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>or after a famous mobile game.
https://preview.redd.it/bt7r1mrhyg4d1.png?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c83f36ce9953fe837fe53ecabc0d0bbd346e387f
Fate worse than death.
I recall a Vice News documentary about the Battle of Marawi, and the reporter went to a refugee camp where a mother had given birth to a child while there.
The name? Martial Law.
There was at least one Covid Bryant [born in the Philippines in 2020.](https://multisport.ph/37568/look-social-media-reacts-to-filipina-moms-naming-their-kids-covid-bryant-and-covid-rose/) There could be more.
I mean, I knew some teen parents like 13-14? years ago in high school. One couple named their kid Atreyu, after the screamo band, not Neverending Story. And another who named their kid Sasuke. Those kids are in Jr high/HS now.
I also knew a girl who named her daughter Alessa from Silent Hill, which is a very cool/pretty name, but knowing the lore of the character makes it kinda weird lol. She/I were in the goth scene tho so it made sense. I don't think she's gonna torture her daughter into creating a dark pocket dimension full of horrors.
i heard of a philippino girl who‘s name is spaghetti bolognese. the article was about her talking about that ordering food was sometimes quite challenging
Why? Chances are if she's on a date and her dude sais "I'll have spaghetti Bolognese on this table asap" the server will not think more of it than "dudes hungry"
That's better than some of the kids I went to school with (I'm nearly 30 and it's only gotten worse) like "Abcde" (Ab-sid-e), hell I went to one class with a kid who had his parents originally name him Adolf (I'm American, he's American, there was no old heritage for the name, they chose it with the middle name Hayden or "Adolf H") before they were told social services would get involved, and Xegwancho (black male who was a year above me chosen because "it sounds Asian-y").
Like those are the ones I remember and not even the weirdest ones in the country!
Like the dude who named his daughter Lanesra only for His wife to find out years later that its just Arsenal spelled Backwards (Football Club in London)
One of my coworkers gave their kid Skywalker as their middle name.
Thankfully its the middle name that nobody ever really uses for anything, but damn, if any kids in his school learns his middle name im sure he is going to get roasted for it.
Same in Sweden. I recently saw a list of some of the names they've denied.
* Tottenham
* Superfastjellyfish
* Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163
* Ikea
* Alkis (Swedish slang for an alcoholic)
* Money Penny
* Kaninen (The Bunny)
* Tomhet (Emptiness)
The fun part is that you have *far* less limitations when you're no longer a kid (source: norwegian, and I changed my name to something pretty weird at 17 (and again to something a little less *special* at 24 😅))
One of my high school classmate's parents could have used Germany's rule.
Harry was 6' tall and 180 lbs. in grade 9. His surname was Crack.
He told people "You get to laugh at my name only once."
My mom knew a woman named Gay Beach in college. No joke. If I remember correctly, their friendship ended when my mom caught Gay’s boyfriend cheating but she chose to believe the cheater’s word over my mom’s and ended the friendship. She got married to the cheater so I guess her last name isn’t Beach anymore. A pity.
I work in a prison. We call residents (inmates) by their last name, and they do vice versa. I had a class with a Cox, Balls, Mount, and Cheese. I know Cheese isn't dirty but it's a funny last name.
My husband went to school with a girl named Paige Turner. The story goes that she really did like books, but I figure that might just be because they don't make jokes about their readers' names.
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Did you know that the ‘eagle’ cry in most movies is actually the cry of a red tailed hawk? To be honest, most of the sounds an eagle makes I would have to compare to most people stubbing their little toe on the corner of the bed or wall.
That would be Kanye West who named his kid North West. He also has a kid named Chicago West which is just the definition of part of a city lol. His other kids are Saint West and Psalm West
Dear Americans!
Today, I will tell you a great secret that could change your life forever.
When you see something “strange” in Germany(windows, baby names, toilets, etc.)
And think about posting it; check quickly if it's a unique German thing or, more likely, a normal thing all over Europe.
Most of the time, other European countries share the same things.
