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What's in a name? In the case of The Woman Formerly Known As Dawn McManus, 161 words.
But you can call her "Red."
The 41-year-old McManus, of Hartlepool, England, made the record-setting name change to encourage fundraising for Red Dreams, a charity set up after her son died to support young people pursuing artistic careers, the BBC tells us. "Dreams" is her new surname, which leaves 159 words for her new middle name -- actually the names of people the charity has helped.
Ready? Deep breath:
Red Wacky League Antlez Broke the Stereo Neon Tide Bring Back Honesty Coalition Feedback Hand of Aces Keep Going Captain Let's Pretend Lost State of Dance Paper Taxis Lunar Road Up Down Strange All and I Neon Sheep Eve Hornby Faye Bradley AJ Wilde Michael Rice Dion Watts Matthew Appleyard John Ashurst Lauren Swales Zoe Angus Jaspreet Singh Emma Matthews Nicola Brown Leanne Pickering Victoria Davies Rachel Burnside Gil Parker Freya Watson Alisha Watts James Pearson Jacob Sotheran Darley Beth Lowery Jasmine Hewitt Chloe Gibson Molly Farquhar Lewis Murphy Abbie Coulson Nick Davies Harvey Parker Kyran Williamson Michael Anderson Bethany Murray Sophie Hamilton Amy Wilkins Emma Simpson Liam Wales Jacob Bartram Alex Hooks Rebecca Miller Caitlin Miller Sean McCloskey Dominic Parker Abbey Sharpe Elena Larkin Rebecca Simpson Nick Dixon Abbie Farrelly Liam Grieves Casey Smith Liam Downing Ben Wignall Elizabeth Hann Danielle Walker Lauren Glen James Johnson Ben Ervine Kate Burton James Hudson Daniel Mayes Matthew Kitching Josh Bennett Evolution Dreams.
"Officially I should be called Red, but I appreciate some people will find it hard to embrace the change," she told the Beeb.
She admits, however, that he husband might "slip up" and call her Dawn.
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