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Russian Duma forbids naming kids with numbers, obscenities |
2017-04-26 |
[RT] The Russian State Duma has banned parents from naming their children with exotic names, which include numbers, symbols and swear words. "This is my son, Vosem, and my daughter, Piz'da. The MPs passed the legislation on Friday after exactly one year since the bill was submitted to the parliament on April 21, 2016. The new law amends the Family Code with an article, stating that numbers, alphanumeric designations, symbols, punctuation marks (except hyphen) can’t be used by parents when naming their kids. "This is my other daughter, Hyphen, and her twin sister, Emdash." The deputies also outlawed obscenities, ranks and titles from being names of parts of children’s names in Russia. "And my cousin, Knyaz Khui." Until now, the registry offices in the country had no power to deny registry of a name for being dissonant, offensive or unpronounceable. It takes a lot to be unpronounceable in Russian. After a family in Siberian city of Perm called its baby Lucifer, the MPs also discussed banning names, which offend religious feelings, but the provision didn’t make it into the law. China bans baby names No Jihad, Imam or Saddam: China 'bans extreme Islamic baby names' among its Muslim population. |
Posted by:Fred & Skidmark |
#6 George Foreman is pissed |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-04-26 12:57 |
#5 So no more young lasses named 2318008? True story though. Was talking with a nice lady, a true paladin, who worked in...troubled schools. While in conversation I asked how it was. She shook her head, "How much help do we get when the kids are at home, and the brother and sister are named tequila and salt." |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-04-26 11:47 |
#4 So what do I do about my kids' names, Thing 1 and Thing 2? |
Posted by: gorb 2017-04-26 09:22 |
#3 Same as China |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-26 03:44 |
#2 An Herodian effort to limit the number of baby Mohammad's. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-26 01:36 |
#1 I have never been able to tell Hyphen and Emdash apart. Piz'da I recognize on sight. |
Posted by: SteveS 2017-04-26 00:45 |