More weird baby names: A child named @
 

Chinese couple tries to name kid @

:eek::eek::eek:

"at" is pronounced Ai Ta in Mandarin, so why not just call this kid Ai Ta? At is dumb.You can't have an @@address e-mail, but you can certainly have aita@address.

:confused:

This story prompted discussion on another message board that I participate on. They linked to this website with hysterical commentary on crazy baby names:

http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

Chinese languages are very tonal, and if said slightly off and in a certain tone, Baby @'s name can sound like Oy Dah, which means "wants to be beat up."