Couple told they can't name son '4real'

[maldecido33 10+ year member]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand authorities have blocked a couple's bid to officially name their new son "4real," saying numerals are not allowed.
Pat and Sheena Wheaton said they decided to name their new baby "4real" shortly after having an ultrasound and being struck by the reality of his impending arrival.

"For most of us, when we try to figure out what our names mean, we have to look it up in a babies book and ... there's no direct link between the meaning and the name," Pat Wheaton told TV One on Wednesday. "With this name, everyone knows what it means."

But when the parents filed the name with New Zealand's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, they were told names beginning with a number were against the rules.

The government office has opened negotiations with the parents about the name under a policy that says all unusual names must be given case-by-case consideration.

"The name has not at this stage been rejected," Registrar-General Brian Clarke said in a statement Thursday. "We are currently in discussions with the parents ... to clarify the situation."

Clarke said the rules are designed to prevent names that are "likely to cause offense to a reasonable person." Satan and Adolf Hitler were proposed names that have been declined, he said.

If no compromise has been reached by July 9, the baby will be registered as "real," officials say.

New Zealand law requires all children born in the South Pacific nation to be registered with the Births, Deaths and Marriages registry within two months of birth

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/21/name.child.ap/index.html

Lawl. Discuss.

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Wow. They'd might as well name it dumbass or cockmunch.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I'll have to pass this info off to Mrs Prowler since it is happening on her side of the planet.

My bet, though, is that her reaction will be something akin to, "Bloody Kiwis! What will they think of next??"

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[maldecido33 10+ year member]

I'll have to pass this info off to Mrs Prowler since it is happening on her side of the planet.
My bet, though, is that her reaction will be something akin to, "Bloody Kiwis! What will they think of next??"

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What's she doing over there? Or is it just her origins?

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

hmm..He could be the next major rap star with that name.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

What's she doing over there? Or is it just her origins?

Mrs Prowler is Australian.

She's never been to any other country in her life and has actually only visited 2 of the 8 states in Australia.

As many times as the condensed version of my lovelife has been posted on the forum you managed to miss it?!?

I am legally married to an Australian woman, dude, {since Oct '05} and as soon as we manage to fight our way through all the governmental BS associated with acquiring a permanent legal alien residency visa for me I'll be moving there as well.

Yes they have internet there - as the occasional presence of Death By Bass illustrates (he lives in the same city as Mrs Prowler does) so I'll still be a part of CA.com once I get over there. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

thats easy "foreal"

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

I dont know much about the whole Citizinship thing and im sure you know more but wouldnt it be easier for her to come to the US?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I dont know much about the whole Citizinship thing and im sure you know more but wouldnt it be easier for her to come to the US?

Perhaps but as her career is pretty much already set in stone it makes considerably more sense for us financially in the long run for me to move there.

Mrs Prowler makes a 6-figure income which isn't something I would want to or could ask her to walk away from.

 

[DaGh0st 5,000+ posts]

Perhaps but as her career is pretty much already set in stone it makes considerably more sense for us financially in the long run for me to move there.Mrs Prowler makes a 6-figure income which isn't something I would want to or could ask her to walk away from.

Sounds like you got yourself a hardworking woman. Will you be able to get work there since you'd be comeing over on a Visa/citizenship type deal?

Good Luck.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like you got yourself a hardworking woman. Will you be able to get work there since you'd be comeing over on a Visa/citizenship type deal?
Good Luck.

That's what we're waiting on. I can go over temporarily on a tourist visa but I cannot legally work on that. Once I have my residency visa, however, I'll have whatever is Australia's equivilent to a green card and I'll be able to legally hold a job.

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

I didn't even know they have African Americans in New Zealand. Guess so.