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If you aren't testing your interface with names like Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard von Habsburg-Lothringen, you're doing it wrong.

My favorite town is Chrząszczyżewoszczyce, powiat Łękołody: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jaMcIbIWt_4

My favorite country is Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Ma...

For the company, look at those sub-sub-subdivisions of state departments. But there's also this cutie: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...



This is almost perfect, just need a few more special characters. Fortunately, Ešeeva'e Ó Cuinneagáin Sólveig doesn't mind being a _very_ early adopter.

Edit: I bet this post looks pretty stupid now after parent edited to include special characters.


> after parent edited to include special characters

I added the city, because I remembered about it. Frankly, I didn't know that Polish had that many diacritics, specifically considering their unfortunate crash into all the digraphs. Ferdinand's name is left as it was, and your point is valid and valuable.

BTW, I had no success googling the name you provided. Thought it would be someone vaguely famous.


Someone’s first name should be <script alert(“hello”); and maybe get Bobby Tables in there too?


Just do

    {{ name|truncatechars:8 }}


    Ferdina...

Eh, they'll still know who it is.


No no hold that thought - it will be a good way to generate clicks! looking at you LinkedIn


Once this becomes the next decacorn, we're going to get Ferdinand Z. M. B. K. M. O. A. B. L. von Habsburg-Lothringen to be our spokesman. Heck, Ferdinand -- if you're in the comments, you can be our spokesman now if you want


I think I went to school with him.


Well, it's not like I made him up, he's 25 now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Habsburg_(racing_dri...

Memorable from the 2017 Macau F3 finish: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RfWr8mP3P1Y




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