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[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Not legal in Canada. Your legal name must use Latin characters only. This is a sore point for indigenous people.

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hello my name is JohnDoe. My name only contains Latin characters, no spaces allowed.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah, but you see, "John" and "Doe" are two names - first and last - and when you say "My name is", you're really listing out your names, with spaces inbetween!

But then there's hyphenated names, and I have no idea how those are treated.

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"John Doe" vs ["John", "Doe"] vs {"firstName":"John", "lastName":"Doe"}

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
console.log(Object.values(name).join("\n"));
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Could be..."Jondo" like, a mononym hahaha.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The Romans also had spaces in between words

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But did they have ~~lowercase~~ english language?

Salve! John Doe nomen meum est.

Only latin ~~characters~~ allowed

(That's all the latin I remember from school back then)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was under the impression that that was actually a medieval invention

[–] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What was used to delineate words before the space character, then?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nothing but understanding of words and sentences. It was kind of a whole thing. The space character was revolutionary to increasing the spread of literacy. Relevant

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The inscription on the Pantheon has dots between the words.

M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did the Romans not use line breaks?

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blank spaces arent characters by definition as they're the space that allows the letters to exist

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Deep. Is Python a form of Jazz?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Yes, and YAML is a war crime.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, they didn't even use the space to separate words. Take a look at any Roman inscription in Italy, there are no spaces between the words (just like there are no silent pauses between spoken words).

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

boustrophedon must make a comeback

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Which is both entirely understandable, and also tragic because Canada's indigenous written characters are so cool. :D

But also, it's gotta be neat having a name among your people, that "the state" has nothing to do with...