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Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Oh, that's reminded me of someone I used to know

> named her daughter Brie. Yes, that's right, after

> the cheese.


If you were out and picked up ladies called Brie and Chardonnay you could have the best wine and cheese night ever.

I have a friend who sublet a room off a couple with a daughter. They introduced their daughter to her 'and this is Chanel. Well, we spell it with two n's though so it's a bit different, you know' My friend politely asked 'what you mean channel?!!!' Nope they corrected her with a strange look. Chanel. Two n's

She didn't end up living there long..

uncleglen Wrote:

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> Bree is an Irish name- maybe people hear these

> names and like them and call their children them

> without checking the correct spellings.



Is it really! Never heard it myself

Back in Portsmouth I knew a couple called John and Dawn Cockhead! Now, presuming they weren't brother and sister, this means that she voluntarily took this name!


Oh, and I am currently working with a client called Bollocko!


A friend of mine once had a customer called Victoria Kunto!


Have to say though, so e people on this thread come across a bit snobby!

Bree is not an unusual name in Australia (or the bit I come from anyway) - shortened from Gabrielle. I know three Brees.


I knew an Ix once, pronounced "Ish". I suspect he may have made it up himself though.


Animal names seem popular at the moment- I've encountered a Tiger, a Bear and a Fox recently.

steveo Wrote:

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> True story

>

> A friend of a friend's mother was Terry (Monty

> Python) Jones's cleaner. She had two boys called

> Genghis and Adolf.

>

> I kid you not.

>

> Terry had the family round one afternoon and made

> the boys some food. My pal says his abiding memory

> is of Terry standing on the back door step

> shouting "Genghis! Adolf! Pizza."

>

> I can't tell you their surname because I think

> they still live around here but that was daft as

> well


You win this thread.

Strange hormones and chemicals must fly around when you're a couple expecting a new baby


I was very much in favour (for a mental but short time) of naming my yougest son "Ike" . I know, what a thing to do to the poor boy. My wife thankfully put her foot down and traded me her name for a girl, which I wasn't in favour of to say the least "Nubie"

charlesfare Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I was in crystal Palace park, there were two

> > ladies together, the tattooed Fred Perry

> wearing

> > skin headed one of the pair bellowed (in the

> very

> > finest sarf london tambre) toward a golden

> haired

> > angel of a child

> >

> > "CHARDONNAAAAAAAAY WE'RE GOIN' NAW"

> >

> > It was exquisite

>

> Is this a joke or are you Katie Hopkins or

> something?



It's pretty clear from above that silly names aren't just confined to one social class (whatever that means nowadays)...they can be found anywhere. Surely the challenge for parents must be to strike that delicate balance between tacky and boring, reference any significant relatives and be "cool" at the same time. Not easy.


There's been a spate of Dylans recently but if I ever drop a boy I shall be calling him "Hendrix II". Is that acceptable?

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