Billosaur's Journal: Couple tries to name child '@'

Well, I guess this was inevitable, though I would have thought something like this would have happened in California. Apparently, a couple in China is try to name their child '@'. At first glance this seems ridiculous, but the explanation behind it is interesting:

While the "@" simple is familiar to Chinese e-mail users, they often use the English word "at" to sound it out -- which with a drawn out "T" sounds something like "ai ta," or "love him," to Mandarin speakers.

Can you imagine this kid trying to fill out an online form? I'm thinking Prince would approve.

heh

[Captain Splendid]

Shame 2-letter TLDs won't fly - I'd love to buy at.at so I can give myself the email address [e-mail]

The ensuing comedy whenever somebody asks me for my email address would be priceless.

2-letter TLDs

[benhocking]

Shame 2-letter TLDs won't fly

You mean like .tv [bn.tv] or .de? You just need to form yourself a new country, perhaps "@land", and then petition for the 2-letter TLD.

Would be a pain

[cmacb]

to come up with a personalized e-mail address too.