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People with real l337 speak names?
An anonymous reader writes "I'm considering naming my first-born child either Br4d or J4n37, depending on gender. My wife isn't too keen on the idea but there's plenty of time left to persuade her. Anyway, it had me wondering whether there are any people out there with real l337 speak given names (or even just a digit in their name). Do you know of any? Other than people saying your dad is a l4m3r, What are the possible pitfalls of having a digit in your name? Is it legal to have a digit in a name? Am I guaranteeing my child becomes a misfit? Am I the misfit?" Ask Jennifer 8. Lee.
Yeah, I'm going to name my first born son fr1st p50t!!11
One problem would be taking standardized tests such as the SATs. There are no numbers in the section where you bubble in your name. Your child could lose the 400 points given for putting your name on the test...
eclecti.cc
"Hi sorry, I apologize, but could you tell me your name again?"
"Oh God, I'm Cumming!"
sorry...
Vonal Declosion
all us boys got unusual names. Makes you tough.
Sue.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
Well, we at least know of one bug in first version: bad naming conventions.
My parents named me sc0. They thought they were so cool with their UnixWare server. I'm in therapy now.
OK, April Foole or not, your child deserves a real name, not a gag name or a spoof or your attempt to make a point or to be cute. You've no clue what will become of your child later in life, what path they will take, who they will work and live with. A name is one of few things you have control over in their life, and a bad/goofy name can really impact a child's psyche and who they become. My own father never outgrew the name Jan (old world version of John) and forever held it against his parents. If you need further reference, look at the flack that the musician Prince put up with when he changed his name to an unprononucable symbol. Do you really want people laughing at your kid behind his/her back the rest of their life?
Name them Robert, Sarah, Bruce, Steve, Karen, Jessica, whatever. Just don't get cute or play games with your kids name. It's too important for you to mess with.
> Br4d
> J4n37
Dr. Scott!
Rocky!
Wait a minute. Didn't I say that on the other side of the record? I'd better check
Anyone retarded enough to name their kid in l3375p34k lacks the genes that would make higher learning a possibility anyhow.
Trolling is a art,
That would suck. No one would be able to find you on any search engine query for all the results.
Of course, in the future the only way to remain anonymous might be to have a name so common that it can't be filtered from the noise of web page META tags.
I named my kids "Nude Portman Viagra" and "Spam Nigeria Warez" because if I can't keep them off the grid I can at least make the very, very hard to find.
=tkk
Bill Gates - Creationist?!?
coming dad! (@) *shudder*
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
I recall on usenet year ago, a student, whose school policy was first 6 letters of last name, first initial, last initial..
n &l r=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=19990609210912.29320.000 01319%40ng33.aol.com&rnum=3
Her name was something like Mary Elizabeth Cummings..
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=cumminme&hl=e
Slashdot is like Playboy: I read it for the articles
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
Since the link doesn't work, I think this is whar Garion is referring to:
Many colleges and business's tend to strip the last name down to 6
characters and add the first and last initial to either the beginning or end
to make up an e-mail address..
For example, Mary L. Ferguson = mlfergus or
fergusml. They are just now beginning to realize
the problems that may happen when you have a
large and diverse pool of people to choose from.
Add to that a large database of company/college
Acronyms and you have some very funny addresses.
Probably not funny to the individual involved, however:
Top ten actual E-mail Addresses
10. Hellen Thomas Eatons (Duke University) -
eatonsht@dku.edu mailto:eatonsht@dku.edu
9. Mary Ellen Dickinson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) -
dickinme@iup.edu mailto:dickinme@iup.edu
8. Francis Kevin Kissinger (Las Verdes University) -
kissinfk@lvu.edu mailto:kissinfk@lvu.edu
7. Amanda Sue Pickering (Purdue University) -
aspicker@pu.edu mailto:aspicker@pu.edu
6. Ida Beatrice Ballinger (Ball State University) -
ibballin@bsu.edu mailto:ibballin@bsu.edu
5. Bradley Thomas Kissering (Brady Electrical,
Northern Division, Overton, Canada) -
btkisser@bendover.com mailto:btkisser@bendover.com
4. Isabelle Haydon Adcock (Toys "R" Us) -
ihadcock@tru.com mailto:ihadcock@tru.com
3. Martha Elizibeth Cummins (Fresno University) -
cumminme@fu.edu mailto:cumminme@fu.edu
2. George David Blowmer (Drop Front Drawers & Cabinets Inc.) -
blowmegd@dropdrawers.com mailto:blowmegd@dropdrawers.com
but at No 1, it had to be...
1. Barbara Joan Beeranger (Myplace Home Decorating) -
beeranbj@myplace.com mailto:beeranbj@myplace.com
Johnkoerner.com
Apple's own Bo3b Johnson. He's been a member of Apple Developer Support since time immemorial, and has managed to get Bo3b on credit cards and (it's rumored) drivers licences since way before many slashdotters were born.
The 3 is silent by the way. And apparently Bo3b is short for Ro3bert.
Back in college my housing director's name was, no lie, "Sus3an". I figured at first that the "3" was just her trying to make a German "s" on a US keyboard but, no, it was in fact a 3.
Don't do it, dude. Your kids will have enough reasons to hate you without giving them stupid names.
All's true that is mistrusted
It's spelled Ry4an but is pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove.