This is a bit of an eyeopener.....
(https://conservativepoliticalforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhosted.ap.org%2Fphotos%2F6%2F6ef70a81-c11b-4403-9789-8f63cffbea71-big.jpg&hash=0e897af15bcf4af19309f8a2ded7177cf7bb389e)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Call her the girl with no name.
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means "light breeze" in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government.
Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and Denmark, Iceland has official rules about what a baby can be named. In a country comfortable with a firm state role, most people don't question the Personal Names Register, a list of 1,712 male names and 1,853 female names that fit Icelandic grammar and pronunciation rules and that officials maintain will protect children from embarrassment. Parents can take from the list or apply to a special committee that has the power to say yea or nay.
In Blaer's case, her mother said she learned the name wasn't on the register only after the priest who baptized the child later informed her he had mistakenly allowed it
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ICELAND_GIRL_WITH_NO_NAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-03-03-48-24 (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ICELAND_GIRL_WITH_NO_NAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-03-03-48-24)
What's the Icelandic name for insanity? :blink:
Quote from: kramarat on January 15, 2013, 03:06:19 PM
What's the Icelandic name for insanity? :blink:
What is it with white Europeans and socialism?
Quote from: kramarat on January 15, 2013, 03:06:19 PM
What's the Icelandic name for insanity? :blink:
geðveiki
Mind numbed robots.
Quote from: walkstall on January 15, 2013, 03:36:20 PM
geðveiki
Thanks Walks. I'm guessing that's probably not on the list of accepted names. :lol:
Quote from: kramarat on January 16, 2013, 05:40:39 AM
Thanks Walks. I'm guessing that's probably not on the list of accepted names. :lol:
:lol: Not for the U.S. PC crowd, but with the Icelandic people geðveiki is the word. :thumbsup:
Update: She won.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ICELAND_GIRL_WITH_NO_NAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-31-06-25-13 (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ICELAND_GIRL_WITH_NO_NAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-31-06-25-13)
Quote from: Solar on January 31, 2013, 07:22:34 AM
Update: She won.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ICELAND_GIRL_WITH_NO_NAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-31-06-25-13 (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ICELAND_GIRL_WITH_NO_NAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-31-06-25-13)
:thumbup: