Chinese man tries to name son

[NIGHTfall_240sx]

Published Tuesday 12th October 2004 10:33 GMT

A man in central China has been refused permission to name his son "@" because it cannot be translated into Mandarin - as the law demands.

According to the Beijing Morning Post, the nomenclative dissident from Zhengzhou argued that the symbol is in common use on keyboards and therefore fair game. Mercifully for the infant in question, his dad does not live in the kind of fully-fledged democracy where parents can name their children after pretty well anything they want - including software upgrades.

Indeed, regular readers may recall the story of Jon Blake Cusack Version 2.0 - progeny of Jon Blake Cusack and wife Jamie, of Holland, Michigan. As we noted at the time: "Jon and his wife will certainly be spending many a sleepless night debugging little Jon Blake Cusack Version 2.0 and - in about 16 years' time - having a very hard time explaining to their unfortunate offspring whose bright idea this was in the first place."

Still, at least this madness demonstrates that the desire to ruin your child's life by giving it an amusing moniker is common to cultures world-wide. We Brits too like nothing more than a good chuckle, as the recent case of newborn Drew Peacock shows. ®

[gabossie]

That would be hilarious to have a kid named @, at least for the first few days it would be...

[base9se]

The name given to the baby is how he/she is going to be perceived. It's just not right, f*cking up your childs name. I mean think of what that child will say 15 or 16 years from now. S@d!

[cosmo]

I met a girl whos name was Heaven Lee Skyes. Now that's messed up

[HongKongChick]

wow.. that doesnt sound like a real story coz i cannot believe anyone would want to name their kid @ and to scar him for life!! WHAH

[Rex]

As weird as "@" may be, it doesn't hold a candle to being "A Boy Named Sue".

[574-240sx]

I don't think some parents think when it comes to some stuff. I guess its the whole I'm different thing.

[jdmfreak]

Bah! Nothing new. Black people have been giving their children odd *** names for years. Then they have the nerve to get mad when no body can pronounce it. Good thing I got a white name. Jeff is simple and I like it.

[VashFC]

Nothing beats the name "****head". Sounds kinda like **** Head to me!..... sad thing is that it's a real name that parents gave to their child.

- Chris

[912.0turbo]

I have a friend named Jolly Pasqually.

[jdmfreak]

LOL! Seriously? Is he able to get girls with that name?

[Schlink]

People and their weird kids names...then again what about that guy who named himself "They"? There must be something in the water.

Schlink

[[Zero-S]]

His name? Oh he's Jolly...

Yes I know but whats his name?

[912.0turbo]

LOL! Seriously? Is he able to get girls with that name?

Hells yeah! He once had a girl from argentina or something like that.

[nametakennow]

Psh. Y'all got nothin on me!

WTF (initals)

BACK OFF!

[jdmfreak]

LOL!

[Red-KAT]

My bro knew a girl named

Misty Snow Flake

[Rex]

Twin brothers that worked as substitute teachers in south Georgia ....

Standup & Sitdown Strange

What was their Momma thinking??

[Import_Ant]

My Highschool spanish teacher's maiden name was Melinda Gaye Dyke.... She got her last name changed when she turned 18 but up until then... that must have sucked...

[w1ngzer0]

My bro knew a girl named

Misty Snow Flake

snowflake in WA O_x.......

Snowflake is a town over here owned by the "flakes" :P

[JDMaholic]

I think I got one that takes the cake, Fort Wayne once had a major named Harry Baals, pronounced Harry balls. Honestly, there is even a street named after him, Harry Baals drive

[BaliLover]

There is a guy who worked at a local Scottys (lumber/hardware store) who's name was Richard Seamen, but he would only answer to the name d!ck.

You know how hard it is not to die laughing when they call for "d!ck Seamen" over the loudspeaker?

I also used to work with a kid (19ish) who's name was "Ronald McDonald".