Biff and Chip - who knew?

[Mominatrix]

Despite having gone through the ORT twice, I never picked up on this. Why was I never told?

[ALoadOfTwaddle]

I knew this. No one would name their daughter Biff.

[OpiesOldLady]

Bloody hell. I've been through it four times and didn't know it either!

[RickOShay]

That’s explained a real mystery to me
Thanks.

[SlightlySleepy]

I didn't know this! I agree that Biff is a terrible name and even worse for a girl.

[Trenchcoated]

Biff is a general child nickname for Elizabeth, though. I know an American Biff in her sixties. Again, her family were calling her ‘Beth’ as a child, but a younger sibling couldn’t get his tongue around the ‘th’.

My problem is that I could never remember which was Biff and which was Chip. Mind you, I think my reception-age son pointed out that Kipper is the dog...

[Sweetpotatoaddict]

My 4 yr old told me this and I asked him if he was sure

[Jamhandprints]

Cute. I didn't realise they were true stories. ;-)

[greasyspooncafe]

What does it say!?

[Mominatrix]

DS (15) is in shock.

[TabbyMumz]

I thought they were American.

[Dizzywizz]

I thought kipper was the dog!!

[almostn9ne]

@greasyspooncafe - can you click on the pic? It should show it bigger. x

[SallyLovesCheese]

Isn't the dog Floppy?

As a teacher, I thought they'd only chosen those names due to the graphemes contained within them. To think there's actually a made-up back story...

[Iwantacookie]

Christ on a bike are they still going? Surely they should be grown up by now?

[Leeds2]

I never realised that Biff and Chip were twins.

[greasyspooncafe]

Not able to enlarge pic on phone

[stillathing]

That's made my evening! I love it!

[Mooncupblues]

I knew about the names but didn’t realise they were twins

[Ohyesiam]

Biff was a girl?

[Sewrainbow]

I've just seen this on Facebook- a revelation!

But I'm pleased the childwerent given those names at birth!

[BustedDreams]

@Ohyesiam yes Biff is a girl. You can see a bow in her her long hair. Not that boys can’t have long hair and bows too.

[theconstantinoplegardener]

I knew that Biff's real name is Elizabeth. The children's dad is my secret crush though so I know quite a lot about the books.

[fedup21]

Biff’s real name was NEVER Elizabeth! It was Barbara-it’s in the teacher’s guide.

They are rewriting history...!

[Witchend]

I knew this.

I had a Great-Uncle Biff, and the teacher had to explain to me that Biff was the girl.

[JemilyJ]

I came to say the same as @fedup21, back in the day Biff was Barbara! Elizabeth/Beth does make more sense though...