10:10:10

[wobs]

There's a kid in Hull who was born a couple of years ago called Chlamydia.

 

[robgil]

There's a kid in Hull who was born a couple of years ago called Chlamydia.

oh dear.

''sweetheart have you got chlamydia''?
''yes dear''.

 

[Feltwell]

Although such a problem probably pales into insignificance compared with being named after a luxury Japanese car.


(Is that last sentence going to get me into trouble here, I wonder?)

I reckon you're on safer ground than I was with my comment on a 10 year old being 40 years too young to enjoy golf!

Names are so subjective. Mine's pretty ordinary, although it's rare to find anyone the same age or younger than me with my name - most are at least 20 years older.

The most cringeworthy names I can think of relate not so much to the names themselves - although they are pretty bad - more how and the context in which they were said. A frightfully posh lady with a very high-pitched voice screaming "Montgomery! Stop hitting Venetia!!" at the top of her voice across a park near me as the little brat in question, aged about 5, was busy hitting his sister - and completely ignoring his mother, who was tottering towards him as fast as she could manage in her high heels.

 

[Penners]

There's a kid in Hull who was born a couple of years ago called Chlamydia.

That's novel. When our kids were born they didn't have names. We had to choose them ourselves.

 

[Flyfisher]

I was going to make a frightfully earnest comment along the lines that children might suffer teasing or even bullying if they have a daft name, then it struck me that this might be precisely the reason why such parents are choosing names such as Chardonnay, Lexus and Fifi-Trixibelle. Imagine a child having to start school with ridiculous names such as John or Jennifer these days. The shame doesn't bear thinking about.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/stupid-people-still-allowed-to-name-children-200912232335/

 

[JoceAndChris]

You have have to imagine them at a board meeting, shaking the hand of a Managing Director, and introducing themselves with a certain degree of gravitas. Even in today's mad world, I still think Thor or Galadia is going to raise eyebrows and be unlikely to be taken as seriously as more traditional names. And even the current fashion for 19th century servants' names will perhaps be something of a hindrance to the fund managers of tomorrow.

 

[Flyfisher]

Indeed. It's also worth thinking about how perfectly 'normal' names might create unfortunate combinations, not forgetting combinations of initials as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7909561.stm

 

[Feltwell]

Indeed. It's also worth thinking about how perfectly 'normal' names might create unfortunate combinations, not forgetting combinations of initials as well.

Quite, but don't forget married names for women or email addresses for either gender - it's a minefield.

My friend Martin Singer got married to a Carol Fletcher, who unsurprisingly kept her maiden name.

I have a Maltese friend who works for a university here in the UK. Their email addresses follow a quite normal convention - first letter of first name followed by first 5 letters of surname@xxxxxx.ac.uk

Except my friend hates giving his work email address to friends & family back in Malta - as his email address is "dazzop@..." ,and in Maltese this means "This prick@...."

 

[Gareth Hughes]

The brother of a Uni friend of mine is now Leo King.

But he was Lee King until he was about 12.

 

[JoceAndChris]

:lol: poor boy!

 

[robgil]

i have yet to meet a Helen Back but if i ever do i shall offer her my sympathy's.

 

[philpjuk100]

A colleague called Ken Head called his son Richard not considering the abreviated version!

 

[TomW]

I have a friend called Roger, family name Dick. He kept the Roger, but unsurprisingly changed the Dick to something else. To be fair to his mother who is now 93, the name probably didn't have the same connotations back when he was born, as it does now.

 

[Moo]

One of the Deputy Heads at a large comprehensive school in Middlesex was called Mr Thomas.
His innocent parents had christened him John.

 

[biffvernon]

This has got to be a record for thread hi-jacking.

 

[Penners]

Imagine a child having to start school with ridiculous names such as John or Jennifer these days. The shame doesn't bear thinking about.

Oh no! Our four grandsons are named George, Thomas, William and Edward. Will they be bullied mercilessly?

 

[Penners]

A colleague called Ken Head called his son Richard not considering the abreviated version!

Years ago I worked with a chap named Laurence Driver.

Don't tell me his parents didn't spot that the normal abbreviation for Laurence is Laurie. :roll:

 

[Penners]

This has got to be a record for thread hi-jacking.

Be generous, Biff. Think of it more as a kind of metamorphosis.

 

[MdB]

My Granddad was the youngest of 7 in his family and everybody called him "Son" (apart from me and my sister). Our family name is Bathe so he was "Son Bathe". Apparently nobody but myself had spotted this...

 

[Penners]

:lol: :lol: :lol: