Lesley Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Sorry Carl and I have so many cards addressed to Karl and Leslie - most of them from people who should know I decided that they obviously don't read the cards I had sent.....so stopped sending them eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just read that little Adolf & his sister have now been taken into care Hardly suprising really............................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Maybe they'll stand a better chance. I'll have them, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 We are vaguely acquainted with an individual who has children called Carling after his favourite tipple and Blade after SUFC. The worst part about it is that Carling is a girl. They would go very well with the young lady of my acquaintance whose Dad supports the other Sheffield team. Wensdy. She seems to be happy with it, though, so who am I to judge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just read that little Adolf & his sister have now been taken into care Hardly suprising really............................ When I read it I couldnt help but laugh that they had been taken by the SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Egluntine, I am sure your son just loves his name now! I can see that happy glint in his eyes from here and therefore you are the best mum ever. Bronze - surely you don't mean they will belong to Hitler Youth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Here goes...I am going to finally admit this. My maiden name was Kerr. If I was a boy, my Mum liked the name Wayne. Bless her, till the day she died, she didn't see the problem with this. Thank goodness I was a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) My son is called Kyle and yes, you've guessed it, he's been called Kylie by his peers and even by some teachers (by accident ) Oh Janty- that was a close shave Edited January 16, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Egluntyne Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 We are vaguely acquainted with an individual who has children called Carling after his favourite tipple and Blade after SUFC. The worst part about it is that Carling is a girl. They would go very well with the young lady of my acquaintance whose Dad supports the other Sheffield team. Wensdy. I could more readily come to terms with that if it had been spelled correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaJuliet Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I like my name but dont like the shortened version, so I always shorten it myself for people (im Catherine, dont like Cath, so introduce myself as Cathy - confused ? yep, me to ) I like my full name but hate, loath and detest most of the "standard" nicknames. I'm not sure why but my mother gave me my name because she liked one of these nicknames. I find it really annoying when I introduce myself as and the person will later refer to me as ... Particularly when I don't know that peron very well (or at all). I was showing one of my boss's visitor's around the lab once, having been introduced as . When my boss returned the visitor said "oh has just been showing me blah blah". I wonder whether either of them saw the look on my face... I think if you introduce yourself as a certain name, that is the name you wish to be called. If you introduced yourself as Catherine, I would call you Catherine, not Cath. (Or Cathy, unless you said I could / should). I do have some friends who call me other nicknames which I don't mind and, as Prince Charles' friend Sooty says, it's a term of affection. And I have a friend from another forum who (in real life) calls me PJ... which I find a bit strange but can't really complain about... PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily95 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 What about when people who have twins call them names that match. I can't stand that because when they grow up and aren't a pair anymore the names just seem daft! I know of some twin girls that are called Anika and Anooshka, they have a sister called Safron and a brother called Junior. When Junior is a teenager i'm sure he won't like it then! Emily xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I have a cousin named Julian - he prefers to be known as "J", so maybe Junior will do that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Here goes...I am going to finally admit this. My maiden name was Kerr. If I was a boy, my Mum liked the name Wayne. Bless her, till the day she died, she didn't see the problem with this. Thank goodness I was a girl. I knew a Mr King. His first name was Wayne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 When my sons went to a poncey prep school in Wandsworth all the boys were called Tank Engine names- Thomas, William, James, Douglas, Henry. The whole school would come running if you called Jack Their sisters were always Upstairs Downstairs maids' names- Milly, Molly, Daisy, Tilly....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Well, it's official, I am an aunty. My brother and sister-in-law have had 9 months to select a lovely name and they have chosen these: Elizabeth Ivy. After our mums. All that time and that was the best they could manage? Elizabeth, OK, Ivy (my mum) very dated. It's just so unoriginal. My niece is her own grandma's!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I think Elizabeth Ivy is lovely. Ivys very al la mode at the moment and not at all dated. Just think they could have spent the time doing a jordan and called her Ivbeth or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Elizabeth is lovely. Ageless and classless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 My mum has always hated her name and the teasing that went with it - here comes Creepy! Elizabeth, as I said is fine. I just think it would be nicer not to name it after our mum's - wouldn't be good to go around with all of us having the same names, and nice to be individual. Still, then again, my daughter is Erin - you can see her name in every garden centre around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I have always had very mixed feelings about being called Elizabeth. It is a classic name, but it is quite a mouthful and sounds very formal. Having said that there are quite a few shorter versions, my friends called me Lizzie until i was about 13 then I decided that I wanted to grow up a bit so shortened it to Liz. I even used Liz during our wedding ceremony. It was the only name that my OH had ever known me by and my mum and dad weren't there, so there was only my gran to turn her nose up. I only use Elizabeth on very official documents. All of our children have very classic names, so that they can choose to be timeless, formal or informal as they choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 my daughter is Erin Snap! My DD is 11 years old and no-one I knew had heard of the name. Since then it has become very popular and when the film Erin Brockovich (sp) came out everybody thought I had named her after that. I wouldn't have minded but she is older than the film! My son also has an unusual name and he's stuck with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 My uncle Kevin named his first son Kevin. Then two of his daughters named their sons Kevin and one was married to a Kevin. Then Kevin (uncle's son) had a son and named him Kevin. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Kevins - I'm related to enough of them but why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Husband has just pointed out that I have no justification to criticise anybody as I was meant to be called Wayne Kerr (see earlier post). He's now calling me Wayne and says that should be my new pet name....don't even think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 lots of Waynes in Lowestoft - no need for your OH to add to the list, Janty... I named my first born after Mick Jagger - Michelle and gave her Louise as a middle name because I thought it was pretty. The midwife laughed her head off - every little girl born in Lowestoft that week was a Michelle Louise I'd never heard of any Michelles before then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I have to admit that my YS is called Jack. Yes I know every other boy is called Jack. My excuse for this is that there is a big gap between him and the other two and we were out of the loop of what popular names were. Our surname doesn't lend itself to many names and when OH's cousin came up with Jack we thought it sounded like a great strong name. Hey ho. At least he's the only one in his year. I'm named after a movie star that Elvis was seeing at the time I was born - Ann-Margret. I always drop the Margret bit though. Blooming parents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
