What's in a name? Ask the Pakistan ambassador :)

Shakespeare wonderfully proclaimed that "That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet."
Maybe it does not smell as sweet all the time.
Pakistan named its ambassador to Saudi Arabia.  One would think that there won't be any hassles there--these are not countries in conflict or anything.  Yet, Saudi Arabia didn't ok that.  Why?

The reason, apparently, has nothing to do with his credentials, and everything to do with his name -- which, in Arabic, translates to "biggest dick":

In Saudi Arabia, size does count.

A high level Pakistani diplomat has been rejected as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia because his name, Akbar Zib, equates to "Biggest Dick" in Arabic. Saudi officials, apparently overwhelmed by the idea of the name, put their foot down and gave the idea of his being posted there, the kibosh.

According to this Arabic-language article in the Arab Times, Pakistan had previously floated Zeb's name as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, only to have him rejected for the same reason.

So, maybe we ought to remind Juliet that there might be exceptions to the rule :)