<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> assumptions can be hazardous. I have in fact seen a (foreign) birth certificate with "3rd" as a suffix, and on a case by case basis the number 7 or the symbol ? have been allowed (or will soon be) on birth certificates of indigenous people in recent years in Canada.</p><p>A range of symbols as well as numbers are technically supported in most registry systems in Canada although anything other than .,-' are not generally permitted in names without a HUGE amount of hassle.</p>
