ElCanut@jlai.lu to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 4 months agoAsking the real questionsjlai.luimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI had to convince people to let me on board a plane because my name contain a swedish letter (å). Their computer system translated it into “aa”, which then didn’t match my passport.
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYour name is transliterated in your passport? That’s on the Swedish authorities then.
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoNo, my passport has my real name of course, with “å”. In the airport system and on the boarding pass my name was spelled with “aa”.
I had to convince people to let me on board a plane because my name contain a swedish letter (å). Their computer system translated it into “aa”, which then didn’t match my passport.
Your name is transliterated in your passport? That’s on the Swedish authorities then.
No, my passport has my real name of course, with “å”. In the airport system and on the boarding pass my name was spelled with “aa”.