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>it's easy to wish that giving names is somehow regulated. Only in Europe could this seem reasonable. How much money is spent on such nonsense?
by youngerdryas 14y ago
>it's easy to wish that giving names is somehow regulated.
Only in Europe could this seem reasonable. How much money is spent on such nonsense?
- gmac 14y agoApproximately none, I imagine. If you register births — and I imagine most states do — then it doesn't take a lot to impose a whitelist of names you'll allow. What people call their kids in the privacy of their homes isn't regulated, only what's on their birth certificate, after all. (Not sure where I stand on this. I'm in the UK, where names are not regulated and one man famously changed his to 'Yorkshire Bank Are Fascist Bastards' following a dispute[1]). [1] http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good-name/2022458.article http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good...
- youngerdryas 14y agoFrom the article: >There is a list of 1,853 female names, and 1,712 male ones, and parents must pick from these lists or seek permission from a special committee. Maybe it is a volunteer committee but they almost certainly could find something better to do with their time.