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\nAn experiment with NSW’s official name-submission process has left a little boy with quite the unusual name. https:\/\/t.co\/4pQMgieabn<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 SBS News (@SBSNews) September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale decided to test whether the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages had the power to change a baby’s name if the one submitted was deemed offensive or “unacceptable”, a question submitted by viewers for her new show What the FAQ.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nThe registry failed to answer directly so she decided to find out. <\/span>“We thought if we submitted really the most outrageous name we could think of that it would get rejected and we’d find out how that process worked”.<\/span><\/p>\nShe decided against ‘Nangs Rule’ \u2013 a slang term for nitrous oxide canisters, or ‘laughing gas’, often used as a party drug \u2013 fearing that registry staff may be unaware of the term and approve the name – so they went with Methamphetamine Rules.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\nBut the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\nThe registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
An experiment with NSW’s official name-submission process has left a little boy with quite the unusual name. https:\/\/t.co\/4pQMgieabn<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 SBS News (@SBSNews) September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale decided to test whether the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages had the power to change a baby’s name if the one submitted was deemed offensive or “unacceptable”, a question submitted by viewers for her new show What the FAQ.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nThe registry failed to answer directly so she decided to find out. <\/span>“We thought if we submitted really the most outrageous name we could think of that it would get rejected and we’d find out how that process worked”.<\/span><\/p>\nShe decided against ‘Nangs Rule’ \u2013 a slang term for nitrous oxide canisters, or ‘laughing gas’, often used as a party drug \u2013 fearing that registry staff may be unaware of the term and approve the name – so they went with Methamphetamine Rules.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\nBut the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\nThe registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2014 SBS News (@SBSNews) September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale decided to test whether the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages had the power to change a baby’s name if the one submitted was deemed offensive or “unacceptable”, a question submitted by viewers for her new show What the FAQ.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nThe registry failed to answer directly so she decided to find out. <\/span>“We thought if we submitted really the most outrageous name we could think of that it would get rejected and we’d find out how that process worked”.<\/span><\/p>\nShe decided against ‘Nangs Rule’ \u2013 a slang term for nitrous oxide canisters, or ‘laughing gas’, often used as a party drug \u2013 fearing that registry staff may be unaware of the term and approve the name – so they went with Methamphetamine Rules.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\nBut the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\nThe registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
ABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale decided to test whether the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages had the power to change a baby’s name if the one submitted was deemed offensive or “unacceptable”, a question submitted by viewers for her new show What the FAQ.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\nThe registry failed to answer directly so she decided to find out. <\/span>“We thought if we submitted really the most outrageous name we could think of that it would get rejected and we’d find out how that process worked”.<\/span><\/p>\nShe decided against ‘Nangs Rule’ \u2013 a slang term for nitrous oxide canisters, or ‘laughing gas’, often used as a party drug \u2013 fearing that registry staff may be unaware of the term and approve the name – so they went with Methamphetamine Rules.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\nBut the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\nThe registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
The registry failed to answer directly so she decided to find out. <\/span>“We thought if we submitted really the most outrageous name we could think of that it would get rejected and we’d find out how that process worked”.<\/span><\/p>\nShe decided against ‘Nangs Rule’ \u2013 a slang term for nitrous oxide canisters, or ‘laughing gas’, often used as a party drug \u2013 fearing that registry staff may be unaware of the term and approve the name – so they went with Methamphetamine Rules.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\nBut the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\nThe registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
She decided against ‘Nangs Rule’ \u2013 a slang term for nitrous oxide canisters, or ‘laughing gas’, often used as a party drug \u2013 fearing that registry staff may be unaware of the term and approve the name – so they went with Methamphetamine Rules.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\nBut the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\nThe registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
A spokesperson said the \u201cunusual name\u201d had \u201cunfortunately slipped through\u201d and they were working with the family to change it.<\/p>\n
But the name doesn’t just go away. \u201cA name registered at birth remains on the Register forever…even if the name is formally changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The registry acknowledged that it would have to “strengthen” its naming process after the flaw was exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhich baby name would you choose?<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nsource<\/a><\/p>\nONTD, favourite celeb\/worst baby names you’ve heard?<\/i><\/p>\nHope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Hope it’s alright this time, sorry mods<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n