Friday, April 06, 2007

I Baptize Thee, Metallica, In The Name Of The...

One of my loyal blog readers, Dr. John, passed on this news from Sweden, where a Swedish couple is trying to name their baby girl Metallica. Pretty catchy name, yes? The dad said, "It suits her. She's decisive and she knows what she wants."

According to the MSNBC story, "In Sweden, parents must get the names of their children approved by the tax authority, which is in charge of the population registry and issues personal identification numbers, similar to Social Security numbers in the United States." It seems that they don't like the name saying "it was associated with both the rock group and the word 'metal.'...The official handling the case also called the name "ugly."

Maybe they should have gone with Beatallica, Caroline Maiden or Winifred Zeppelin?

1 comment:

Dr. John said...

Perhaps they should have gone with a safer name, like Winger or Striper...