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Na, names are about pronunciation (how you call someone). Written letters are an approximation of that. You can't pronounce a newline, so there's that.
Try telling that to
.
Just crouch down to simulate moving to a lower line.
John Doe
Just pronounce \n as a glottal stop.
Hawai
i
Hwhy e?
John
(long pause)
Doe
But differently spelled names are legally distinct.
i think they mean that pronounciation matters for determing validity, not for the actual record or distinguishing between names
But that doesn't really address the original question, does it? You don't have to pronounce all the letters in a name, so the fact that you can't pronounce a newline isn't sufficient to demonstrate that it can't be part of a name.
How do you pronounce the hyphen in double barrelled names?
The hyphen can provide indicators on how to parse the letters on either side. "Pen-Island" would be pronounced differently from "Penisland."
There's a guy I follow on the internet called "penusbmic", and he claims it's supposed to mean "Pen, USB, Mic".
Whatever you say, Penus B. Mic.
But something has to be written on the birth certificate and social security card, and that's what everything else will expect you to use. I think just due to technical limitations (e.g. of the printer/template for those things) it wouldn't be allowed, but I dunno about legally