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02.15.

THE NAME GAME: AUDIO SCIENCE

The A Knight’s Tale and 40 Days and 40 Nights star Shannyn Sossamon named her son Audio Science, saying, “We wanted a word not a name, so my boyfriend read through the dictionary three or four times. We were going to call him Science, but thought it might get shortened to Sci, as in Simon.”

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01.21.

THE NAME GAME: TU-MORROW

It must suck when your name is that obscure and still not original.

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01.12.

10 ILLEGAL BABY NAMES

Courtesy of: Yahoo! Lifestyle UK

1) Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii (New Zealand)
New Zealand law bans names which could cause offence to a ‘reasonable’ person. Good thing too – the country is a stupid name hotspot. We found a couple from the islands who tried and failed to call their son ‘4Real’, but nothing beats the ridiculous moniker above. It belonged to a 9-year-old girl before a judge had her renamed during a custody battle. ‘It makes a fool of the child,’ he said. It certainly made application forms a pain in the butt.

Has New Zealand banned any other names? Oh yes. The judge listed some that were also blocked: Fish and Chips (twins), Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit. Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence were allowed. Make the jump for the rest of these strange names.. › Continue reading

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