Choosing a name for the baby is very important, because it’s the first chance most parents have to turn their offspring’s childhood into a living hell. It’s not their last chance, of course.
Recently, we reported on a couple who named their baby Superman, but that was only their second choice. They actually wanted to call him 4Real, but the authorities wouldn’t allow it.
Which brings us to a story today from China, where we see that some parents tried naming their baby @ - the familiar “at” symbol in e-mail addresses. They don’t seem to have thought this through. Apart from whatever other problems it could cause, how on earth is he ever going to get a personalized e-mail address, since @@.yahoo.com probably isn’t going to make it? Here’s the story:
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… or his name on the RWS (unless things on the back end have changed
- Posted by John C AbellHow do you pronounce that anyway? “Eh”?
I suppose it’ll come in handy if he ever moves to Eastern Canada…
- Posted by CharleneIn my country, some individuals have taken the optionn to add as a bisexual tag the ending @ to include both sexes when referring to both, men and woman and to appear as politically correct. Let me give you an example: in Spanish we say “todos” for masculine people , and “todas” for feminine people, and by using “tod@s” you include all sexes in your speech. It is a growing silly tendency to destroy language. So, why is it going to be strange the case of the China girl@, anyway, on her@ defence, I must say that the Chinese have always been characterised by a symbolic attitude in their language. So, it is the most logical country in which this matter may happen.
- Posted by Emilio F. Effe or armstrongflYears later, @’s mother and father became the proud parents of !, #, * and &, completing thier Q-Bert swear word.
- Posted by Lady WeaselAt’s my boy.
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks