Not Without My Khaleesi: Game of Thrones Name Leads to Passport Mix-Up for Family

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Game of Thrones inspired Khaleesi's name ⚔️
The Passport Office said they were unable to issue a passport unless Warner Brothers gave permission ➡️ https://t.co/GHpjxhppbm pic.twitter.com/B1eLylELfj
- BBC Wiltshire (@BBCWiltshire) August 1, 2024
- Six-year-old Khaleesi was supposed to go on her first holiday to Disneyland Paris. Before booking the

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[thatcovergirl]

That’s a terrible name. But also, WTF @ the passport office.

[text143]

Scarlet Begonia being Rachel Zoe's favourite girl name is something I think about a lot.

I was re-reading Anne of the Island and one of Anne's protagonist is named Averil Lester. I kinda love this creative spelling of Avril 😅

Honestly, L.M. Montgomery had a talent for choosing names like Cordelia and Lavender Lewis but then she considers Bertha to be an equally beautiful name

[winegums]

tbh I don't think LM Montgomery herself actually thought 'Bertha' was a beautiful name, she just has Rilla think that the way tween Anne thought that 'Averil' was a perfect name for her protagonist 😅 iirc she was named after Anne's mother so in-text they're obv not going to diss the name

(note how no LMM heroine or heroine's bff actualy has a name like Bertha or Averil, they're Diana, Priscilla, Ilse, Valancy etc)

[deerlike]

Rilla was named after Marilla, Anne's adoptive mother figure, and Bertha was the name of Anne's birth mother, which is probably why Rilla romanticised it so.

[text143]

Loving this conversation <3

Edit: that read a little passive aggressive using discourse 😳 I actually love your insight.

[warwarwar]

That’s insane. By that same logic wouldn’t Apple Martin need approval from Steve Jobs co. to get a passport? Like how could the passport office have thought that was needed

[text143]

The big brain moment is when you realize everyone was so obsessed with her first name being Apple that the Apple Martini pun with her last name was eclipsed.

[tetrazzinichikn]

Not exactly the same.

[la_loony]

I thinkg she'd need an approval from nature, the OG apples after all XD

[swissbeauty23]

[kjesta]

brian! what a blast from the past lol

[swissbeauty23]

he had the BEST facial expressions

[rubie_dubidoux]

well, this is going to be a problem for my daughter Dunkaccino

[automaticpeople]

That’s terrible. Dunkaccino is clearly a boy’s name.

[flying_pandas]

The female version is Dunkaccina