Simple Bluff said:
DrunkOnEstus said:
I already encountered the "apostrophe not working in the computer system" at the pediatrician, so they just dropped it and it's "Talizorah" on the paperwork there.
Wait, really? Why would an apostrophe cause an error in the system? Lots of names have apostrophes - well not in their first name, granted, but there's plenty of "O' Neils, O' Connors" etc. That's an awfully silly system.
Anyway, congratulations on the baby. I didn't look at the pictures but she sounds well. I can't say I like the name Tali'Zorah (Tali sounds really nice on its own though), but you've thought about it a hell of a lot more than I have, and it seems like you done it for the right reasons. You seem to be doing a pretty good job of looking after her, and that's always nice to see.
Thanks for sharing OP. Made my day a little brighter.
Those names can cause problems too, although the last name field can sometimes be set up to handle apostrophes while the first name field isn't. Blame it an lazy programmers not realizing that first names can have apostrophes as well.
OT: I told you about those apostrophes in the last thread, I told you those damn things were going to cause a headache. You're going to have to be careful in the future, as it can cause problems like dropped information and lost applications with large companies and government agencies, so you and eventually your daughter are going to have to make sure you're proactive at following this kind of thing up, having her in the various systems as both Tali'zorah and Talizorah is going to fuck something up somewhere down the line. Be aware of that, and you should be able to catch it before it becomes a major inconvenience.
As for everything else, well my pedantic nerd side kind of rages that you've given her a quarian first and last name for just her first name, but, I've still seen far worse; at least you didn't name her Glittery Moonlight (Yeah, I've seen someone named that, poor girl spent her entire teenage years resenting the hell out of her parents for that). Like I said in the previous thread, I've dealt with kids a lot in my life, quite a few with unique names, and it usually comes down to them either hating their name with a fiery passion, or loving it, there's usually very little middle ground.
Still, you can shorten the name to Tali, and that's a totally legit name, so your kid might very well get away with the apostrophe being the most inconvenient thing about the name growing up. I suppose it depends on how many people make the Mass Effect connection, and what field she wants to get into, if she goes into something like politics or international business relations, she'll probably be practically forced to change her name or officially shorten it to Tali, a major political party is not going to let a major candidate on stage who's name is a blatant reference to a copyrighted work. That happens to people with normal names too though, the public stage often requires that people have a name with the most effectiveness you can try to squeeze out of it.
