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| Talula doing the Hula From the UK Telegraph : The parents of a New Zealand girl named Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii have been ordered to change her name because it risks making her the target of abuse and ridicule. By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Last Updated: 1:41PM BST 24 Jul 2008 A judge ruled that the nine-year-old girl, who is the subject of a custody fight, should be placed in the guardianship of the court until she is renamed. A lawyer acting for the girl claimed she was so embarrassed by her name that she had kept it from her friends, insisting she should be known as "K" instead. She also feared that if it became public she would be mocked and teased. The lawyer claimed the girl fully understood the absurdity of her name, unlike her parents who had not considered the implications when they named her. Justice Robert Murfitt said the name clearly presented a social hurdle for the child. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap," he said. He also voiced concern over other names given to New Zealand children, such as Violence, Midnight Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter. A set of twins was named Benson and Hedges, after the cigarette brand and some children had been named after six-cylinder Ford cars. There has even been a case of a child being named after the entire All Blacks side. "Recently, for the first time in my experience as a Family Court judge, the name of a child described in te ... |
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