fourreal? unreal
New Zealand Herald — The father of a boy whose name the Department of Internal Affairs have refused to register says if he was in the public eye, no one would question his choice.
Pat Wheaton, who appeared with his wife Sheena on TV1’s Close Up programme earlier this week, has been told he cannot name his son 4Real.
“The name has meaning for us, so why not?” he said, when contacted by the Herald today.
“If it was George Bush’s child, or the Dalai Lama’s, no one would care what it was called.”
The Wheatons said they decided on the name after seeing an ultrasound scan of their baby and realising it was “for real”.
The couple said they chose the spelling “4Real” because it was the clearest and simplest way of writing it down.
cates: that child is going to be bullied. but not as badly as drew peacock.
dan: ha! drew peacock is awesome. it’s like when we considered naming our daughter enya. enya reines. but drewpea cock takes the cake. (oh, and i didn’t realize the dalai lama had kids. mazal tov!)
jay: i kinda like ‘4real lama’ (which might just be the name of my new hiphop outfit). ‘4real bush’ not so much.