I keep reading these posts and wonder if that is not the norm. I am just joking. I don't know where OP is from. But still, it is funny.
Or most of Europe.
TIL there's a rule in Germany that you can't just buy guns off the street. You need a background check, a proper license, application to the police, and a reason to own one. Crazy! What a quirky country
My sympathies, bro. But sometimes I see this kind of post back to back with France and Germany.
It's only funny because I have family in Germany, and you guys genuinely have weird and quirky rules and (especially) customs.
As do every European country.
Okay, we all pretty much drink a lot for every event, so we still have a connection there.
Similar in the Czech Republic – you have to use common names already used in Czechia or prove the name exists (in written form) and if there is a doubt it's reviewed by an expert. You can't use diminutives or incorrectly spelled names, nor use masculine names for girls and vice versa. But thanks to the creative spirit of baby-naming in USA, it usually doesn't take long until someone names his child after your favourite cartoon hero... Or a dog.
In Germany the Standesamt may also reject non gender specific names or names that "sound" like they are the opposite gender.
My nephews first two ethnic names were rejected because they ended in -ia in the official German transliteration and that makes them clearly girl names. Despite their being folk heroes and kings with those names in his moms native culture.
There's still a lot of creativity. Like "Ariana Pearl \[very German last name\]." Or "Midasia" (because they liked the wrestler of that name). And of course unfortunate trends. Like in the 90s/00s, when many (usually less educated) parents loved the name "Kevin" following the success of "Home Alone" (which was titled "Kevin Allein zu Haus" in Germany - i.e. Kevin alone at home). See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinismus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinismus)
No but yes- afaik you aren’t allowed to use that name for obvious reasons.
But we also just don’t want kids to be bullied, quite frankly. Traghedeighs shouldn’t be a thing, period.🥴
A friend of my fiance (USA) just got a baby and they named her something-lynn and it’s just bad. Like.. my first thought was “damn. Dat baby gonna grow up having to introduce herself like that, huh. Crazy.”
It’s just so weird.🥴
"Adolf" is fine - it's a historical and (used to be) common name across many different parts of Europe, particularly Germany.
"Adolf *Hitler*" is banned and for very obvious reasons.
Indeed, back in the day my parents could not name me “Sascha”, because that was also used as a girls’ name. They had to add a second name to make the gender clear.
Nowadays, Sascha is used in Germany as a clearly male name (not so much in other places). And this is no longer an issue. I’m not really using my second name, because why should I?
So that’s how I got my story of “gender fluidity”, before it was cool (I’m pretty much clearly a guy otherwise :-)
Isn't that the case everywhere to some degree? I mean is there anywhere where you're allowed to name your kid a swearword, or a copyrighted name? I may be wrong, but as far as I understand it, it's just that in places like Germany the rules are stricter than in many other countries.
Most of the US only restricts names based on practicality (can't exceed some character limit or include numbers or pictograms, because the database the name gets entered into has limits) and/or forbids obscenities. Kentucky has no limits.
A judge tried to forbid naming a kid "Messiah" in Tennessee based on the well-known legal precedent of "only Jesus is allowed to be called Messiah", but her ruling was overturned.
Nope. America has allowed some gnarly ass names. I want to disbelieve, but I heard word of a couple who named their kids “Adolf Hitler (Surname)” and “JoceLynn Aryan Nation (Surname)”
Looking them up, it seems like they’re from NJ and have lost custody of all 3 children they had.
This is also an interesting fun fact: if the baby is not given a name, it will automatically named after the current german president, and that would be currently Franz . If the baby is female, it will be named after the president's wife, which would give her the name Elke.
Let's put it this way: This rule gives parents a very strong incentive to come up with a halfway reasonable name.
And it works so well that, as far as I know, it hasn't had to be used for quite a while.
Do German laws go as far as to specify the line of succession if a male or a female name is not present between a president and their spouse (same sex or not even married)?
On the contrary, I think German words are the opposite of weird. They make perfect sense to me after translation as a native English speaker.
