BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese couple tried to name their baby "@", claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child, an official trying to whip the national language into line said on Thursday.
"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.
This story prompted discussion on another message board that I participate on. They linked to this website with hysterical commentary on crazy baby names:
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."
More weird baby names: A child named @
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