> I know of a man whose first name is Þórr who outright refuses to deal with any organization that will not let him write his name, and I have a hard time disagreeing with him.
I wish I had that luxury sometimes. Here's a pet peeve. I live in France, where people expect everyone to have a one-word family name (it seems). It's really common for people and especially computer systems to "correct" my name (which is of the form Me van der Somebody) to something like Me VANDERSOMEBODY or Me Van Der Somebody. A particular web page (my employer's, actually -- where I have to fill in my name for my "profile page") does the latter, and refuses to allow me to fix it. I have submitted bug reports, and just get WONTFIX back. :(
It's really rude, so I can imagine that for a person called þórr it's a nightmare everywhere except Iceland.
I wish I had that luxury sometimes. Here's a pet peeve. I live in France, where people expect everyone to have a one-word family name (it seems). It's really common for people and especially computer systems to "correct" my name (which is of the form Me van der Somebody) to something like Me VANDERSOMEBODY or Me Van Der Somebody. A particular web page (my employer's, actually -- where I have to fill in my name for my "profile page") does the latter, and refuses to allow me to fix it. I have submitted bug reports, and just get WONTFIX back. :(
It's really rude, so I can imagine that for a person called þórr it's a nightmare everywhere except Iceland.