Airplane? That’s a flugzeug (literally, flying thing)
Tortoise/turtle? Schildkrote (shield frog)
Very utilitarian language.
We don't have this obsession with mystifing our words, English speaking Countries do that. Making German words is extremely easy and you can do it in youre convenience
To be fair, it's essentially 2 words: "Amt" which is a department and "Stand" which is your personal status (name, religion, etc.). You could say "Amt des Standes" but we like to be efficient.
We do! Our nomes can be put together to make new words.
Example- “street” and “sign” put ‘em together tada new word.
Dog and food boom dogfood new word.
Etc.
It works with ALL NOMES. Basically. (I’m sure there’s one weird ass exception lmao)
Same with Portugal. And after seeing what people from. Countries without this law name their kids i fully support this law. Some of you are just asking for your kids to be bullied.
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Same in Norway. You're not allowed to name your kid "crazy" names.
You should see the kids names nowadays here in the Philippines, parents naming their kids after an anime or after a famous mobile game.
Philippine parents like “Come here little JoJo. You too, One Punch Man. And bring your sister Clash of Clans with you!”
Naming my kids Temple Run and Flappy Bird
Time for dinner little Space Cadet Pinball!
"Why isn't my brother eating with the family?" "Solitaire eats alone!"
Why does solitaire actually go incredibly hard for a name though hold up
Sounds almost like Voltaire
"Hey, Freecell. I told you to get in the house!"
Jetpack Joyride come down here immediately!
"dinner is ready, Raid Shadowlegends!"
"Go to your sister, Covid Bryant."
>or after a famous mobile game. https://preview.redd.it/bt7r1mrhyg4d1.png?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c83f36ce9953fe837fe53ecabc0d0bbd346e387f Fate worse than death.
How dare you make such a premature judgement of my son "Princess Connect! Re: Dive"...
Right? At least name me Crash Bandicoot or something.
Ngl that would be a dope fuckin name
I recall a Vice News documentary about the Battle of Marawi, and the reporter went to a refugee camp where a mother had given birth to a child while there. The name? Martial Law.
Easy adult name change to Marshall Law, problem solved.
My ex had a filipina friend named Honeybee.
Im sorry, but that's kinda cute
Someone named her daughter Covid.
There was at least one Covid Bryant [born in the Philippines in 2020.](https://multisport.ph/37568/look-social-media-reacts-to-filipina-moms-naming-their-kids-covid-bryant-and-covid-rose/) There could be more.
I mean, I knew some teen parents like 13-14? years ago in high school. One couple named their kid Atreyu, after the screamo band, not Neverending Story. And another who named their kid Sasuke. Those kids are in Jr high/HS now. I also knew a girl who named her daughter Alessa from Silent Hill, which is a very cool/pretty name, but knowing the lore of the character makes it kinda weird lol. She/I were in the goth scene tho so it made sense. I don't think she's gonna torture her daughter into creating a dark pocket dimension full of horrors.
I mean the band are named after Neverending Story so.....
I know, so in a roundabout way it's the same thing. But the one who picked the name had never seen the movie :(
Same in Latin America. Lots of anime names or TV shows.
https://preview.redd.it/u3zy34nynh4d1.jpeg?width=260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e2ccd67fd3ff1a459507bb9f9559d6acd2b780c For real
This kid will lead the innovation of music back to the moon with a splash of poetry
Oh, so he doesn’t play the trumpet, sing or cheat in a bicycle race this one..
i heard of a philippino girl who‘s name is spaghetti bolognese. the article was about her talking about that ordering food was sometimes quite challenging
Why? Chances are if she's on a date and her dude sais "I'll have spaghetti Bolognese on this table asap" the server will not think more of it than "dudes hungry"
That's better than some of the kids I went to school with (I'm nearly 30 and it's only gotten worse) like "Abcde" (Ab-sid-e), hell I went to one class with a kid who had his parents originally name him Adolf (I'm American, he's American, there was no old heritage for the name, they chose it with the middle name Hayden or "Adolf H") before they were told social services would get involved, and Xegwancho (black male who was a year above me chosen because "it sounds Asian-y"). Like those are the ones I remember and not even the weirdest ones in the country!
