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Really hoping these are nicknames!

25 replies

shelleybee · 19/10/2017 21:39

But even if they are, what kind of nickname is Compost?!

Really hoping these are nicknames!
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QueenOfTheAndals · 19/10/2017 21:42

I don't know, it's the Telegraph, and posh people tend to have fucking weird nicknames.

QueuetoaskaQ · 19/10/2017 21:44

Compost and Maggot Grin

Someone's either paid a lot of money to post a joke birth announcement, or there are some serious auto correct failures going on.

Maybe it was supposed to say Connor and Maggie? Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 19/10/2017 21:44

Well I think Compost got off lightly compared to poor Maggot.
Grin

BernardBlacksHangover · 19/10/2017 21:46

That has to be a typo or joke! There's no way they are children's names. Names of pets maybe? Maybe they think of the cats as their fur babies or whatever and the human baby is therefore their baby brother?

AssassinatedBeauty · 19/10/2017 22:08

Hatta Byng is the editor of Home & Garden apparently and has two children already, so my guess is that they are nicknames related to gardening!

AssassinatedBeauty · 19/10/2017 22:09
nodogsinthebedroom · 19/10/2017 22:10

Posh nicknames for Cosmo and Margot

nodogsinthebedroom · 19/10/2017 22:12

And people moan about the lower classes giving their kids stupid names

QueuetoaskaQ · 19/10/2017 22:17

From Assassinated 's link:

The Hon Henrietta Rose (Hatta) Wood (nee Byng, born 1977), wife of Charles Browne Martin Wood (b 1973), gave birth to a son, Ivo, 12 September, 2017, a brother for Jago (known as Compost) b 2012, and Margot (Maggot), who was born in 2015

Luckily they are nicknames, then! At least they're not stuck with them for life. They have actual names on their birth certificates that won't leave them embarrassed every time they introduce themselves in future.

Honestly, Maggot and Compost? Why the hell would you call your children that as a term of endearment just because you're fond of gardening? I'm partial to chocolate but i don't refer to my daughter as Milk Tray!

SuperBeagle · 19/10/2017 22:27

Compost and Maggot. Those kids really won the lottery with parents like that even if they are nicknames

BriechonCheese · 19/10/2017 22:29

Wow, specialist.

Agustarella · 20/10/2017 01:17

I think most posh people would rather christen their sons Compost than Connor!

Glad they didn't in this case though.

Protectingmydaughterfromfilth · 20/10/2017 04:08

Notice “Ivo”

Ivo Wood. ????

QueuetoaskaQ · 20/10/2017 06:23

I think most posh people would rather christen their sons Compost than Connor!

Really? Confused

The world is a strange place indeed when it's preferable to name your child after a steaming heap of rotting food and dirt than a perfectly normal name.

Connor may not be a 'middle class' or to your liking at all, but it is certainly better than Compost. The child's real name is Jago, as a mater of fact.

Something tells me that if a load of working class people started to call their children Jago over the next few years, you'd quickly start to hate that, too.

Seems that middle class people can do any sort of ridiculous thing they like and it would still be respected.

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2017 11:05

Jago, Margot and Ivo - they love that "o" sound clearly. Individually perfectly nice names. Together? maybe not.

WaxOnFeckOff · 20/10/2017 11:08

They aren't middle class, they are "gentry" so I think this sort of thing is common. Isn't it all "Boopsy and Flicka are heading off for tiffin with good old Mindles and Flappy"? :o

shelleybee · 20/10/2017 14:39

Happy to hear the poor kids have proper names. But still... Compost?!

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SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 20/10/2017 14:44

Ivo Wood? OK then......

I wonder what nickname they'll come up with for little Ivo. Maybe Manure or Weedkiller?

RoseAndRose · 20/10/2017 14:51

I think he’ll be the Evil Weevil

Elend · 20/10/2017 18:36

Compost is a better name than Jago tbf

Mivery · 20/10/2017 18:53

These have got to pet's names or something. Please tell me there isn't a child named Maggot.

Ledehe · 20/10/2017 19:35

The dad's called Charlie Brown something or other so silly naming must be in the family

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BendydickCuminsnatch · 22/10/2017 16:00

Can't work out what's wrong with Ivo Wood? Compost & Maggot nicknames have really fascinated me Grin Can't stop trying to imagine this family's life!

WhiskyChick · 22/10/2017 16:06

I’m guessing Maggot was from her little brother being unable to say her name properly and it stuck. No idea about Compost though

MomToWedThorFriday · 22/10/2017 16:07

My nickname as a child was Maggot. I wriggled a lot when I used to creep into DMs bed to sleep Grin

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