That's "Os-wee-pay".

[yendi]

This story reminds me that:

A) Whacky, experimental names are why God invented cats.

B) The ability to breed is not a sign of intelligence (even educated fleas do it!).

C) Nonetheless, telling parents that they can't name their son whatever they want is not the government's responsibility.

D) If you really want to use your kid's name to fuck around with, there are many better choices. Like "Q*Bert." Or a 128-Bit random number, preferably one beginning with "09 F9." Or "Paris Hilton."

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[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Or sell the child's naming rights to the highest-bidding sponsor.

[emerald-ibis.livejournal.com]

Some of the children's names that I have encountered whilst deep in the depths of the Drug Mines:

Santana (for the record, little Santana was a cute little blonde girl)
Nevada
Dasani
Whisper
Toshiba
Sierra (SO MANY....'tis the new Jennifer/Heather)
Cheyenne (a few year ago...again, SO MANY)
not to mention numerous made-up names (Castyn, Caiden, Jaidyn)

Unrelated, we also have a man whose legal name is "Santa Clause." He brought in the name-change paperwork and everything.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

"Whisper," "Cheyenne" and "Sierra" are OK -- the first is kind of a hippie name but it's not horrible, and the latter two are just overused.

"Jaidyn" I can actually buy. It just sounds like a rare name. "Castyn" is really pushing it.

[alphafem.livejournal.com]

My schizophrenic cousin wanted to name his child 'Damien, son of Satan' if it was a boy. Alas, nature and the gene pool messed with him and his wife had a girl. So what did he then want to name her? 'Bitch'. True story. Of course, the hospital wouldn't let them go for that, or for their second choice 'Peanut'.

[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

For all that I will never forgive my parents for "Raistlin," I think it's a basic human right to be able to name your own child.

[thegreatjohnzo.livejournal.com]

i know of a "crystal chandelier".

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

My mom worked for Social Security for like, 30 or 40 years or whatever, so we got to see all kinds of crazy names when she'd have to go flipping through birth and death certs. My two favorites, forgive me if I've mentioned them here before:
Harley Davidson Six-Pack Jones
Fenton Farley Ferguson III

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Side note: whenever I talk about my mom's job, I always want to abbreviate it to SS, but then I think, "No, mom worked for Social Security, not the SS."