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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by null0pointer on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:27AM (#17624130)
My previous boss had a single letter last name. Turns out most airline ticketing system have a 3 letter minimum so he just entered his single character name 3 times to purchase the ticket. But this meant that every single time he got to the airport he would get stopped because his ticket didn't match his passport.
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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by runarb on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:54AM (#17624264)
I ones met a man named Jo Å. Have started to use that name when testing names in it systems.

People named Null also have a hard time: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160325-the-names-that-brea...

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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by carlmr on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:26AM (#17624406)
>People named Null also have a hard time

Strong type systems do help.

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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by baybal2 on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:15AM (#17625375)
Having NaN as a name must be even harder
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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by k__ on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:25AM (#17625427)
At least it's the truth
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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by a008t on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:23AM (#17624395)
Try having a surname Å'); DROP TABLE Users;--
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Re:It’s hard to have an unusual name in China by erikb on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:33AM (#17624439)
Little Jo A Tables we call him.

https://xkcd.com/327/

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