Comments on: Venezuela “almost” banned the odd names http://blog.lorla.com/venezuela-almost-banned-the-odd-names/ Lorla likes blogging too ..... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:45:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Olympics fever in China - Names http://blog.lorla.com/venezuela-almost-banned-the-odd-names/comment-page-1/#comment-30962 Olympics fever in China - Names Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:03:23 +0000 http://blog.lorla.com/2007/09/16/venezuela-almost-banned-the-odd-names/#comment-30962 [...] blog I saw a news about Venezuela government which was so worried that they were going to prepare a list of “valid” names but were taken back when child protection official’s [...]

]]> By: Charity http://blog.lorla.com/venezuela-almost-banned-the-odd-names/comment-page-1/#comment-10309 Charity Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:16:52 +0000 http://blog.lorla.com/2007/09/16/venezuela-almost-banned-the-odd-names/#comment-10309 When I was in high school, my French teacher told us how the French named their children. When your child was born, you were given a list of names, based on gender and your child's birth date, to name your child from. They were mostly saints'names. I thought it was odd that you could be given a list and told you had to name your child from that list. But then again, my brother was born in the US at a Catholic hospital. When my mom got his birth certificate, his name had been switched around, putting the middle name first. The reply she received when she asked why that was done was "You can't name him Joseph. You're not Catholic." Seems that no matter what, someone will attempt to keep people from naming their children what they want to. When I was in high school, my French teacher told us how the French named their children. When your child was born, you were given a list of names, based on gender and your child’s birth date, to name your child from. They were mostly saints’names. I thought it was odd that you could be given a list and told you had to name your child from that list. But then again, my brother was born in the US at a Catholic hospital. When my mom got his birth certificate, his name had been switched around, putting the middle name first. The reply she received when she asked why that was done was “You can’t name him Joseph. You’re not Catholic.”

Seems that no matter what, someone will attempt to keep people from naming their children what they want to.

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