New Zealand Manics fans: is there something you want to confess?

[Finn]

"In New Zealand, parents have to run by the government any name they want to bestow on their baby. And each year, there's a bevy of unusual ones too bizarre to pass the taste test. The country's Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages shared that growing list with CNN on Wednesday..."

SPOT THE CHILD OF THE MSP FAN

[nihilist waffles]

Was it Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116?

But yeah, of all Manics references to make that doesn't even seem like a good (or at all tasteful) one.

[Finn]

I can't believe somebody actually tried... FMF.

[Takk]

Lol, anyone applying to call their baby anal should be sterilised.

[Frozendiva]

Someone at work named his son 'Jedi'. I don't know if he has other children yet.

[autumngirl]

It wasn't a Manics related thing. It was even dumber than that. I remember seeing the parents on the news at the time (they were kicking up a stink about not being allowed it) and it was text speak. They said that they thought that when they saw the ultrasound they realised it was really "for real" and so of course they thought they'd name the kid that (as you do). Apparently when they were denied it they named the kid Superman instead. Because that is ok for some reason!

[Finn]

Oh god...

[Porco]

"If you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down"

[Lancashire Potter]

4real:1
MJ:1
using back slash between names:8
using brackets around middle names:4

At least 14 Manics fans in NZ!

[Dac X Lee]

In 2009, the Dominican Republic contemplated banning unusual names after a host of parents began naming their children after cars or fruit.

Atually Mercedes was a real feminine name long before the car was created.

In Croatia it is completely normal to call your daughter as Višnja (Cherry) and Dunja (Quince). Actually, even in English it sounds completely acceptable for me... o_O

[Manualex16]

Originally Posted by Dac X Lee

Atually Mercedes was a real feminine name long before the car was created.

In Croatia it is completely normal to call your daughter as Višnja (Cherry) and Dunja (Quince). Actually, even in English it sounds completely acceptable for me... o_O

My grandma is actually called Mercedes.

[yanushka]

Originally Posted by Dac X Lee

Atually Mercedes was a real feminine name long before the car was created.

In Croatia it is completely normal to call your daughter as Višnja (Cherry) and Dunja (Quince). Actually, even in English it sounds completely acceptable for me... o_O

Haha, it's the same in Serbia! We also have a name Jagoda (Strawberry) but it's considered very old-fashioned these days (which I'm very happy about). Dunja (Quince) is alright though, really nice name.

[Littlesue]

I used to work with 4 Jamaican sisters and they were all named after flowers, Blossom, Petunia, Hyacinth and Daffodil

[Dac X Lee]

Originally Posted by yanushka

Haha, it's the same in Serbia! We also have a name Jagoda (Strawberry) but it's considered very old-fashioned these days (which I'm very happy about). Dunja (Quince) is alright though, really nice name.

Yeah, I knew about Jagoda too, but I wasn't completely sure if it really existed, or was it just old fashioned, as you said, or what, so I didn't mention it.

However, it's not like ALL fruit sounds acceptable. For example I wonder who would ever call their kid as Lubenica (watermelon)!

Or Banana, that is a common nickname, but never a name, too funny. But there is a good Japanese writer whose artistic name is Banana Yoshimoto, though.

[yanushka]

Originally Posted by Dac X Lee

Yeah, I knew about Jagoda too, but I wasn't completely sure if it really existed, or was it just old fashioned, as you said, or what, so I didn't mention it.

However, it's not like ALL fruit sounds acceptable. For example I wonder who would ever call their kid as Lubenica (watermelon)!

Or Banana, that is a common nickname, but never a name, too funny. But there is a good Japanese writer whose artistic name is Banana Yoshimoto, though.

Ha, I just remembered another one! Malina (raspberry) also exists as a name! Banana is known to be a nickname, but Lubenica?! Jesus, that's just wrong! But here's a thing I don't get: why is Dunja (quince) acceptable as a name, but Dinja (melon) isn't? Really weird, huh?