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> 90% of Lithuanian girls/women last names end with ė. Which is mandated by the government Why is this mandated by the government?
by medo-bear 3y ago
> 90% of Lithuanian girls/women last names end with ė. Which is mandated by the government
Why is this mandated by the government?
- hutzlibu 3y agoCultural war it seems. "VLKK Chairperson Violeta Meiliūnaitė claims that legalising such a spelling would “violate the Lithuanian name system and have a negative impact on the country’s linguistic and cultural identity and distinctiveness”." https://media.efhr.eu/2023/09/27/vlkk-legalisation-of-female-surnames-with-an-a-ending-would-have-a-negative-impact-on-the-language/ https://media.efhr.eu/2023/09/27/vlkk-legalisation-of-female...
- pwdisswordfishc 3y agoThere is a legal requirement to adjust names to conform to Lithuanian morphology. This includes foreign names.
- robocat 3y agoChildren's names are restricted in many countries (including my own, New Zealand): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_law Hopefully someone will add the reason for Lithuania. Iceland: Parents are limited to choosing children's names from the Personal Names Register, which as of 2013 approved 1800 names for each gender. Since 2019 given names are no longer restricted by gender. The Icelandic Naming Committee maintains the list and hears requests for exceptions. New Zealand: Below is a list of banned names in New Zealand:* [Asterisk], 4Real, 89, Anal, Bishop, Constable, H-Q, II, III, Justice, Justus, Knight, Lucifer, Mafia No Fear, Minister, Mr, Queen Victoria, Royale, Saint, Sex Fruit, Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. Note I suspect * is special because I think it is a is placeholder in the Dept. Internal Affairs for none (I had an acquaintance that changed their name to a single word and the asterisk appeared in their surname field officially - also see http://wookware.org/name.html http://wookware.org/name.html ) And hilariously Australia had this girl called Methamphetamine Rules recently: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/19/can-you-name-your-baby-methamphetamine-rules-in-australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/19/can-y...
- medo-bear 3y agoHahaha I remember this. There are some missing from that list I think. Bus shelter 59 (or similar) Hitler Benson & Hedges
- Habgdnv 3y agoIt is required by law because this is part of the language. So not to break the language. It is in most slavic countries. I think Russia is the biggest one. Female surname - ova/ska, male - ov/ski. Check in google translate "One car and one truck" - the word one is gendered. It is normal way of speech - don't confuse this with north korea where you have a list of few names to choose from.
- medo-bear 3y agoI thought that is a cultural thing. Pretty weird to have it mandated by law. Do you know of any other countries that mandate it by law