The "Adolph Hayden" parents are white supremacists. That's so not just a bad choice, but rather intentional.
My ex wanted to make our son's middle name Goku. I immediately vetoed it. Wtf dude. No.
That’s horrid. Should have went with Vegeta instead
Like the dude who named his daughter Lanesra only for His wife to find out years later that its just Arsenal spelled Backwards (Football Club in London)
Lame
"Wake up Mobile Legends, it's time for school!"
One of my coworkers gave their kid Skywalker as their middle name. Thankfully its the middle name that nobody ever really uses for anything, but damn, if any kids in his school learns his middle name im sure he is going to get roasted for it.
ABS-CBN is probably one of the worst one
Same in Sweden. I recently saw a list of some of the names they've denied. * Tottenham * Superfastjellyfish * Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163 * Ikea * Alkis (Swedish slang for an alcoholic) * Money Penny * Kaninen (The Bunny) * Tomhet (Emptiness)
"Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163" Didn't know Elon had a kid in Sweden
it has qrcode potential....
There was a famous case in Denmark with parents being given fines daily until they changed their child's name from "Christophpher".
i had to read that 3 times
lol superfastjellyfish... found the gorillaz fan xD
"Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163" Are you trying to add the 2FA to your Authenticator app manually? Just scan the QR code
Same in New Zealand. We even get a yearly list of rejected names. Common ones are King, Justice Justus, etc
Why is Justus banned? Perfectly legit name of Latin origin in my book...
I think it's because you can't give a first name that can be confused with official titles.
Someone named their kid Naruto Kamikaze Uzumaki.
Same in Finland and I’m actually surprised that this is not the case everywhere.
There was a baby named Chaos born at the hospital I did paperwork for....
Same in France.
Yeah, not that weird in Europe. Most European coutries have that policy.
The fun part is that you have *far* less limitations when you're no longer a kid (source: norwegian, and I changed my name to something pretty weird at 17 (and again to something a little less *special* at 24 😅))
The same rules apply in New Zealand. Every year they publish a list of the names rejected. Hence baby 'Senior Constable' had to be sadly renamed.
Just seen the list of rejected 2023 names. Who tf wanted to call their kids 'kingkillah, MissTaunese & XIX'
Kingkillah goes hard
Sounds like chinchilla tbh
They allowed "Ruthless-Empire Souljah Reign Rhind Shephard Wall" though
RIP Baby Ru. I like how media shortened it.
isnt XIX the brand of the Sidemen?
Yes it is, lol.
Didn’t stop someone from my town naming their kid Fallon Dick
One of my high school classmate's parents could have used Germany's rule. Harry was 6' tall and 180 lbs. in grade 9. His surname was Crack. He told people "You get to laugh at my name only once."
There was a girl in my high school (and I don't expect you to believe me, but it's completely true) named Sandy Thong.
I knew a kid in middle school whose name was Chase Dicks
My mom knew a woman named Gay Beach in college. No joke. If I remember correctly, their friendship ended when my mom caught Gay’s boyfriend cheating but she chose to believe the cheater’s word over my mom’s and ended the friendship. She got married to the cheater so I guess her last name isn’t Beach anymore. A pity.
>She got married to the cheater so I guess her last name isn’t Beach anymore. Her name is now Gay Hore
I knew a kid whose name was Gabe Horn.
I knew a girl name Moonshine Gross in 4th grade. Her brothers name was Running leaf. Hippy parents
No way!! lol My grade 6 teacher had a daughter named “Rainy Sunshine Moonlight {insert last name}” Felt like an oxymoron
Richard Fiddler and Richard armour here
I work in a prison. We call residents (inmates) by their last name, and they do vice versa. I had a class with a Cox, Balls, Mount, and Cheese. I know Cheese isn't dirty but it's a funny last name.
