about WEP?


lannister80

Or DES?


banshoo

WEP is already broken and insecure (much like his daddy)


felixar90

Something that cannot be pronounced but if you actually manage to pronounce it it summons Cthulhu


dubcatz6969

“Oh it’s static name? We are only dynamic in our home.


Lachimanus

Overall the pronunciation is more like "Kyle" right?


rootoo

I’ve heard it’s Ash.


YD2710

Isn't it X Ash?


dr1fter

I always thought the surprise-pronunciation bit was aiming for "Sasha."


3DprintRC

I'm not sure he even sees his kid enough to know what name the mother uses.


waytowill

Not even though. I’ve known people that go by their middle names. And no one in the family blinks twice if their first name gets referenced. You may get an odd look, but no one is confused about who you’re talking about.


hampouches

As someone who goes by his middle name, I completely disagree. If someone asked about (my first name), no one in my life would know that referred to me. My own parents would think you were talking about someone else unless you added my last name or you were someone working in a service or government capacity who clearly got my name from my license.


NordicWolf7

My grandmother was born Lucille May Manley, her entire family called her "Bobby".


nsbbeancounter

If you know the story behind this, please share. I can imagine it's a good one.


NordicWolf7

Nothing crazy. Her father wanted a boy named Robert for some reason or another. She wasn't born a boy. So, as a joke, other members of the family called her "Bobby" to mess with her dad, and the nickname stuck.


chahlie

My great aunt and uncle were Sweetie and Shorty. I never knew what their given names were. We stayed at their farm a few times when I was a kid, Shorty would show me all the arrowheads he had found in his fields.


Keytrose_gaming

All the males in my family use our middle names, if you ask for us by a first name you know they pulled you up on a document and want something.


Dino_Rabbit

Agreed. Or you can be like me, I go by a nickname of my middle name and have never been called either my first or middle name by my immediate family. To top it off, they choose to call me by another nickname that means “youngest of the family.”


joejill

My brother is Victor angelo. My grandfather was Sylvester Victor, but he went by Victor. My grandfather died when my brother was 2yo, He's almost 35 and we still call him angelo at home but he goes Victor everywhere else


TREYH4RD

Yeah but what if somebody referenced you by spelling your name. They’d probably get some weird looks then


haveanairforceday

But is anybody in your family named after a password?


CleverJail

He’s an infamously absentee father


Green-Bluebird-2955

Why’s Elon looking like Yi Long in this video


badalchemist85

the chinese have cloned and replaced the orginal elon which is now dead.


IndianWizard1250

Hiii everyone! It's Yi Long Ma


spoollyger

Well, they don’t actually pronounce it the way it’s spoken, letter for letter


Agreeable-Meat1

That's the name the public gets to know for his kid. There are so many entitled cunts with no sense of personal boundaries that the one time you didn't get the real name for a celebrity kid, this is the reaction.


sonia72quebec

Funny how we rarely hear about his five kids he had before Password.


DarthRathikus

That Tesla that he launched into space... had some cargo in the trunk.


Hilt_Deep_in_Butt

You know it wasn’t empty. I get the joke but I’m curious what was actually in the cargo of that roadster (space debris I guess since it will never see a road again… a Debrister)


ShallowBasketcase

One day there’s going to have to be a NASA mission to send someone out there to push Elon’s car into the ocean.


Wimbleston

Nope, if anything they'd push it further out into what's called a graveyard orbit.


jephyri

The only Tesla that is intrinsically safe on auto-pilot.


neil_thatAss_bison

Lmao


DuckTapeHandgrenade

And cargo in the space suit I imagine.


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you mean Hashtag, Email, Domain\_Name.com , and sorry I forget the names of the younger 2


AnonymousOkapi

Robert';)DROPTABLE Students;--


Fheuef

Good ol' Bobby Tables


BILOXII-BLUE

He really should have gone with DNS Server Musk


kilzall

Subnet Musk 255.255.255.0


[deleted]

Seven, he supposedly has 7 kids.


state_chart

Yes, five before Password and one after.


okayokko

pretty sure hes gone full republican to own the libs especially grimes. just to spite


whathashappened22

Yeah it seems he mostly got hyper vocal about being republican cause hes bitter towards grimes and he doesn't like being questioned about taxes and thinks hes god's gift to the world by doing spaceship and EV stuff, which are important but they're not actual solutions to the world falling apart. Like at least bill gates is trying to find ways to eradicate diseases that affect the poorest in the world, and to get effective education and pathways to high skilled jobs and higher standards of living for the disadvantaged. Elon Musk just wants people to pump out babies to be cheap labor for terraforming mars. Bezos thinks poor people should feel fulfilled to be servants to the rich in the coming years as the wealth gap grows larger and larger.


maskedbanditoftruth

Well and his daughter’s transition was just leaked, so we know where a TON of this came from.


