Apostrophes in names; was Re: Obamafied...

[Barbara Need]

Today's Chicago Tribune had an article about problems people whose
names included an apostrophe (O'Brien), a dash (Arabic names
beginning al-) or a space (van Eyck) run into when trying to interact
with computers. I can provide a link if anyone is interested.

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

On 23 Feb 2008, at 22:13, Paul wrote:

> He is the O'B*, The Anointed One, Blessed Be His Name.   The
> American Mahdi
>
> *a Chicago pol, must be Irish
>
> Mark Mandel wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Seán Fitzpatrick
>> <grendel.jjf at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> snip
>>
>> Oh, dear. I was about to abbreviate his name to initials in #2,
>> but...
>>
>>
>
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> taste
> good with ketchup."
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