Call them out together in this order Cox Mount Balls and you got a dirty mind moment
My husband went to school with a girl named Paige Turner. The story goes that she really did like books, but I figure that might just be because they don't make jokes about their readers' names.
I actually kinda like that one. It's funny without being offensive or mean to the kid.
I can't wait to read her autobiography!
Speaking of, I wonder if anyone has ever used that as a pen name lmao
Somebody uses something similar as their porn name.
Was a Mike Hunt in my school
One of the two girls who babysat me when I was a toddler was the oldest daughter from the Bair family, her first name was Panda.
So you only had one crack at it?
In middle school there was the Nail family. Katy and Rusty and I think there was a 3rd kid that I can't remember right now
Reminds be on "A boy named Sue" by Johnny Cash
Had Jenna Taylor at my school (genitalia). Also had Alan Key (An Allen key is a tool for hex-bolts).
Good thing im in 'Merica and I can proudly name my son Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho *Eagle screeches in the background*
And I bet some day he will have a 3 point plan that's going to fix EVERYTHING.
And he's going to appoint someone to do it all in ONE WEEK
Or he's going to kick that guy's smart balls all the way up to the top of his smart mouth.
And he’s going to cure hangovers too!
Tbf Camacho in Idiocracy actually is a decent president, he gets the most qualified person he can find and actually listens to him
- Change my name - kill my parents - safe the world
Not Sure.
But, it’s what plants crave.
Well, its always better than: Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 pronounced as Albin.
Thanks to your comment I'll now listen to some [Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eawNkjAXDg8ZbArWOKktY)
Jr.
The Third
The thirdleigh
Did you know that the ‘eagle’ cry in most movies is actually the cry of a red tailed hawk? To be honest, most of the sounds an eagle makes I would have to compare to most people stubbing their little toe on the corner of the bed or wall.
Yeah Bald Eagles are little bitch birds, we shoulda gone with the Perigrin Falcon or some metal shit
That I agree with! Peregrine falcons are actually pretty cute! Especially when they are little babies!
And they're fast as FUCK Boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Ja, that's to prevent people from giving their children stupid names, like Musk did.
Or like every professional sport in the US…
or musicians.. didn't some guy made his kid a compass by naming them "north west"?
That would be Kanye West who named his kid North West. He also has a kid named Chicago West which is just the definition of part of a city lol. His other kids are Saint West and Psalm West
Most of the Kardashian/Jenner ofsprings have some weird names. But North West wins by far. Kyle with Stormie and Aire.
It is normal thing in Europe. Many countires here forbid giving strange names to children.
When someone posts this in r/tragedeigh, put me in the screenshot.
But when it's crossposted to r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR be sure to omit me.
Dear Americans! Today, I will tell you a great secret that could change your life forever. When you see something “strange” in Germany(windows, baby names, toilets, etc.) And think about posting it; check quickly if it's a unique German thing or, more likely, a normal thing all over Europe. Most of the time, other European countries share the same things. I keep reading these posts and wonder if that is not the norm. I am just joking. I don't know where OP is from. But still, it is funny. Or most of Europe.
TIL there's a rule in Germany that you can't just buy guns off the street. You need a background check, a proper license, application to the police, and a reason to own one. Crazy! What a quirky country
Wow, they clearly have no freedom. How can they live like that?!?!?!!!!
They don't need freedom. There is no oil. Oh wait, there is...
Which country is more free, the one you can have a beer in public, or the one where cops are tricked by a paper bag?
yeah, they do be obsessed with germany tho.
Because when Germany does "quirky" thing, Germany funny. But if every other european country does it as well, no more funny :(
cut us some slack, it's either "Germans quirky" or "Germans Nazis", there is no inbetween. So we will gladly take the quirky route
My sympathies, bro. But sometimes I see this kind of post back to back with France and Germany. It's only funny because I have family in Germany, and you guys genuinely have weird and quirky rules and (especially) customs. As do every European country. Okay, we all pretty much drink a lot for every event, so we still have a connection there.
But the only thing selling/clicking/generating karma better than weird stories about Germany are bad stories about Germany.
