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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 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.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Regina, Adelina, Cesare, surely there are other names.

[–] brad_troika@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Rex ~ Regina, but thanks for Zoltan, made me remember Basil by association.

EDIT: And Despina. EDIT2: There don't seem to be many people called Despot, but Tiran (not Tigran) is a name one can sometimes encounter among Armenians.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Zoltan?

Isn’t that a race in FTL?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Used to work with a Zoltan.

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