this from one of the Bathroom Readers

[certainthings]

Strange Lawsuits


The Plaintiff: The Swedish Goverment
The Defendant: Elisabeth Hallin, mother of a five-year-old boy named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116 (which she pronounces "Albin")
The Lawsuit: For five years that the Hallins, who say they believe in the surrealist doctrine of "pataphysics," refused to give their son a name. Then Swedish tax officials informed them it was a legal requirement. They chose Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116 - which was immediately rejected by the authorities. The couple insisted that the "typographically expressionistic" name was merely "an artistic creation," consistent with their pataphysical beliefs
The Verdict: The government disagreed. The Hallins were fined 5000 kronor (about $735) and ordered to come up with a different name.


How hard would it be to learn how to spell your own name if that was your name?

Comments

[isisfrog.livejournal.com]

Spellings bad enough, but how would you pronounce that? "Hi, my name is Myparentsaredumbasses, and I'm a transfer student. My name change hasn't gone through yet, so just call me Skip."

*boggles*

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha.

I think he'd probably just tell people that it was pronounced Albin.