http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/31/girl-no-more Comments On: Girl No More by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Posted by Gloria]]> Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:40:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by iridius]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:58:33 -0800 The Stranger Posted by lb.flamingpear@gmail.com]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:26:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ballard Pimp]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:08:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf's Parole Officer]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:41:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:19:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Eric from Boulder]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:09:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:47:14 -0800 The Stranger Could be worse: I'm an immigrant to Iceland. Had the law here not been changed in 1995, *I* would have had to change my name.
Posted by lb.flamingpear@gmail.com]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:30:37 -0800 The Stranger
True story.
Posted by sirkowski]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:23:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:11:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jaymz]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:07:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DAVIDinKENAI]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:42:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DAVIDinKENAI]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:41:22 -0800 The Stranger
Then my wife mentioned one possibility and in three attempts, I literally could not pronounce it. I then realized that my new, third criteria was that I be able to call out my own kid's name. Icelandic surnames and volcanos don't, for me, always pass that test.
Posted by DAVIDinKENAI]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:39:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Josh Bis]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:37:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by originalcinner]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:35:34 -0800 The Stranger Its complicated-
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/04…

There are a bunch of other countries that are worse- There is an Elvis in Iceland.
Germany, France, Poland, Japan, many other countries have laws dictating what you can name your kid.

Posted by CATSPAW666]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:34:01 -0800 The Stranger First names are vitally important in Icelandic culture—your first name becomes your child's last nameThe man's or the woman's name becomes the child's last name?

So this girl has a parent named Bjarkardottir?

Fucking hell.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:27:58 -0800 The Stranger According to the island.is website, which is run by the government, the "Personal Names Register" includes "all Icelandic names that have been approved," but people can apply for permission to use names not on the list. Names must be "adaptable to the structure of the Icelandic language and spelling conventions" and also "not cause the bearer embarrassment."
Posted by Josh Bis]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:27:56 -0800 The Stranger
I would rather be named Girl than JayDinnh, and I'm not a girl.
Posted by aiff]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:51:55 -0800 The Stranger