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Many, many websites still don't work with last names that have an apostrophe in them.
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Here's a list of things programmers assume about names that at least sometimes aren't true. Excerpt: quote:-People’s names are written in any single character set. There's basically no way to win. Blue Footed Booby has a new favorite as of 14:15 on Mar 30, 2016 |
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Mar 30, 2016 14:12
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Yeah I have to routinely scrub our customer DB at work because of ridiculous name inputs, but one new and exciting thing that's come up in the last few years is people using emojis in the data they enter. Doesn't really affect anything I've written in the last 5 years or so but some of the old systems I've duct taped together ...  The biggest problem I have with keeping my name inputs clean isn't any of the obvious things you can test for, generally speaking. It's people simply putting in extra information that wasn't asked for. I'll get these daily: First Name: John S. Last Name: Doe Jr. or First Name: John "Johnny" Last Name: Doe (father) etc. E: Before anyone tells me I'm just being lazy, if you actually do test for these things then people WILL get around it by just camel casing or not using special characters at all. They loving NEED you to know what their middle initial is and that they're a The 3rd. They can't stand not passing on that information, even with you're explicitly not asking for it. fullroundaction has a new favorite as of 14:56 on Mar 30, 2016 |
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Mar 30, 2016 14:52
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So going back a couple pages, did anyone else notice some of those were just backwards? Like the number 2 of the top left bracket was just Francis backwards
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Mar 30, 2016 16:55
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fullroundaction posted:Yeah I have to routinely scrub our customer DB at work because of ridiculous name inputs, but one new and exciting thing that's come up in the last few years is people using emojis in the data they enter. Doesn't really affect anything I've written in the last 5 years or so but some of the old systems I've duct taped together ... The DONOTUSE family has a long, proud history in my town.
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Mar 30, 2016 18:01
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I once worked on a government application which had a minimum allowable length of three characters for surnames, so tough luck if you're a Xi or Ng. Addresses are just as troublesome as names - my own address is a bit odd, and I used to have no end of trouble getting things delivered as "I'm sorry sir, that property doesn't exist. Are you sure you live there?"
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Mar 30, 2016 18:07
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We have a number of people in our university who come from a culture that doesn't use familial surnames. They have a single name (Indonesia is one example, in the Javan tradition, as well as parts of Tibet, Mongolia, and India). Their first name is entered as "Fnu". It's supposed to be an acronym for "first name unknown," so it should be all caps. FNU might have been a tip off that this is not a name. They get called Fnu all the time. Some have switched to just using their single name as first and last, so you end up being the equivalent of Susan Susan or John John.
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Mar 30, 2016 23:46
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And Iceland uses patronymics, and the correct way to refer to an Icelander is by given name unless the use of the patronymic is necessary for clarity, in which case you use both. Björk Guðmundsdottir doesn't go by Björk as some weird one-name musician thing - that's how everyone refers to her normally. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is properly referred to as Hafþór or Hafthór (or The Mountain that Lifts  ), not "Mr. Björnsson".Blue Footed Booby posted:Here's a list of things programmers assume about names that at least sometimes aren't true. The syllable "porn" is reasonably common in Thai names, if I'm not mistaken. e: googled it, it means "blessing", and you don't actually pronounce the R. A quirk of a romanization system.
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Mar 31, 2016 00:41
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Bertrand Hustle posted:The syllable "porn" is reasonably common in Thai names, if I'm not mistaken. e: googled it, it means "blessing", and you don't actually pronounce the R. A quirk of a romanization system.
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Mar 31, 2016 06:42
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Yeah, it's pronounced closer to "pawn." This is very confusing for Australians, because we pronounce "porn" and "pawn" exactly the same.
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Mar 31, 2016 22:08
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Istari posted:My brother once knew someone with the first and last name combination Cherry Stunner. It sounds like a McDonald's dessert. It sounds like a SEX POISITION to me.
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Apr 1, 2016 09:02
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Stoatbringer posted:Addresses are just as troublesome as names - my own address is a bit odd, and I used to have no end of trouble getting things delivered as "I'm sorry sir, that property doesn't exist. Are you sure you live there?" OT, but I get this as well. People ask if it's a new build or something - it's over 100 years old. Never found an explanation for it.
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Apr 1, 2016 12:56
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Can't remember if I posted this one already or not, but my son recently made friends with two brothers at his preschool called Odin and Atlas. Pick a mythology! They're white-blond and very Nordic-looking so Odin and like...Baldur or Thor or something would have been incredibly appropriate, but somehow the smaller one got Atlas instead.
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Apr 1, 2016 15:33
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Apr 1, 2016 15:52
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I signed a Clarys up for a credit card yesterday. Pronounced like 'Gladys', incidentally, not 'Clarice' like I assumed.
