Man tries to name son ‘@’

From Ananova:

    A father in central China has been refused permission to name his son ‘@’.

    The dad wanted to name his son after keyboard character that appears in every email address, arguing it was now in common usage.

    But officials in Zhengzhou, Henan province, refused to register the name on a legal technicality, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

    Under Chinese law, all names must be capable of being translated into Mandarin.

Also from Ananova:

  1. Serbian villagers play Meatloaf records to keep away wild boars
  2. A British lad has grown a 700lb pumpkin by feeding it a pint of beer a day
  3. David Bowies “Space Oddity” has been voted to be the first track played on the first commercial space flights

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This entry was written by Tim Boucher, posted on October 12, 2004 at 1:52 pm.

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