I don't know about legality, but most forms online in Japan accept 4 characters at most for family name; the vast majority of people have two characters with one and three being less common. Okinawa, I think has the highest instance of 4-character surnames, but I may be wrong on that.
I was living in Seoul many (many) moons ago. I remember all forms having three character spaces each for first and last names. Fun times squeezing in a standard western ten-twenty latin character names. Even transliterated to hangul my name wouldn't fit. It was always a small thrill if the person behind the counter would look terrified and accept it without question or get pissy and refuse it without mercy.
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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 2y
In South Korea it's actually against the law for children to be given names longer than 5 syllables.
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 2y
Fuck the government, I'll call my child Haneulbyeollimgureumhaennimbodasarangseureouri if I want!
LemmysMum@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Han gonna grow up OK. Even if a little resentful.
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
하늘별림구름핸님보다사랑스러우리
[more lovely than] sky star cloud god?
Risk@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 2y
Airsick lowlanders...
CheeseQueen@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I'm currently rereading the stormlight archive atm lol
tiredofsametab@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
I don't know about legality, but most forms online in Japan accept 4 characters at most for family name; the vast majority of people have two characters with one and three being less common. Okinawa, I think has the highest instance of 4-character surnames, but I may be wrong on that.
whaleross@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I was living in Seoul many (many) moons ago. I remember all forms having three character spaces each for first and last names. Fun times squeezing in a standard western ten-twenty latin character names. Even transliterated to hangul my name wouldn't fit. It was always a small thrill if the person behind the counter would look terrified and accept it without question or get pissy and refuse it without mercy.
lugal@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 2y
Based
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
*fewer
Steeve@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
That's a really dumb name, but we can shorten it to Les
preussischblau@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
Linguistic prescriptivism disgusts me.
LemmysMum@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Dismissal of context and nuance for intentionally less comprehensive and accurate communication disgusts me.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
*fewer
harmonea@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
You'll be okay. We all have our pet peeves, and none of us can expect the world to abide by them.
idkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 2y
You'll be ok. Sometimes you'll be wrong, and someone will have the right to point that out, but you'll be ok.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 2y
People who use words like "prescriptivism" to sneer at others disgust me.
Risk@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y
Hypocrite! /s
Ignacio@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Your not going to point out they're mistakes.
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 9 pts · 2y
What, you can't remember and pronounce Bartholomew Chungus Gingersnap the Third off the top of your head?
reversebananimals@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Just call me Big Chungus
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
Bart "Big" Chungus
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 2 pts · 2y
QuinceDaPence@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
A friend from highschool had a kinda long name...so naturally we kept adding to it and he's still in my contacts as that long-ass name.
xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink · 2 pts · 2y
I've got a similar thing in my phone too lol
I've considered changing her name but it's muscle memory now so I can't change it
PapaStevesy@midwest.social · 8 pts · 2y
Is your name not Bruce? That could cause confusion!"
TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
laughs in Irish name
https://piped.video/watch?v=aVaHvRLlHr0
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
As the wearer of a 3-syllable name, I'm okay with this.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Spitting image is 4 syllables, though, unless the I is silent or something...
spittingimage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I usually drop the consonants and pronounce it as a scream.
SolarNialamide@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Lmao, my name is 4 syllables and whenever I introduce myself it's 50/50 whether I get 'Oh what a pretty name' or 'cool, what can we shorten it to?'
elementalguy2@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y
Had a Nathaniel in my school, was either called Nat or Fanny.
Shapillon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I've got a 2 syllables name which usually is shortened to one. (Sasha -> Sha)
It's so common that I tense up when someone uses the full version xD
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
It means you're in trouble, Sasha.
Shapillon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
flees behind the couch
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I don't think "Jennifer" is that hard to pronounce...
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 6 pts · 2y
Sorry, got tongue-tied with a crazy name like that. How about Jen?
Anticorp@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Cah can be your nickname, Carl
MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y