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asmosoinio
on June 17, 2010
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Your last name contains invalid characters
My wife an I, when deciding name for our son, immediately skipped all names with "ä", which is quite common in Finnish names.
dagw
on June 17, 2010
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Yea, I did the same thing. Name must contain only ASCII characters and must be easily pronounceable in English where two of my requirements when naming my daughter.
jrockway
on June 17, 2010
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As a native speaker of English from the US, my goal is to do the opposite :)
Tichy
on June 17, 2010
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Why? Believe me, it is not fun if your name is incompatible with computer systems.
younata
on June 17, 2010
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your kids will hate you. or get a name change. or both!
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