Asking the real questions
Asking the real questions
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Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can't pronounce a newline, so there's that.
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John
(long pause)
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Just pronounce \n as a glottal stop.
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Hawai
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Hwhy e?
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But differently spelled names are legally distinct.
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i think they mean that pronounciation matters for determing validity, not for the actual record or distinguishing between names
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But that doesn't really address the original question, does it? You don't have to pronounce all the letters in a name, so the fact that you can't pronounce a newline isn't sufficient to demonstrate that it can't be part of a name.
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Just crouch down to simulate moving to a lower line.
John
<crouch>
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But something has to be written on the birth certificate and social security card, and that's what everything else will expect you to use. I think just due to technical limitations (e.g. of the printer/template for those things) it wouldn't be allowed, but I dunno about legally
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How do you pronounce the hyphen in double barrelled names?
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The hyphen can provide indicators on how to parse the letters on either side. "Pen-Island" would be pronounced differently from "Penisland."
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There's a guy I follow on the internet called "penusbmic", and he claims it's supposed to mean "Pen, USB, Mic".
Whatever you say, Penus B. Mic.
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Try telling that to
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