From: Terry W. Colvin (fortean1@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Aug 16 2001 - 17:53:04 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> KPJ wrote:
> >
> > |Why is that hard to believe? Many extropians have
> > |legally changed their names...
> > |
> > |I wasn't born Loree Thomas.
> >
> > If person X Y. Z wanted to change its name to something else
> > in the U.S. of A., how hard is it?
> >
> > Names like Zero Powers would not be valid (in Sweden), as they do not follow the
> > local customary name forms. Loree Thomas would probably fall on the
> > fact that "Thomas" is a first name, _unless_ you can prove that some of
> > your parents/ancestors used it as a surname.
>
> Actually, the rules are a bit more lenient here (no surprise). I knew of
> one fellow in Seattle who changed his name to "Mike The Mover", and was
> elected to the state legislature to boot. The only real restriction on
> names is to have a first name that is the same as a title of nobility or
> military rank. There are people named Seargent, spelled differently from
> Sergeant, but you can't use officer's ranks, or titles of nobility in
> your first name (though there are surnames like King, Duke, Baron, Lord,
> etc that are widely used), like "Major Seaman", the first name would be
> illegal, while the surname would be legal.
Fellow here in Cochise County changed his name to "Animal." He worked for
Census 2000 and heads a local motorcycle group. Hmmm, "Major Seaman" is
an improvement on "Seaman Stains" or "Master Bates."
Terry
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