StColette Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 A couple in Sweden is appealing a tax board's ruling that they must change the name of their 5-month-old daughter, Elvis, because it is "of a masculine type," Sweden’s The Local reported Wednesday. The infant’s mother told the news site they chose “Elvis” for their daughter because it was both pretty and gender-neutral. “We’re not Elvis Presley fans at all,” the woman is quoted in The Local. In its ruling, the tax board wrote: "It is the National Tax Board's view that Elvis is a first name of a masculine type and as such may, in light of standard practice, be considered clearly inappropriate as a first name for a woman." Despite the ruling, the mother vows to continue calling the girl Elvis. Last year, the family of another Swedish baby girl named Metallica faced a similar battle with authorities and won the right to keep the name. [url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362902,00.html"]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362902,00.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farsight one Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Of all the places to have a problem with a name, Sweden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Just change the i to an e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 The parents could just petition to say that their daughter is "actually" a boy and just have her "sex" changed since they are in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 What a surprise, the government in Sweden intruding on people's personal life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scardella Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Gender-neutral names are ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 [quote name='scardella' post='1559373' date='Jun 5 2008, 09:34 AM']Gender-neutral names are ridiculous![/quote] Precisely why I'm naming my first-born son Rambo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 [quote name='Raphael' post='1559424' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:52 AM']Precisely why I'm naming my first-born son Rambo.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 [quote name='StColette' post='1559434' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:56 AM'] [/quote] Fine, it can be his second middle name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StColette Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 [quote name='Raphael' post='1559438' date='Jun 5 2008, 10:57 AM']Fine, it can be his second middle name.[/quote] I hope you're the one who is going to be carrying that baby for 9 months. Because no child that I'm carrying within me is going to have the name "Rambo" anywhere in their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 My husband wanted to name a potential daughter Ernestine after his father Ernest. I told him many things unprintable, and a few uncharitable. We decided that I would get to name the girls, and he would get to name the boys, and gave each other veto rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1559723' date='Jun 5 2008, 01:44 PM']My husband wanted to name a potential daughter Ernestine after his father Ernest. I told him many things unprintable, and a few uncharitable. We decided that I would get to name the girls, and he would get to name the boys, and gave each other veto rights.[/quote] There's nothing wrong with the name Ernestine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 It's too much like Geraldine. There's a cultural reference that unless you were born before the 70's, you wouldn't get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1559882' date='Jun 5 2008, 03:37 PM']It's too much like Geraldine. There's a cultural reference that unless you were born before the 70's, you wouldn't get.[/quote] What kind of cultural reference? I'm interested in hearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Geraldine was a character played by Flip Wilson. Her catch phrase was "the devil made me do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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