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		vitomd on April 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An employee, whose last name is Null, kills our em... Well my last name have a ñ . So for example my credit card have a weird character like "&" . Others just change to n. My last name crash a educational site when I registered

TazeTSchnitzel on April 27, 2012 [–]

Could you not replace it with 'ny' or something similar?

kragen on April 28, 2012 | [–]

Using a name other than your official legal name is frowned upon in many contexts. In some countries, although not the US, it's actually illegal under many circumstances.

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