2016-05-10 9:54 GMT+02:00 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info>: > On Tuesday 10 May 2016 17:13, Paul Rubin wrote: > >> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: >>> Australia's naming laws almost certainly wouldn't allow such a name. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_real- > name_policy_controversy#Vietnamese > > "Phuc Dat Bich" was a hoax, but it probably would be allowed in Australia. > > I'm surprised that Spanish names are not affected. Consider a woman who goes > by > the personal name of Maria Teresa, whose father's first surname was García and > mother's first surname was Ramírez. Her name would therefore be Maria Teresa > García Ramírez. If she marries Elí Arroyo López, then she might change her > name > to Maria Teresa García Ramírez de Arroyo. With six words, that would fall foul > of Facebook's foul naming policy. > > > http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ > > > -- > Steve > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
In Spain "de Arroyo" officially does not become part of the name. The same applies to other countries as well. Not 100% sure that it is true in every Spanish speaking country though. Best -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
