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...regarded as simple words and not as names. A short list should not omit Youngflesh, Thickpenny, Twelve-trees, Clinkscales, Kiswetter, Diddlebock, Ramsbottom and Pigwhistle. Nor should we overlook the family who rounded out an even dozen children with Corona, but when the 13th unexpectedly appeared, he was resolutely named Ultimus Agiter. There is also the familiar but distressing case of Franklin D. Stink, who petitioned the court to be known thereafter as Harry Stink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAW: Sign of the Goat | 3/16/1953 | See Source »

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