2.21.2008

JUST CALL ME “BARF”

Go search Wikipedia for the phrase "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" for the story of the weirdest name ever given to a child. Poor Brfxx... is the offspring of a Swedish couple who didn’t really want to saddle their child with a name and ended up being fined 5,000 kronor (around $700) for failing to register their kid’s name. As a protest to the fine the parents came up with Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced "/'al?bin/”), which they claimed was “a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation." After being rejected yet again, the parents offered to name their child “A,” but so far the Swedish government has not accepted the compromise.

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