• Bookmeat@lemmy.world
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    Not legal in Canada. Your legal name must use Latin characters only. This is a sore point for indigenous people.

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      Hello my name is JohnDoe. My name only contains Latin characters, no spaces allowed.

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        Ah, but you see, “John” and “Doe” are two names - first and last - and when you say “My name is”, you’re really listing out your names, with spaces inbetween!

        But then there’s hyphenated names, and I have no idea how those are treated.

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        No, they didn’t even use the space to separate words. Take a look at any Roman inscription in Italy, there are no spaces between the words (just like there are no silent pauses between spoken words).

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      Which is both entirely understandable, and also tragic because Canada’s indigenous written characters are so cool. :D

      But also, it’s gotta be neat having a name among your people, that “the state” has nothing to do with…