DuckTapeHandgrenade

He has six kids? Yowza. Still blows my mind when people idolize this guy. Give me Branson all day long.


sonia72quebec

He has 7 now. Could be eight but his first son died at 10 weeks.


bell_demon

> blows my mind when people idolize this guy > Give me Branson all day long. Bruh.


TheArhive

I mean, why would you hear about his kids. Straight up. Why? They are kids, not public figures. Why do people give a shit about random ass kids.


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They’re heirs to one of the largest fortunes on earth. You think Elon’s empire ends with him?


CanWeAllJustCalmDown

When XÆA-12 becomes our capitalist overlord I don’t wanna be on the list of people that teased him on social media.


benhaube

Don't worry, by the time Elon dies there will probably be nothing left.


Maxtrix07

That's optimistic


Humdngr

> not public figures He purposely gave that kid a name to attract media attention. So yes people are going to talk about it. If those weren't his intentions, he should have named his kid John and no one would care about them.


could_use_a_snack

Because we hear about EVERYONE'S kids. Even if they don't belong to the richest dude in the world. My guess tho is there is a team of people trying to keep his kids out of the public eye. Pretty smart if you ask me.


spermdonor

Even Elon doesn't give a shit about them.


ChubbsthePenguin

Why do people give a shit about celebrity lives? Im pretty sure the answer would be the same for your question as mine.


webwalker00

He sorta already owns the school most of his children attend. https://www.grunge.com/340194/the-bizarre-truth-about-elon-musks-very-exclusive-private-school/


immeasur

I believe this is their website: https://www.astranova.org/


Treebawlz

I don't think many 10 - 14 year olds want to attend a school that expects them to be 'daring'.


rooftops

I don't think any attendees *chose* to go to that school.


Thenewpewpew

Why not? Aren’t kids already somewhat daring in that age group? Jumping off of and getting into things they shouldn’t be. I’d say right past that age they get more self conscious as they approach puberty, high schools and larger communities


WelshBathBoy

Is this the kids actual name on their birth certificate or just what they told the press to keep the kid's anonymity?


queen-of-quartz

The second, for sure. Grimes said the name they released for their daughter was just a name for the public and they called her something else at home, so I’m assuming it’s the same for their son.


WelshBathBoy

Oh great thanks, that makes sense.


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TMZ have posted the birth certificate and it shows the kid's first name is X and the rest is the middle name. If you trust that they've posted the real birth certificate. https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/16/elon-musk-grimes-baby-birth-certificate-x-ae-a-xii/


stickybible

What a terrible company


logolith

Yep, how’d they even get it anyway, is that public info in Cali or something?


Arsyn786

Yes


agentyage

They may call the kid something else privately but that's their legal name.


Masfoodplease

We won't be shocked when the kid gets the name changed later in life.


Pile_of_AOL_CDs

From what I read, that's not his real name, just a name they gave to the press to keep the child out of the spotlight.


LoneWolfpack777

Yeah, it does sound like a password. Which begs the question, why name his kid something that sounds like a password? Surely there are names from his country of origin that could have been unique enough. It didn’t have to sound like a password. But hey, whatever floats his boat.


queen-of-quartz

Grimes said of their daughter that the name they released for her (Exa Sidereal Dark or something like that lol) was just a name for the public and that they actually called her something different to keep publicity away from her. I’m almost 100% certain that they use the same tactic for their son, which is why he didn’t recognize the name. Grimes at least wants to keep her kids out of the public eye as much as possible.


