TQR 14,398 Posted April 13, 2018 36 minutes ago, msc said: On a similar note, my name can be shortened in several ones and one thing that really pisses me off is people doing it without permission to be pally. Makes me properly tetchy. I'm so thankful that I have a single syllable name for the very reason that these overly familiar cuntos can't bastardise it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted April 13, 2018 1 minute ago, charon said: Anything ending in a 'y'. Harry? Name is Harold. Gerry? Name is Gerald. Franny? Name is Francis . Etc etc, folk that put abbreviations on a birth certificate should be shot. This one is awful. Also the butt of an old joke*. *Briefly goes like this and having read it I defy you to look anyone called Franny squarely in the eye again. Boy meets girl in club, both a bit pissed, he asks her name "Franny" she says. I'll never remember that he says. Just think of it as Fanny with an R added she says. Ok I'll remember that I think. They agree he can take her out again in a few days, "just knock on my door and ask for me" she says. So a couple of days later he turns up at her house and her father answers the door, but in his nervousness he forgets her name...so, he thinks hard and remembers..."Oh hi there, is Crunt in?". Ok, not a particularly good joke, but that's not the point. Which is as above. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted April 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, Handrejka said: True. I can't see Myra making a come back anytime soon though. Edit. I was wrong, Myra has grown in popularity. http://names.darkgreener.com/#myra Myra can also be a nickname, for Mary iirc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet 251 Posted April 13, 2018 Don Armani Karl-Heinz https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/kurioses/article114382008/Don-Armani-Karl-Heinz-das-Essen-ist-fertig.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted April 13, 2018 6 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Exactly.....thought not sure why that is. My matriarchal grandmother was Emma....but in the 1940-1990 range NO ONE would name a child ghastly 'Emma'. Then the tide turned, and usually it is a movie star or character from TV etc and all the sudden a name picks up steam. Now Emma is a top 5 name annually again. We had very much considered it for my daughter in 2010 -- granted it would have had a family tie at least -- and even had friends call her Emma a few weeks whilst in the womb. She ended up not Emma, but just sharing the story. SC I was born in 1973 and there were shitloads of Emma’s of around my age. One in particular was a right slag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted April 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Lard Bazaar said: I was born in 1973 and there were shitloads of Emma’s of around my age. One in particular was a right slag Ditto. Well I was in 1976 but the rest still stands. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 13, 2018 I was 67 and have never met an Emma. Must be a SotW thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 13, 2018 46 minutes ago, msc said: Myra can also be a nickname, for Mary iirc. Hmmmm My mothers sisters had a girl daughter each around the same time @ 1954/5 , one called Mary , aka Moira and one called Moira aka Mary. Fucked up no righters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted April 13, 2018 ^ Similar but with an earlier generation here. 7 minutes ago, charon said: I was 67 and have never met an Emma. Must be a SotW thing. Quite a few in Glasgow. Mind you, top 2 girls names in the UK in the 80s ie roughly my generation? Jessica and Jennifer, apparently. Have I ever met anyone by those names? Nope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted April 13, 2018 Had an auntie Jessie so that's one, and a school mate in the 70's called Jennifer. Only one of each I can remember. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted April 13, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 22:37, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Derek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted April 13, 2018 Bertha colin Nevaeh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted April 14, 2018 Debbie is a bitchy name. Any normal (usually boy) name that adds an unncessary S to the end. Ex: Brooks, Jacks (I find this one particularly offensibe considering my name, Jack, is perfectly fine alone.) Any name that starts with Mar. Ex: Marsha, Marty, Marlon/Marlin, Marla, Martin, Marshall, Marly, Mary. Carmen is also a horrid name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted April 14, 2018 41 minutes ago, the_engineer said: Nevaeh I had heard of this name but wasn't convinced it was real until I heard a woman shouting it at her child in a certain supermarket. The same place where I subsequently heard another mum shouting at "Daytona!" I hope for further entertainment there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted April 14, 2018 i despise, for no obvious reason, the name Jack. And it's become ubiquitous over the last decade despite being virtually obsolete - an anachronism - when I was growing up. It reminds me a bit of a Monkey Dust sketch some of the names coming up here. I can't find the initial part of this sketch, but involves potentially giving the baby names like Hercules. According to wikiquote, the initial sketch goes: " Mother: I know what we should call him. How about Jacoby? Baby: [thinking] What? Father: That's nice, although I had rather set my heart on Hugo. Baby: [thinking] Hugo? Hugo?! You fucking twat! Father: Then again, we could name him after my grandfather, Thursby. Baby: [thinking] You absolute fucking tosser! They will beat me like a Chipperfield monkey! Mother: No, I know what's nice. Baby: [thinking] Dave! Steve! Chris! Steve! Dave! Anything! Mother: Hercules! Baby: [thinking] Oh, that's a good idea - if I want to be a fucking gladiator! Father: The classical touch is nice, but how about Archimedes? Baby: [thinking] How about "Fucking Gaylord" and be done with it!" And then... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,415 Posted April 14, 2018 10 hours ago, Toast said: I had heard of this name but wasn't convinced it was real until I heard a woman shouting it at her child in a certain supermarket. The same place where I subsequently heard another mum shouting at "Daytona!" I hope for further entertainment there. Naming a child Nevaeh is the actions of a thick person thinking they're being clever. Daytona; poor child that's going to be a millstone around the childs neck. I tend to love Latin names but only a select amount and none of the long names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/13/2018 at 10:32, FixedBusiness said: you mean you wouldn't name your child West Virginia? I hate the name Lee West Virginia is the least of my concerns unfortunately, I have met multiple people named Texas, Hampshire, Carolina, Dakota, Georgia, Virginia, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Nebraska, and even an Arkansas. It's getting out of hand!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted April 14, 2018 I don't think you can complain about Carolina or Georgia. Both these states were named after people. Carolina is the Latin feminine form of Charles, and is in use in various countries. Virginia has also been a given name for centuries, although the state's name is a reference to Elizabeth I (the Virgin Queen). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted April 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said: West Virginia is the least of my concerns unfortunately, I have met multiple people named Texas, Hampshire, Carolina, Dakota, Georgia, Virginia, Nevada, Arizona, Alaska, Nebraska, and even an Arkansas. It's getting out of hand!!! Yeah there's someone in my English class named Nevada. Always found it an odd name. I've met someone named America too. Keep in mind I'm a canuck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted April 14, 2018 My sister in law is a teaching assistant and one kid in her class was called Amarni 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted April 15, 2018 Kid has just reminded me there was a girl at her nursery called Treacle. And there was that awful dog on The Voice a year or two back who’s parents actually named her Truly and you guessed it, middle name Scrumptious. What a pair of cunts they must be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 861 Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 22:39, time said: Oliver Jamie, what a pucking double.Then theres his 5 kids. Poppy Honey Rosie. Daisy Boo Pamela. Petal Blossom Rainbow. Buddy Bear Maurice River Rocket. He's a PUCKING PRICK!!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted April 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, redrumours said: Jamie, what a pucking double.Then theres his 5 kids. Poppy Honey Rosie. Daisy Boo Pamela. Petal Blossom Rainbow. Buddy Bear Maurice River Rocket Blue Dallas. He's a PUCKING PRICK!!!!!! I quite like Pamela, although it's out of fashion. And Maurice is OK. (Are these grandparents' names, I wonder?) All the rest are dogs, cats, cows and horses. And bears, obv. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
