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1. Halldor Laxness?

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 11:53 AM

Jan 2013

And THAT was on the list of names that would "protect children from being embarrassed"? Lol.

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Icelandic girl fights government over right to use her name; only ‘approved’ names allowed [View all] Recursion Jan 2013 OP

Halldor Laxness? jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

Sounds like a character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or The Hunger Games yurbud Jan 2013 #22

I'm waiting for Bjork to weigh in... raging_moderate Jan 2013 #41

Silly name, amazing writer. Codeine Jan 2013 #45

Foreign countries have different naming patterns than the US. Imagine that. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #67

They should have a law against funny names jberryhill Jan 2013 #73

I think this is true in the Netherlands as well mainer Jan 2013 #2

Cnut dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3

Bah! That's what scholars and priests were for--doing the writing. Kings didn't have to be literate- Moonwalk Jan 2013 #6

dipsydoodle Diclotican Jan 2013 #12

Yes but that was then - a thousand years ago. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #14

dipsydoodle Diclotican Jan 2013 #18

For some reason my stepdad liked calling me Knut (Canute in English)... Odin2005 Jan 2013 #78

Odin2005 Diclotican Jan 2013 #82

Bwahaha! We will never outgrow such humor. freshwest Jan 2013 #17

Speaking as a person who suffered bitterly from such ridicule... TygrBright Jan 2013 #5

I can't believe that your parents named you Bright Orrex Jan 2013 #7

My wife had a friend whose family name was Button. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #13

Yowza. Orrex Jan 2013 #16

Better than if their last name had been necklace... Pachamama Jan 2013 #42

lol dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #43

I feel bad for all the Michael Hunts and Henry Beavers. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #79

The first is the Porkies classic dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #80

Along with the less often ridiculed Michael Torres Kennah Jan 2013 #92

My first and last names are very common. krispos42 Jan 2013 #15

I'm at the opposite end with my own name Posteritatis Jan 2013 #68

Well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton kentauros Jan 2013 #85

And France nt LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #39

If only Asswipe Johnson had that sort of protection jberryhill Jan 2013 #46

+ 1 cyberswede Jan 2013 #55

this was really interesting to me d_r Jan 2013 #4

If such a law were passed, they try to use it to impeach Obama Orrex Jan 2013 #8

I bet you could survey a thousand and get wildly different answers AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #35

Track, Tripp, Mitt, Tagg....those Republicans have some bogus sounding monikers... nt MADem Jan 2013 #60

Blaer isn't a bad name Marthe48 Jan 2013 #9

Back when I was substitute teaching... Recursion Jan 2013 #10

We are unique Marthe48 Jan 2013 #11

Most likely an urban legend Nine Jan 2013 #64

I even forgot where I heard it Marthe48 Jan 2013 #66

Sounds like a good system marshall Jan 2013 #19

Let's not constrain others to live within the confines of narrow minds nt Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #23

True, what business is it of ours to criticize iceland's culture marshall Jan 2013 #90

I'm sorry; that's a very bigoted thing to say TXDem72 Jan 2013 #61

Presumably they speak Icelandic marshall Jan 2013 #83

I was referring to the schoolteacher n/t TXDem72 Jan 2013 #88

The Phoenix family named their children River, Rain, Joaquin, Summer and Liberty. freshwest Jan 2013 #20

One of the kids at my son's montessori school is named for a Mass Effect 3 character... AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #36

Not Grunt, Legion or Harbinger, I hope. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #72

Hawai'i novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka writes of kids named "Maverick" and "Tareyton" among others KamaAina Jan 2013 #48

I am all too often horrified or just astonished at the parents SheilaT Jan 2013 #21

maybe the really just wanted to tell the gov't to go f* itself Shivering Jemmy Jan 2013 #51

Nah, they'd just assumed the name wasn't a problem Posteritatis Jan 2013 #69

Strange that Blaer is unapproved in Iceland IveWornAHundredPants Jan 2013 #24

Naetelae, Jö, and Töøtyi, you mean? (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #25

Names are fluid in our family. hunter Jan 2013 #26

Go to a Catholic wedding. Meet 20 girls named Marie and 20 boys named Paul. Recursion Jan 2013 #27

Yep, I've been to Catholic weddings... hunter Jan 2013 #28

Try doing geneaology on those 20 girls revolution breeze Jan 2013 #62

And half the Pauls have a brother named Peter... Posteritatis Jan 2013 #70

One huge enormous problem with someone being known SheilaT Jan 2013 #59

First names in Iceland are important. Your first name is your kids last name. Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #29

Icelanders do not have family names Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #33

dottir oberle Jan 2013 #95

I recall the DU meltdown over the kid whose first and middle names were Adolph Hitler Fumesucker Jan 2013 #30

It wouldn't have really saved him. JoeyT Jan 2013 #40

I suppose I was really thinking of the whole society being different with such a law Fumesucker Jan 2013 #50

Uniqueness is good marions ghost Jan 2013 #47

So you subscribe to the "Boy Named Sue" theory, eh? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #49

Ha ha marions ghost Jan 2013 #53

At least after WWII, Italy restriced names given to newborn question everything Jan 2013 #58

So they aren't especially transgender friendly in Iceland? MadrasT Jan 2013 #31

Actually they are famous for their support for the GBTL community. Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #34

A co-worker with last name of Rhoades named his kids Rocky and Sandy.... peacebird Jan 2013 #32

Remember little 3-year old Adolf Hitler? Shrek Jan 2013 #37

That situation is a tiny bit different. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #71

Alaska needs a law like that Enrique Jan 2013 #38

Not just there. Igel Jan 2013 #44

Really? How is important? BadGimp Jan 2013 #52

Then alert, for Christ's sake. Recursion Jan 2013 #57

I'm a victim of birth-name popularity syndrome. HeiressofBickworth Jan 2013 #54

Who says you have to wait till you turn 18??? happyslug Jan 2013 #65

Um, and the tax and licensing authorities take your word for it? jberryhill Jan 2013 #74

By law they have to happyslug Jan 2013 #86

Just out of curiosity... jberryhill Jan 2013 #87

I have cited this law for over 25 years in my practice happyslug Jan 2013 #89

Iceland is one of the most homogeneous countries in the world Hekate Jan 2013 #56

An interesting custom in my ex's family revolution breeze Jan 2013 #63

Sounds like MIL is the one who's too simple. Good for you for hanging strong! nt JudyM Feb 2013 #97

I'm not opposed to their rule Blasphemer Jan 2013 #75

Every semester I can expect some "Brittanys" on my rosters ashling Jan 2013 #76

What's "Moon Unit" in Icelandic? aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #77

Tungl Eining (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #81

I don't mind infinite variants and unique names... OswegoAtheist Jan 2013 #84

Sounds like a good idea. Undismayed Jan 2013 #91

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is NOT amused! Kennah Jan 2013 #93

Krystal Ball on MSNBC Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #94

Follow-up: Icelandic girl Blaer wins right to use given name muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #96