Give us this day our daily silliness, #1

[dianeduane]

Couple names baby "@"

(Someone's comment: "Poor kid's going to have a heck of a time getting a working email address.")

Comments

[fiveforsilver]

My favorite comments:

"@ could get hitched to 4real!!!"
"And then @ & 4real can name their children lol, r u and b4."

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, he'll have all the Star Wars jokes and figurines a kid could want.

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

That's just too much like The Demolished Man for my taste, in which, if I recall correctly, there are characters called S&erson and ¼maine.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

I met a woman who named her child Ampersand.

She didn't know what it meant, just thought it was a pretty name. I wasn't going to enlighten her on what she had done to her daughter.

[corvidophile.livejournal.com]

i didn't think even a hard core geek would name their kid that!

[shima-sama.livejournal.com]

Well, he wouldn't have to learn many characters, now would he? As opposed to a child with a really long name....

...or Superman...

>,< Okay, that's just weird. Would you call him "at" or something? "At! Come downstairs right now!"

[dewline.livejournal.com]

*amused snerk*

[lunza.livejournal.com]

If it weren't a boy in China, with its one-child policy, he could have siblings named _ and ~.

[squirrelette.livejournal.com]

Could be a boon if they grow up to be an artist, singer, etc. No need to find an outstandingly different professional name.

No-one can beat the name 'Wellington Hung' in my estimation. Eminent and respected cardiologist and medical textbook author. Also tricky to abbreviate for a nickname.

[kengr]

Kids gonna go nuts every time he has to deal with any forms that get entered on a computer. Y'see, most input routines won't *accept* that character in a text field such as name.

A friend had quite a go-round with a local convention. They insist that you enter your legal name on the form (they have reason, as it's an "adult" event and they need to check ID).

But the online registration setup won't accept hypens. And since she has a hypenated last name...

She isn't the only one. And the folks running it don't consider it a problem. Arrgh.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

And a heck of a time getting a nickname.