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Can anyone explain some of the more esoteric points on this list? Like "People’s names are all mapped in Unicode code points", for instance.

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I'm not sure of all the details, but the Unicode people kind of screwed up when doing Japanese. From what I understand there are several older variations on characters not in common use, but that occasionally show up in names (and old Japanese literature), that can't be encoded in Unicode.

If that's the case, they can't enter it into a computer anyway, so don't worry about it.

I cannot discard the possibility my name was originally expressed in Hungarian rovásírás. AFAIK, it has not been assigned to any Unicode region. I was taught rovásírás as a kid, by my grandpa.

I can live with the romanized version. It's been in use for more than a thousand years and it's a bit late to complain.

There's no Unicode code point for the unpronounceable symbol which served as the name of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, before he again became known as Prince.

Undoubtedly due to all the problems he had filling out forms on the Internet.

I think he meant the musician formerly known as Prince for this one.

Well, once again known as Prince, anyways.

The artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince.

The former Once and Future Prince?

I'm not sure if you are being snarky or just ignorant, but the "The Artist..." is the commonly accepted usage and descriptor http://www.citypages.com/1999-06-23/news/the-people-formerly...

There is also the guy in the credits from the movie Fargo who uses a Prince symbol on it's side.

As far as the Artist Formerly Known As Prince symbol lying on its' side with a happy face in the middle, in the credits: "I'm the storyboard artist formerly known as J. Todd Anderson. That's all I can say about that." It's a private joke between J. Todd and the Coens. Prince and the Coen brothers are both from Minneapolis. (Dayton Daily News: 3/22/96)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026824/bio

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