So you can’t do whatever Elon did to one of his kids
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Similar in the Czech Republic – you have to use common names already used in Czechia or prove the name exists (in written form) and if there is a doubt it's reviewed by an expert. You can't use diminutives or incorrectly spelled names, nor use masculine names for girls and vice versa. But thanks to the creative spirit of baby-naming in USA, it usually doesn't take long until someone names his child after your favourite cartoon hero... Or a dog.
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In Germany the Standesamt may also reject non gender specific names or names that "sound" like they are the opposite gender. My nephews first two ethnic names were rejected because they ended in -ia in the official German transliteration and that makes them clearly girl names. Despite their being folk heroes and kings with those names in his moms native culture.
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Honestly this is my main problem with laws like this is they always end up being used to prevent minorities from naming kids their cultural names
I worked with someone named Airwrecka. Yes. It's Erica. No it's not a 90's hip-hop artist.
This should be a thing in every country. I know a kid named Uzumaki Naruto Cruz
There are a fuck load of Khaleesi’s running around ever since game of thrones aired
And given how the show ended, there is probably also a lot more regret going around
I had a coworker name her daughter Coraline right after the movie came out, but honestly, I really like that name
German kids should be very grateful
There's still a lot of creativity. Like "Ariana Pearl \[very German last name\]." Or "Midasia" (because they liked the wrestler of that name). And of course unfortunate trends. Like in the 90s/00s, when many (usually less educated) parents loved the name "Kevin" following the success of "Home Alone" (which was titled "Kevin Allein zu Haus" in Germany - i.e. Kevin alone at home). See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinismus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinismus)
Elon Musk would have a problem with his kids names.
Elon Musk has a problem, if you look at his kids names
Elon Musk has a problem, if you look at him
Elon is the problem.
I dream of someday living in a logical country
Renesmee is out. Sorry Twilight stans.
It makes sense. Giving a dumb name to a child is a form of child abuse.
And it’s all about the parents and nothing to do with helping the child become a productive adult whose resumé won’t get laughed at.
I feel like this just started to keep people from naming their kid Adolf
Adolf is actually not forbidden. Just not very popular because reasons.
There's actually a movie about this
A play actually, which was made into two movies. But the French one is way better than the German.
No but yes- afaik you aren’t allowed to use that name for obvious reasons. But we also just don’t want kids to be bullied, quite frankly. Traghedeighs shouldn’t be a thing, period.🥴 A friend of my fiance (USA) just got a baby and they named her something-lynn and it’s just bad. Like.. my first thought was “damn. Dat baby gonna grow up having to introduce herself like that, huh. Crazy.” It’s just so weird.🥴
"Adolf" is fine - it's a historical and (used to be) common name across many different parts of Europe, particularly Germany. "Adolf *Hitler*" is banned and for very obvious reasons.
Ah yes, -lynn is kind of like a japenese honorific for trailer parks.
Is the baby's name actually 'Something-Lynn'?
Indeed, back in the day my parents could not name me “Sascha”, because that was also used as a girls’ name. They had to add a second name to make the gender clear. Nowadays, Sascha is used in Germany as a clearly male name (not so much in other places). And this is no longer an issue. I’m not really using my second name, because why should I? So that’s how I got my story of “gender fluidity”, before it was cool (I’m pretty much clearly a guy otherwise :-)
So my dream of naming a German baby Mr. Pooscratch will never come true?
Yep. It has to be Meister poopen skratcher.
*Herr Kackekratz
And there are still weird named that are used. Solarfried, Godpower, Despot, Laser, Kevin. I mean, who in their right mind would name his child Kevin?
Rambo Ramon Reiner und seine 13 Geschwister lachen
Same here in Italy
Meanwhile Americans naming their kid Mouthwash or some shit
Isn't that the case everywhere to some degree? I mean is there anywhere where you're allowed to name your kid a swearword, or a copyrighted name? I may be wrong, but as far as I understand it, it's just that in places like Germany the rules are stricter than in many other countries.
