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[–] takeheart@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can't pronounce a newline, so there's that.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 hours ago

Just pronounce \n as a glottal stop.

[–] BatmanAoD@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

But differently spelled names are legally distinct.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 hours ago

John
(long pause)
Doe

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

But something has to be written on the birth certificate and social security card, and that's what everything else will expect you to use. I think just due to technical limitations (e.g. of the printer/template for those things) it wouldn't be allowed, but I dunno about legally