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Comments on: Chinese couple give birth to @ symbol

Not a lot to say 

Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 19:03 GMT

!

is all I'm going to say on the subject

@@hotmail.com 

Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 20:07 GMT

...Going to have difficulties with all of life's paperwork, at least anything in English.

Nethack? 

Posted Thursday 16th August 2007 21:11 GMT

Cool! Is their cat named f? Just wishing them the best, and hoping little @ stays away from L and &.

I'll get my [.

Perhaps... 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 00:25 GMT

...they find it even easier to write than a name in simplified chinese ?

I know what i'd prefer to use, going by some of the examples on wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character

syrup 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 06:39 GMT

Didn't this happen in Max Barry's novel "Syrup"?

Tell me 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 08:06 GMT

What sort of tw@ would give their child a name like th@?

Erm... 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 08:08 GMT

Tw@.

Scuppered... 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 09:58 GMT

... the kids chances of using their name in their email address.

E-mail choices? 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 11:20 GMT

what about

my_name_is_@.hotmail.com?

My new name 

Posted Friday 17th August 2007 15:36 GMT

I'm changing my name to Tianamen Square and go to the Olympics.

Do the Chinese have bail?