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in reply to a message by Mike C
I've always thought that Spanish names were pretty complex -- what with their multiple first names, baptismal name, father's surname and mother's maiden name all together making up the "official" name.
The movie *Spy Kids* does a bit of a take-off on this custom. In one scene the daughter, Carmen (btw, the kids in this movie absolutely cracked me up -- they're not at all cutesy and the boy, especially, is a natural comedian) has to get into this "safe house", and the only way that she and her brother will be granted admission is for her to give her name -- her *full* name.
She then rattles off this incredibly long and complex string of syllables comprising her full name, turns to her brother and asks increduously: "My name's a security code?"
-- Nanaea
The movie *Spy Kids* does a bit of a take-off on this custom. In one scene the daughter, Carmen (btw, the kids in this movie absolutely cracked me up -- they're not at all cutesy and the boy, especially, is a natural comedian) has to get into this "safe house", and the only way that she and her brother will be granted admission is for her to give her name -- her *full* name.
She then rattles off this incredibly long and complex string of syllables comprising her full name, turns to her brother and asks increduously: "My name's a security code?"
-- Nanaea
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