Girl called Abcde 'mocked by Southwest Airlines staff'

[Melusine]

That might be fine in personal litigation, IE two persons suing/countersuing over a discreet tort between them, like a car accident or your scenario you mentioned.

In the context of the thread though, a massive corporation usually has no basis for countersuing an individual plaintiff, and it's more cost efficient to settle. My dad was a banker who for 30 years got riled up any time someone filed a suit without merit, because the bank would just settle instead of incurring the cost of $1k/hour lawyers, because principle didn't matter as much as cost efficiency. To some effect, stock holders/the board of directors expect some amount of litigation, so settling a suit isn't seen as negative per se, even if there is no basis for the suit.

It may not have mattered in the long run, but having a lawyer put 2k into a countersuit meant to get them to back off might have been more cost effective.

[Socialhealer]

the mother can shut the fuck up, stupid bitch.

don't name your kid something stupid people won't laugh.

If she's offended, FANTASTIC i love offended little snowflakes crying.

[Skulltaker]

Not Lea. "Le-a".

Spelled Le-a. Pronounced Ledasha.

Because "the dash don't be silent".

There's not enough nerve agent to euthanize all the stupid in the world.

[The Stormbringer]

Absidy.

At least it looks like a normal name and not somebody mashing their way through the alphabet. It's even kind of pretty sounding.

But instead they decided to be edgy and now their daughter is the one who lives with it.

Ab City is a great name!

But no really, spelling it 'Absidy' would've spared a lot of heartache. It's still very unusual, but it actually LOOKS like a name than a string of letters someone mashed out on a keyboard.

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Not Lea. "Le-a".

Spelled Le-a. Pronounced Ledasha.

Because "the dash don't be silent".

I'll have to name my child Melody*, because the star don't be silent.

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I'll have to name my child Melody*, because the star don't be silent.

melody is another shitty name that shouldnt be allowed, basically anything thats a word shouldnt be a name

[Siraeyou]

The publicity alone must warrant a few bucks in this day and age!!

Just imagine the gofundme account for that poor traumatized child.

[eschatological]

It may not have mattered in the long run, but having a lawyer put 2k into a countersuit meant to get them to back off might have been more cost effective.

If you think you can get a lawyer to do anything in 2 billable hours, good luck.

[Ozyorkbourne]

the mother can shut the fuck up, stupid bitch.

don't name your kid something stupid people won't laugh.

If she's offended, FANTASTIC i love offended little snowflakes crying.

Fucking hell, who hurt you?

There's not one person at fault here. The Airline staff should have ha the professionalism not to laugh, while the mother shouldn't have picked such a stupid name. Hold your sympathy for the child who chose none of this but is affected by all of it.

[therealbowser]

I foresee someone changing their name when they get older. Poor kid. This is almost as bad as the parents that named their son "Arthas". At least in that case the reference might be missed, but this is just stupid...

I hope she at least has a decent middle name she can substitute until she becomes older.

[Shadowferal]

Abcde: the 'ridiculous' baby name that isn't actually that rare

"[It's] pronounced Ab-si-dee," the mum wrote in the forum Net Mums, adding, "I've never heard of this name before - has anyone else?"

While many had not, in fact, heard of the "ghastly" and "ridiculous" name, one mum discovered that (gasp) it's actually a thing.

The name garnered attention after a story about a seven-year-old girl with autism, called Abcde Santos (pronounced, "ab-suh-dee"), hit US news in 2014. Abcde of California was turned away by Santa Claus after waiting in line because he was scared of her service dog, a pit bull, CNN reported at the time.

Vocativ subsequently uncovered that there were 328 girls in the US with this unusual moniker. 328!

And while the first five letters of the alphabet seemed to reach their peak in 2009, with 32 babies called Abcde in that year alone, the name was also bestowed on 16 babies in 2013.

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I'll just call her "Dee."

[Deleted]

Whelp, someone's conjured up a name less dignified than Biggus Dickus. Impressive.

[Shadowferal]

They could have named her "Whisky Dick."

[Doctor Amadeus]

Give your kid a stupid name, then get mad when people predictably laugh at the stupid name. What a fuckin' troll.

Pound those square pegs in round holes even if that isn't where they go. Seriously who gives a shit, it's her kid, it sounds a lot prettier than it looks.

The airline employees should be sued. Seriously should have kept their fucking opinions to themselves.

[Nyoken]

Hhahahhahahahahhaahhahahahahahhahaha

[apples]

Pound those square pegs in round holes even if that isn't where they go. Seriously who gives a shit, it's her kid, it sounds a lot prettier than it looks.

The airline employees should be sued. Seriously should have kept their fucking opinions to themselves.

airline employees are not legally allowed to speak their opinions?

[Yunaqt]

In New Zealand we have a guy named; Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova

Granted he changed it himself from losing a poker bet.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=11217129

[Shadowferal]

airline employees are not legally allowed to speak their opinions?

Hell no! WTH are you thinking?

[Melusine]

If you think you can get a lawyer to do anything in 2 billable hours, good luck.

You can if all you're doing is filing a countersuit. After that, usually the initial suit is dropped. They don't want to lose. It's how you get rid of frivolous filers. When you consider the normal settlement is 5 to 6 digits big, and if it seriously takes 15-30 billing hours to negotiate a dropping of a law suit, you're getting ripped off.

[Kyphael]

1. Name your kid something you know will cause controversy
2. Sue
3. ????
4. PROFIT

Haha, that made me laugh thanks in part to the underwear gnomes from South Park.

[Ifeanychukwu]

That's what happens if you don't have any regulations for naming kids. Stupid parents will give immensely retarded names to kids, and it's the kids who suffer for it.

Well at least they can maybe change it themselves later. I know I would.