Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Less depressing
José Angel Aquino, a judge in the Dominican Republic, has convened a tribunal in an attempt to prohibit the country's popular practice of "contemptuous, extravagant or vulgar" naming.
Among the names for which he seeks specific moratoria are: Adicto de los Santos (Saints Addict), Ernesto Che Pérez, Winston Churchill de la Cruz, John F. Kennedy Santana, Rambo Mota, Bruce Lee Antonio Félix, Nat King Cole Martínez, Elton John Herrera, Querido Familia Pérez (Dear Pérez Family), Teamo Amador, Querida Piña (Dear Pineapple), Mazda Altagracia Ramírez, Datsun del Carmen Ureña, Nisan de la Cruz, Toshiba Fidelina Gómez, Daweoo Radhamés García, and Chocha Colón ("Pussy Colón").
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 4/22/2009 11:49:00 AM
Among the names for which he seeks specific moratoria are: Adicto de los Santos (Saints Addict), Ernesto Che Pérez, Winston Churchill de la Cruz, John F. Kennedy Santana, Rambo Mota, Bruce Lee Antonio Félix, Nat King Cole Martínez, Elton John Herrera, Querido Familia Pérez (Dear Pérez Family), Teamo Amador, Querida Piña (Dear Pineapple), Mazda Altagracia Ramírez, Datsun del Carmen Ureña, Nisan de la Cruz, Toshiba Fidelina Gómez, Daweoo Radhamés García, and Chocha Colón ("Pussy Colón").
posted by James Hussein Dixon : 4/22/2009 11:49:00 AM
