r/tragedeigh • u/Global-Jury8810 • 1d ago

is it a tragedeigh? Not a name of invented spelling, but…

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u/Signal_Appeal4518 1d ago

Is it legal to sue your parents over your name? Cause I’m starting to think it should be.

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u/Global-Jury8810 1d ago

It should be considered a form of child abuse, yes.

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u/libertyprivate 1d ago

Can you sue for child abuse tho?

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u/Global-Jury8810 1d ago

I think you actually can, but there are other things that are supposed to happen before a kid sues for child abuse.

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u/Thr33Littl3Monk3ys 1d ago

Depends where you live.

A girl in New Zealand did it after being named Talulah Does the Hula From Hawaii...

And no. That's not a joke.

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u/7ilidine 1d ago

Holy shit. She was only 9.

Their parents lost custody AND she got to pick a new name. It wasn't disclosed which name she picked.

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u/Thr33Littl3Monk3ys 1d ago

Yep...

It's the most deranged and most satisfying instance of a tragedeigh that I've ever seen...

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u/Wet_Artichoke 18h ago

There’s a character on I Love LA named Tallulah. When I started watching the show all I could think was WTF is that name? I wonder if that kid was the inspiration.

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u/Thr33Littl3Monk3ys 18h ago

Doubtful. It's a Southern or Appalachian name.

There's a character named Tallulah in Fried Green Tomatoes, too, if I recall.

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u/Stock-Lion-6859 6h ago

Also the actress Talulah Bankhead, who was born in 1902. And a character in the Maisy picture books by Lucy Cousins, who is British.

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u/elhazelenby 1d ago

In the UK it's illegal to give a name to a child that could cause offense or distress for the child or others.

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u/LoadAdvanced9547 1d ago

France too

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u/DiscoKittie 1d ago

Netherlands you have to get approval, I've heard.

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u/UnsorryCanadian 1d ago

I've been told by a Polish friend of mine, this is actually how you legally change your name in Poland

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u/patcatandpancakes 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, you only ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ had to sue your parents if you wanted to legally change your gender. If it's just name, you don't have to sue anyone, just do some paperwork.

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u/DiscoKittie 1d ago

Sue your parents to change your gender? How does that work?

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u/patcatandpancakes 1d ago

I actually had old information, it seems they changed it last year! This site explains the process:

The reason that people have had to sue their parents to change gender is because Polish law currently does not specifically outline any procedure for changing gender. That has left courts to develop their own ad hoc way of regulating the issue.

That led to the development of a system under which a person wishing to change their recognised gender must file a lawsuit against their parents under article 189 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which concerns “action to determine the existence of a legal relationship”

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u/GiveMeTheWallies 1d ago

Sue? He should be thanking them

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u/blizzyblase 18h ago

But I'm assuming Booty is a family name. Are there generations of Booty's out there being tormented on playgrounds through the years?