'The Hunchback Of Notre Dame' is to be re-named, causing a public outburst of anger amongst fans of the world renowned literary masterpiece. Council officials in the UK began the campaign for change in 2009, and the protest soon gathered pace, as...
A lawsuit citing defamation of character, emotional trauma, humiliation, loss of appetite and sleepless nights has been filed against a man who called his neighbor "a jerk." Congress is in process of proposing a law to prohibit certain words bein...
The Dalai Lama, his Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, has taken the radical option of changing his name by deed poll. From now on, he wants everyone throughout the world to refer to him simply as "Norman from Tibet". Speaking to news reporters and those...
UK Home Secretary, Theresa May has revealed that she goes by her middle name, as her forename is actually April. "My full name is April Theresa May," she said. "However, April May is a silly name, so I've been called Theresa for as long as I can...
The latest list of nicknames given to Premiership players by their team mates. They range from the bizarre to the bleeding obvious, but all reflect the banter that goes on in dressing rooms across the country, whether its the richest league in the world involved or the Sunday morning amateur cup competition when the teams are made up with anyone on the line who can walk. Boudewijn Zenden...
Dear Sir, I wish to conjoin in solidity with your erstwhile correspondent Mr Maurice Danser, in respect of his plea about names. You see, I am no stranger to the agonies of owning a 'notorious' name. Even my grandmother, whilst I was yet a toothless bairn in mittens and a tartan balaclava, would beset me with cries of 'give her a bun', and, twisting my nose would utter 'what a fine trunk'. A...
Dressing rooms (whether the clubs that use them are amateur or professional level) are traditionally one of the most fertile environments for nicknames. And, just because some of the journeymen in the English Premiership are earning fortunes in excess of £500,000 per year, that doesn't mean that the naming of players (other than what appears on their birth certificate) is any less common a fea...
The Pope's assertion that parents should use Bible-inspired names for their children could have unexpected and unwanted results, experts warn. Apparently, the head of the Roman Catholic Church is concerned at the spread of names inspired by celebr...
What he wants for Christmas is a name change. Mr. Scrooge held a press conference in NYC's Times Square and told reporters that he soon planned to file papers to legally change his name. "How would you like to go through life with a na...
Julian Assange has had a taste of his own medicine. His website has let it be known that Mr Assange has had hugely important letters stolen. Currently Wikileaks are alleging that the CIA are behind the theft of the four crucial letters, but there is...
Teenagers around the world are demanding to change their names from those given them by their parents. "My parents gave me a girl's name," explained one boy. "I lost count of the number of times I've been beaten up for being named Francis," he ple...
Tired of endless double-barrelled surnames, UK registrars have called for common sense to prevail. A recent trend for both partners in a marriage to keep their family names and put them together is causing complications in the registrars' record k...
Dorothy Comm of West Sutton has applied to change her name by deed poll as she is fed up of hearing her name mentioned in just about every advert on television and radio. "It has got ridiculous in recent months," said Dot. "It was bad enough after...
Following the startling announcement that 9 out of 10 new born males in the UK are now named Mohammed, the Council for Registered Births has started to encourage citizens to be 'a little more creative in naming their newborn!" Mohammed O'Riley a n...
New figures from the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages provide an insight into the changing cultural profile of Britain today. Currently, more newborn boys are called Mohammed than any other name. In fact, 7,549 boys were named Mohammed. Go...
New Zealand home of it's indigenous Maori's and many immigrants including "black sheep" have been branded "racists" by Indian Chief Minister Mrs (wait for it) Dikshit. She just happens to be managing the Delhi Commonwealth games and has made a fin...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - "Area Man" filed a petition with the California Northern District Court today to have his name changed to "Aria Mann". Area discovered that he was a female trapped in a man's body and recently underwent sex-reassignment surgery...
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