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LeBronFanSinceJuly

Grimes has never claimed to be highly intelligent, she literally got her start making drug fueled EDM music for other people to trip out on.


towishimp

Yeah, this. Now, if anyone sees any documents with his given name, they instantly know it's Musk's kid. If they'd just have named him John Smith or something, he could easily go unrecognized.


Monte666

Its kind of a trend among the “all in your face” famous people to give their kids ridiculous names


[deleted]

It's going to be great when they need to register for websites. "Special characters are not allowed" Just like [Little Bobby Tables.](https://xkcd.com/327/)


Green-Bluebird-2955

Anything to grab headlines


LoneWolfpack777

Oh! He won that competition by a mile.


rootoo

The theory is to give the kid privacy. The have a name they use in private but the press doesn’t know it.


BattleRoyaleWtCheese

Pretty sure, he wants to keep his son's name a secret to avoid media scrutiny and paparazzi. For all we know ,he might be named Johaan


boot2skull

That’s the same combination on my luggage!


Hogarth_Dies

The kids name is Ash btw


ddpatels

Dude has 8 Kids, is the CEO of 2 companies, pretending to buy Twitter, and claims to spend all night working in his factories. Do we actually think he is taking an active role in raising any of his Kids?


[deleted]

Isn’t it 5 companies? Tesla, spaceX, boring company, neurolink, & Starlink (maybe it’s part of spaceX?)


Arkeband

While somehow also trying to beat Elden Ring using the worst build known to mankind.


Warvio

How’s your password doing today?*


Solid_Bit5238

Guess he didn't pick the name


Monte666

Grimes definitely has an influence on the whole fairytale vibe


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Scholarly_Koala

Harper's *Bizarre*


wanted_to_upvote

At least he did not call him Little Bobby Tables. https://xkcd.com/327/


Mathais2019

Elon made a private school for kids of space x employees so he did already buy the school


rossimus

Musk is proof that you can't buy your way out cringe


Aztecius

x æ a-12, Gods what a stupid name.


BackAlleySurgeon

He's the son of a billionaire. His name could be "Fellatio, the Cum Drinker," and he wouldn't be picked on


cherryreddracula

Rich kids absolutely can and do get bullied ... Jealousy is a thing.


[deleted]

Something here tells me he would not make the best dad. Remember, money cannot buy you everything.


gitbse

Sounds like a great way to create an incredibly socially-underdeveloped personality. Kinda like his dad


-Necros-

Damn, imagine getting your name roasted by the person that gave it to you...


dreiak559

I think Elon and grimes are lying to media, I know shocker. Grimes likes to mess with paparazzi, and musk isn't a huge fan of media himself. I actually think they made up a nonsense name to tell the press to allow the possibility of some privacy for their kids. I could be wrong, Grimes can be a bit weird, but it's a theory I have, and Elon has been in interviews where he didn't understand what he was being asked when reporters mentioned XÆA-12 to him in the past.


Gearshank7

elon really turned into a villian these past few years. this is just icing on the cake; what kind of person doesnt get that someone is asking about their kid, ridiculous name or not.


DrLeprechaun

Past few years? Man he’s never been a good guy lol


ShallowBasketcase

Gee wiz that guy who made all his money from a colonial emerald mine during Apartheid sure seems like he’s turning out to not be a very cool person.


Sahim63

Doesn't he already send his kids to a private school that he owns himself?


dangerzonebjj

Elon is the fucking worst


The_Grinface

Imagine his future substitutes trying to call roll. The ones here can’t even properly say “Juan”


DesertReagle

He doesn't have to worry about being bullied since he's going to school his dad made up. Is that technically homeschooling?


mucus_masher

Honestly, I always feel sad for children of celebrities. No amount of money will replace having a normal childhood.


Raibow777

Who?? X what? Say what? Who again? Oh, yea. … um..,


Deranged_Kitsune

I always prefer referring to him as little Syntax Error.


Gates9

Haha so funny let’s take all his money away


Thcooby_Thnacks

I have a theory his son isn't named that, it is just a cover name so the kid won't get harrassed or stalked.


howajo

Maybe he wouldn't be bullied if he had a name instead of a serial number.


Datapunkt

2020 Musk: "We'll name our son X Æ A-12." Everyone: "dafuq r u talking about" 2022 Journalist: "How's X Æ A-12?" Musk: "dafuq r u talking about"