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Apr 1, 2016 17:50
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edit: never mind that, these names are fantastic: EGYPT KING! PHOENIX KING! marshmallow creep has a new favorite as of 18:27 on Apr 1, 2016 |
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Apr 1, 2016 18:09
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Astrofig posted:I signed a Clarys up for a credit card yesterday. Pronounced like 'Gladys', incidentally, not 'Clarice' like I assumed. In my native tongue Clarys and Gladys would be pronounced the same.
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Apr 4, 2016 07:36
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Glorbist ... Dafuq?? 
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Apr 6, 2016 01:54
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My uncle is named Glorbist. 
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Apr 6, 2016 02:06
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Kaylar. I guess her parents couldn't decide between Kaylee/a and Taylor.
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Apr 6, 2016 06:19
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Kaylar smash... Kaylar destroy!
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Apr 6, 2016 07:26
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I used to custom paint items, usually stuff with names on them for kids or whatever. There were certainly a fair share that were pretty awful, but the only one that sticks out the most is Diyanna. Deanna? Diana? Die. Yan. Nah. Same place, only I didn't get to paint this one. Grandfather calls after his grandson. "Cletus!" Hey maw, get off da dang roof! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFa7NY0_wU
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Apr 6, 2016 08:16
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ElwoodCuse posted:Kaylar. I guess her parents couldn't decide between Kaylee/a and Taylor. Kayla (or the nouveau spelling of Kaylah) is a pretty common name in 
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Apr 6, 2016 10:57
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I guess it's not terrible but I just learned James Hadley Chase was born René Lodge Brabazon Raymond. I guess it's didn't really exude hard-boiledness.
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Apr 7, 2016 06:43
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So a woman just got arrested in Philly for kidnapping. Her name? Cherie Amoore. I wonder if Stevie was in any way related to the conception there...
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Apr 8, 2016 03:18
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One of the users on a system I admin is named Dolan Trout, and I am fairly confident he is not a goon.
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Apr 8, 2016 03:52
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Had a kid come in today named Jeremy Ledbetter. His parents were same age as me so I want to believe they were huge Pearl Jam fans.
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Apr 8, 2016 04:46
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Opened a credit card for a Ceiarra yesterday. Pronounced 'Sierra', but evidently her parents were free-thinking types.
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Apr 8, 2016 05:15
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Jewelia. Pronounced like Julia. Though a lot of people read it as Jew-Elia if they haven't heard it pronounced.
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Apr 8, 2016 05:29
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Just saw Destanee in Facebook group I'm in.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:21
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Jewelia. Pronounced like Julia. Though a lot of people read it as Jew-Elia if they haven't heard it pronounced. Frozen AUs are getting specific and weird.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:22
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Astrofig posted:Opened a credit card for a Ceiarra yesterday. Pronounced 'Sierra', but evidently her parents were free-thinking types. That counts as -100 to her credit score right?
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Apr 9, 2016 04:50
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Jumpingmanjim posted:That counts as -100 to her credit score right? 
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Apr 9, 2016 08:00
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fullroundaction posted:Had a kid come in today named Jeremy Ledbetter. His parents were same age as me so I want to believe they were huge Pearl Jam fans. It would be too hard to fit "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town Johnson" on a plane ticket, I reckon. Friend posted this today and (without really looking too hard at it) I couldn't figure out why she was naming her son Bridget. 
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Apr 10, 2016 13:49
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Seen today at Disneyland on personalized clothes: Brieahna Kylia
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Apr 11, 2016 05:17
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Cotey.
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Apr 11, 2016 22:26
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Cotey. I know a Koty.
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Apr 12, 2016 04:06
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Second round of Name of the Year Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle regionals has Taco Pope, Dr. Shark Bird, Billie-Jo Skeleton, and Mighty Fine surviving yet another round of votes. On the other side in the Bulltron and Sithole regionals, Dick Tips is easily going to be the only one left after a few more rounds. 80% over Rigoberto Urán Urán. Burm Snart, a name I can't even say without giggling, was just barely edged out by Brodarius Hamm. Cosmo Bjorkenheim and Oozi Cats are also out, but Tillmann Buttersack is still in. I love Name of the Year. venus de lmao has a new favorite as of 10:27 on Apr 12, 2016 |
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Apr 12, 2016 10:20
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Second round of Name of the Year Dragonwagon and Chrotchtangle regionals has Taco Pope, Dr. Shark Bird, Billie-Jo Skeleton, and Mighty Fine surviving yet another round of votes. I sent the link to it to my wife, and we started looking up the people. Burm Snart is just a regular old retired dude who likes table tennis and tucking his shirts into his shorts. And he has the best name.
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