Children increasingly named after Apple products
Not only are the kids desperately keen to get Apple products, their parents are also naming them after Apple products - we learn from the latest yearly analysis of baby names. The moniker Apple, though still an unusual choice, rose 15 percent for girls, vaulting a whopping 585 spots. For boys, the name Mac jumped 12 percent. And …
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Re: Prior feline usage of the name
Cats have three names etc etc.
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
Everybody knows cats have three names: a pedigree name (such as "Enrico Agache something Amelia Earhart"); an everyday name (such as "Chico"); and a name in cat language, which is kept secret from humans and used only in meetings of the Neighbourhood Moggies.
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
Strictky speaking it's 2+n
where n is the number of households that think they own the cat.
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
For anyone bored enough to read this, my last post (pointless, regarding cats) brough back my Bronze medal. Hurrah!
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
I called my cat Deathclaw.
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
I called my cat Deathclaw.
Is that the new name for OS X - 10? It would be so cool!
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
No reason not to sue. Especially as he/she has rounded corners.
Re: Prior feline usage of the name
Cats and owners...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whwiMrBNWCA
Apart from the fact that parents who name their children
after any products whatsoever (in my opinion) should themselves be shagged back and then aborted:
It'll take quite a while to catch up with "Suse", at least in Germany . . .
By the way: still better than "Moon Unit" or "Dweezil".
Re: Apart from the fact that parents who name their children
Wonder if anyone's called their kid 'Angry Bird' yet? Apart from the obvious native American indians where that wouldn't be too out of place.
Re: Apart from the fact that parents who name their children
Wouldn't know, honestly; but I seem to remember there were cases of kids named "Tetris" and "Sonic". . .
Re: Apart from the fact that parents who name their children
>kids named "Tetris"
(Insert "In Soviet Russia" joke here.)
Suse?
People who would name their kids after a Linux distro are having kids? Or is it a perfectly reasonable German variant of Susie/Suzy/Sue etc?
Re: Suse?
Gotta have something to do whilst the installer is running... ;)
@ AC 1405h - Re: Suse?
It's perfectly OK in Germany as a short form of Susanne. Thousands of them about.
Re: Suse?
Gotta have something to do whilst the installer is running... ;)
Gotta have somethingone to do whilst the installer is running... There, fixed that for you.
Re: Suse?
Tell that to their infant sibling, Quantal Quetzal
Re: Suse?
Or is it a perfectly reasonable German variant of Susie/Suzy/Sue etc?"
Unlikely. IIRC, Germany is one of those places which has a list of "approved" names which you must use when naming your child. ISTR a news story about a German couple wanting to name a child Annikin and being refused permission when Star Wars - The One Where Darth Vader Was A Sickly Cute Kid, Episode 94 was a popular film.
@ John Brown (no body) - Re: Suse?
You err, Sherlock, albeit being not too wrong. It's not a list of approved names, but names can indeed be refused. "Suse" specifically would not be refused. Try a 'Phone book.
Re: Suse?
> Star Wars - The One Where Darth Vader Was A Sickly Cute Kid
I haven't seen that one. They only released " Star Wars - The One Where Darth Vader Was An Annoying Precocious Brat" over here :-(
Vic.
Re: @ AC 1405h - Suse?
Add a large Brandy and Babycham if you prefer OpenSuse.....
Re: @ John Brown (no body) - Suse?
Actually, there is (specifically: are, there are several regional ones). If you want a name outside the list, according to the apparent regulations you are of course free to prove that the name is a common name someplace in the world and is not denigrating/ridiculous/will harm the child in the future.
Re: Poor kids
"Hopefully the naming trend is just an iFad (tm)"
What? Like iPad?
I feel sorry.....
.....for poor little Thunderbolt Adaptor.
Re: I feel sorry.....
I know what you mean, imagine being named after an Intel trademark...
Mind you if you found two people called Thunderbolt at least you'd know they were compatible.
That's mine, yep the one at the back with the fluffy collar. Cheers.
Re: I feel sorry.....
Thunderbolt adaptor
Big velociraptor
Me
Galileo
Galileo
Figaro Magnifico
Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard .....
Are we going to do misheard lyrics now?
Because if we are I'd like to point out "Wishmaster" by Nightwish.
Thankfully you can change your christian names at will with no need for a deed poll or any legal framework at all. So just think of a name you want to use and start using it
That is of course how it stood the last time I checked, as deed poll explictly stated it was only needed to change a surname. It would not surprise me to learn this has changed in our 'identity' obsessed 'security' theatre of a world :( :(
Sticks out thumb & hails the nearest passing vogon construction fleet for one ticket off this rock even if it means dying a painful death from really bad poetry
In the UK ...
... you don't need a deed poll to change even your surname. You just tell everybody what your new name is, and that's that. There are circumstances where you might need evidence of a change-of-name, and then a deed poll might be useful.
"You know who gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks" --- Stewart Francis
I changed my name to 'Max Power' and my wife's to Hooty McBoob. Now, life is one long party....
Re: In the UK ...
.. you don't need a deed poll to change even your surname.
Well you do if you want it to have any legal standing & to be used in reference to your legal entity.
Without a deed poll notice clearly & legally marking out the change the state can simply continue to use whatever name is on your birth certificate & there is nothing you can do about it
Re: In the UK ...
Changing names at school (where the kids are most likely to want to lose the dump handle their parents have dumped them with) teachers will insist on using the name on the register and that will be the official name needed to register the little darling in the first place.
I know a couple who had to deed poll their 5 year old because he hated the name his parents gave him on his birth certificate (a normal name) and wanted to be called by the name his brothers and sisters had always used for him.
I didn't seem to matter how many times the parents wrote to the teacher and the school they insisted on using his official name, or a normal shortened form. It was only when they officially changed his name would the school take notice.
Re: In the UK ...
Kids are always getting their name changed at school because of parents splitting up etc. Do they need deed polls for that too?
This says a lot about how low society has become. Next we'll be naming people after soap stars and minor celebs. Oh wait.
By the time they grow up...
few people will remember what a 'Mac', 'Siri', 'iThingy' or 'Android' was
Uh-oh
Too bad I named my kid after the last good Windows product.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRUdaWZ4FN0
Re: Uh-oh
I thought that was going to be a link to microsoft bob.
Oh well.
How many people were named after that product???
Could be Dan Simmons fans
Siri was a character from one of his stories dating back pre his 1989 book Hyperion.
And CSI fans will also recognise the name Mac
Once again the venomous Leach sets off on her hate filled agenda.
Re: And CSI fans will also recognise the name Mac
Gyver, anyone?
Android?
People have been called Marvin for a long time now.
Shirley these parents aren't Sirious about this?
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