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

[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.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

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

[gwendolynmstacy.livejournal.com]

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