in's and out's of changing your name?

Simi said:
Yeah teacher's always called me Sinister (my surname is Simister) [...]
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Snap! Well, nearly :) My surname is Simisker. Don't get the 'Sinister' much, which is surprising considering I'm a bit of a gothy type.

I changed it from the one I was born with about 15 years ago. Didn't have driving licence or passport, and didn't need to do the whole deed poll thing - the main sticking point was with National Insurance, but once that was sorted and I had an official card with my 'new' name on, informing utilities, banks etc was straightforward.

The Student Loans Company took a bit of convincing, but a series of sarky letters made them see that there was no point not accepting my name change.

OP: while Diplock isn't too bad, if you want a new surname - go for it. I don't regret mine for a millisecond :)
 
I had to setup a user account for an American bloke whos last name is W**klin, the *'s are 'an' for those who need to ask. What made it worse was the format we used to standardise all the usernames.

First 4 letters from the surname and inital from their first name.

His first name was Russell so his username was

W**NKR
 
imamosher said:
Why do you think about the courts in Northern Ireland?
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The Diplock Courts were the first (in modern times at least) in the UK to dispense with the right to trial by jury i.e. a judge would decide the case only to reduce the possiblity of intimidation. Legal matters are a sometime interest of mine so that's partly why I make the association.
 
Diplock is an amazing surname :confused:

Especially if you're a pirate. YAAARRR I'M THE DREADED CAP'N DIPLOCK.

Maybe I'm just being juvenile...
 
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