Soldato
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- 11 Sep 2009
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Yep, no idea why, but I've got a bizarre mix of friends.
This is the sort of thing you would lap up.
His nickname is Tyrone, which he got as no one could say Hamza, or understood him. Now he fancies a full change.
He's set some rules...
Some *legal* criteria first:
* does not include at least one forename and one surname;
* is impossible to pronounce;
*includes numbers or symbols (like è, ü etc);
* includes punctuation marks - although you can have a hyphen to link forenames or surnames (for example, if you want a double-barrelled name) and an apostrophe in the case of surnames like O'Brien;
* is vulgar, offensive or blasphemous;
promotes criminal activities;
* promotes racial or religious hatred;
* promotes the use of controlled drugs or includes the generic or slang name for them (guessing weedman is out);
* ridicules people, groups, government departments, companies or organisations;
* may result in others believing you have a conferred or inherited honour, title, rank or academic award, for example, a change of first name to Sir, Lord, Laird, Lady, Prince, Princess, Viscount, Baron, Baroness, General, Captain, Professor or Doctor etc.
* exceeds the maximum number of characters allowed in a name (250 for first name, 30 for surname. Both include spaces).
I liked Tyrone McHunty, personally, but I'm sure you could do much better.
This is the sort of thing you would lap up.
His nickname is Tyrone, which he got as no one could say Hamza, or understood him. Now he fancies a full change.
He's set some rules...
Some *legal* criteria first:
* does not include at least one forename and one surname;
* is impossible to pronounce;
*includes numbers or symbols (like è, ü etc);
* includes punctuation marks - although you can have a hyphen to link forenames or surnames (for example, if you want a double-barrelled name) and an apostrophe in the case of surnames like O'Brien;
* is vulgar, offensive or blasphemous;
promotes criminal activities;
* promotes racial or religious hatred;
* promotes the use of controlled drugs or includes the generic or slang name for them (guessing weedman is out);
* ridicules people, groups, government departments, companies or organisations;
* may result in others believing you have a conferred or inherited honour, title, rank or academic award, for example, a change of first name to Sir, Lord, Laird, Lady, Prince, Princess, Viscount, Baron, Baroness, General, Captain, Professor or Doctor etc.
* exceeds the maximum number of characters allowed in a name (250 for first name, 30 for surname. Both include spaces).
I liked Tyrone McHunty, personally, but I'm sure you could do much better.
