terratogen wrote:

BEIJING - A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive and modern name for their child chose the commonly used Internet 'at' symbol, much to the consternation of Chinese officials.
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The unidentified couple and the attempted naming were cited Thursday by a Chinese government official as an example of bizarre names creeping into the Chinese language.

@???

We were just talking the other day about naming Acidus's first born ;DELETE from users; Hoffman in hopes that his name would end up in many databases.

RE: Couple tries to name baby 'at' symbol - Yahoo! News