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

[apey1013.livejournal.com]

How hard would it be to grow up with those people as parents?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hah. That also.

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

Albin? Where did they get Albin from Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116? Why don't they just call him - Albin? Huh.

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

That's just how they do it in Sweden.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. But maybe they shouldn't. :p

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hahahaa. I have no idea. Imagine them trying to teach him to spell his name. "But this looks nothing like Albin." "Yeah, well ... that's how we spell it."

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

Very true, I will tell them that the next time I'm over there. Which might be soon if I don't figure out another way to watch TIH before the end of the week.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

As much as I don't want it to be uploaded to the nets, I'm sure it will be eventually. Maybe you could just send Sweden a memo.

[slytherinblack.livejournal.com]

I couldn't even spell my middle name, and it's quite reasonable.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Heh. Maybe.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

But now I want to know what your middle name is.

[slytherinblack.livejournal.com]

Marcella.

I had trouble with the double ls and could never remember whether there was one or two.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty name.

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

I do. I mean, I don't really want that but I don't like my DVDs to have Swedish on them so if there's not an English or Danish version I want it to be uploaded and then I'll go buy it later on.

[lalita82.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I'm all for giving kids unique names but very out there.

Love the Bathroom Readers!!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's going a bit overboard.

[notthebigspoon.livejournal.com]

OMG, you read bathroom readers?!

My heart swells with love for your awesome.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Haha. I do read them.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't think there is any Swedish on it unless it's on the actual dvd case and you don't like that?

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I meant the case.

Have you ever read Found?

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've heard of Found.

[pippilottah.livejournal.com]

Found (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Found_Magazine). I bought one of the books in London and I read it last night and almost cried from laughing so hard at some of the stuff in it.

[evilshelly.livejournal.com]

dude. my parents had a hard enough time trying to convince me it was CH and not SH.
i was just not buying that shit!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ooh, okay I have heard of that I think I looked at the website once upon a time.

[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*

[gwendolynmstacy.livejournal.com]

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116? Seriously, it's not that hard to say 'Albin'? I think the more confusing question is how would you pronounce Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116? like is it short for Brf? That poor kid, when you sound that out you get, well, 'barf' almost.

[alazysod.livejournal.com]

I swear, most Swedish people aren't this bizarre :/

(also, ultimate WIN for Bathroom Readers! :D I love those.)

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I didn't think that they were. :P

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Hah. It really does kind of start out like barf.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha.

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

[coppering.livejournal.com]

that's ridiculous.

I had a hard enough time learning to spell my name... (it's dutch and has FAR to many crazy letters all in a row)

poor guy.

[gwendolynmstacy.livejournal.com]

It just makes you grimace because either way the kid's stuck with a bad name.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Totally ridiculous ... I mean I'm all for original names but THAT? What the hell?

[quidditchkiss.livejournal.com]

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb1116
That's actually Chad Michael Murray's middle name.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha. Wow.

[quidditchkiss.livejournal.com]

He's a complicated bastard. ;)

[bubl.livejournal.com]

Wow. I had a hard enough time trying to figure out my name. That's just ridiculous.

Also, pataphysics makes me think of Padaphysics. I don't know what exactly it would mean, but clearly Jared would be involved.

Sometimes I think I've lost all faith in humanity

[r-a-l-i-g-h.livejournal.com]

In related news, my mother told me last week that there is an actual woman in Louisiana whose legal first name is L-da.

And she pronounces it?

"La-DASH-ah"

*facepalm*

[r-a-l-i-g-h.livejournal.com]

Brian Regan flashback! Brian Regan flashback!

Re: Sometimes I think I've lost all faith in humanity

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

That is a damn stupid name.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

You know, I was thinking of that bit but I couldn't be bothered to find it and type it all out.

[giantlovetingle.livejournal.com]

Oh god, that poor kid. I hope when he's old enough he changes his name to something awesome.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

I think he probably already has a different (hopefully better) name since the courts told the parents they had to change it.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Padaphysics would be a very popular course at the local college/university.