Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can't pronounce a newline, so there's that.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Try telling that to .

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 week ago

John
(long pause)
Doe

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just pronounce \n as a glottal stop.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hawai
i

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Hwhy e?

[–] BatmanAoD@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But differently spelled names are legally distinct.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i think they mean that pronounciation matters for determing validity, not for the actual record or distinguishing between names

[–] BatmanAoD@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

But that doesn't really address the original question, does it? You don't have to pronounce all the letters in a name, so the fact that you can't pronounce a newline isn't sufficient to demonstrate that it can't be part of a name.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you pronounce the hyphen in double barrelled names?

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The hyphen can provide indicators on how to parse the letters on either side. "Pen-Island" would be pronounced differently from "Penisland."

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

There's a guy I follow on the internet called "penusbmic", and he claims it's supposed to mean "Pen, USB, Mic".

Whatever you say, Penus B. Mic.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

But something has to be written on the birth certificate and social security card, and that's what everything else will expect you to use. I think just due to technical limitations (e.g. of the printer/template for those things) it wouldn't be allowed, but I dunno about legally