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Asking the real questions (jlai.lu)
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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can't pronounce a newline, so there's that.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But differently spelled names are legally distinct.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i think they mean that pronounciation matters for determing validity, not for the actual record or distinguishing between names

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    But that doesn't really address the original question, does it? You don't have to pronounce all the letters in a name, so the fact that you can't pronounce a newline isn't sufficient to demonstrate that it can't be part of a name.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    But something has to be written on the birth certificate and social security card, and that's what everything else will expect you to use. I think just due to technical limitations (e.g. of the printer/template for those things) it wouldn't be allowed, but I dunno about legally

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How do you pronounce the hyphen in double barrelled names?

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