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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character (nypost.com)

submitted 3 months ago by MrJameGumb to c/nottheonion

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[–] Maggoty 145 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (30 children)

The idiocy of naming your kid Khaleesi aside, the UK just decided that a corporation can own your name and prevent you from enjoying the rights of your citizenship.

That's pretty fucked.

Edit - Apparently they did backtrack. But it's still amazing that anyone even thought that was a thing.

[–] gedaliyah 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I dated a girl named Mercedes.

[–] Maggoty 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mercedes is actually an old Spanish name too though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mercedes was the name of Emil Jellinek's daughter, Emil has the idea to develop sports cars, he designed and commissioned cars from an engineering company and named the model-line after her.

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