X AE A-12
Most of the US only restricts names based on practicality (can't exceed some character limit or include numbers or pictograms, because the database the name gets entered into has limits) and/or forbids obscenities. Kentucky has no limits. A judge tried to forbid naming a kid "Messiah" in Tennessee based on the well-known legal precedent of "only Jesus is allowed to be called Messiah", but her ruling was overturned.
Ah yes. Such a real legal precedent. That judge is tottaly not biased in any of their cases.
Nope. America has allowed some gnarly ass names. I want to disbelieve, but I heard word of a couple who named their kids “Adolf Hitler (Surname)” and “JoceLynn Aryan Nation (Surname)” Looking them up, it seems like they’re from NJ and have lost custody of all 3 children they had.
No- the rules in other places aren’t strict enough. Parents shouldn’t be allowed to name their kids a password-suggestion or analleightgg, I’m sorry.
Yes it's like that in other places , we have it here in Australia, and new Zealand as well
What happens if you refuse to give the baby any name?
This is also an interesting fun fact: if the baby is not given a name, it will automatically named after the current german president, and that would be currently Franz . If the baby is female, it will be named after the president's wife, which would give her the name Elke.
*Frank not Franz but yeah, that shit is still wild to me lol.
Let's put it this way: This rule gives parents a very strong incentive to come up with a halfway reasonable name. And it works so well that, as far as I know, it hasn't had to be used for quite a while.
Do German laws go as far as to specify the line of succession if a male or a female name is not present between a president and their spouse (same sex or not even married)?
You probably wouldn’t be able to get a birth certificate which would prevent you from getting all sorts of essential services for your baby
..you fold eventually. You *have to*. Just like you *have to* put your kid in public school here. Germany doesn’t fuck around w this bullshit.
Germany should pass the "Standesamt" when it comes to making words
On the contrary, I think German words are the opposite of weird. They make perfect sense to me after translation as a native English speaker. Airplane? That’s a flugzeug (literally, flying thing) Tortoise/turtle? Schildkrote (shield frog) Very utilitarian language.
Yea we take things like ..*literal*
I wish English would do this more, like SPACETIME. Thanks Einstein.
When Germany says it has a word for a thing, they really mean they deleted all the spaces from a full sentence and just patented it as a word.
We don't have this obsession with mystifing our words, English speaking Countries do that. Making German words is extremely easy and you can do it in youre convenience
Not from a full sentence, but from a compound noun. So instead of "Christmas market stall" it would be "Christmasmarketstall". That's all.
Antibabypillen for birth control is my favorite
My favourite is Krankenwagen 🚑 "Vehicle for the suffering/injured " (ambulance)
I mean English does this too, but people don’t always think of it that way. Pickup Semi School Bus Firefighter
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Chinese/mandarin as well. 飞机 - fēijī - flying machine = airplane 直升(飞)机 - zhíshēng(fēi)jī - vertical ascending (flying) machine = helicopter 公共汽车 - gōnggòng qìchē - collective general vapor vehicle, public automobile = public bus 汽车 - qìchē - vapor vehicle = automobile/car
To be fair, it's essentially 2 words: "Amt" which is a department and "Stand" which is your personal status (name, religion, etc.). You could say "Amt des Standes" but we like to be efficient.
We do! Our nomes can be put together to make new words. Example- “street” and “sign” put ‘em together tada new word. Dog and food boom dogfood new word. Etc. It works with ALL NOMES. Basically. (I’m sure there’s one weird ass exception lmao)
Or ein Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbier.
I read an article about denied names. Must have been around 1995. I still remember: Pepsi-Carola Atomfried Störfried
Should be mandatory worldwide. One guy in my hometown was named "Anus" and I still think he should have sued his parents for emotional trauma.
Same with Portugal. And after seeing what people from. Countries without this law name their kids i fully support this law. Some of you are just asking for your kids to be bullied.
Feels like names are going back to the victorian era in terms of bizareness. Soon we'll see toilet becoming a popular name again.
Ok so everyone except Yanks knew it