Saturday, April 7, 2007

Names can be a problem in Sweden

I read on the BBC news site today about a family who named their child "Metallica", and had the name rejected by government authorities.

"The name Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 - pronounced Albin - was also rejected by authorities in 1996. The boy's parents had chosen the name as a protest against Swedish naming laws."

I dunno, I kind of like the name
Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116. But the kid would probably never find his name on one of those name plaques you see in various stores. Our daughter, Inika, used to look for her name and never found hers either.

The article is here.

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