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So, no "O'Malley" or "O'Kelly" or "O'Brien" will ever be honored with a street name in North Yorkshire using their actual (Anglicized) name? This isn't a new i

So, no "O'Malley" or "O'Kelly" or "O'Brien" will ever be honored with a street name in North Yorkshire using their actual (Anglicized) name? This isn't a new issue. Around 1990 one of the computer labs at my school was run by someone with an Irish surname starting "O'", and I remember him complaining about software which couldn't handle his name. It's been 30 years, and there are still problems?!? (To say nothing of "Madeleine L'Engle" or any of many others with an apostrophe in their name.)

robjwells 2y ago
Even among current and recent MPs and Lords, we've had: O’Brien (5), O’Donnell, O’Halloran, O’Hara (2), O’Mara, and O’Neill. https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons?SearchText=%27&ForParliament=All https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons?SearchText=%27...
- microtherion 2y ago
  And if the "no punctuation" mandate were to be taken seriously, it would also affect innumerable hyphenated names.
Kaibeezy 2y ago
Doctor M’Benga
ahazred8ta 2y ago
To add insult to injury, many government systems in Ireland cannot handle áccented létters in names.