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Today at work I met 2 children called

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Saltire · 09/07/2009 17:42

Jamaica and China! My face must have gone when the mother told me becasue she said "well we can't all go through life with boring names like yours"

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LilRedWG · 09/07/2009 17:44

Cheeky cow! (Her, not you).

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LilRedWG · 09/07/2009 17:45

What sex were they? I'm guessing girls.

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Lizzylou · 09/07/2009 17:45

Saltire is a very unusual name, daft mare.

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mrswoolf · 09/07/2009 17:54

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boodleboot · 09/07/2009 17:55

Jamaica reminds me of that joke

my wife went on holiday to the west indies

Jamaica?

no she went of her own accord....

poor kids. porn star names if ever i heard them....

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ScummyMummy · 09/07/2009 17:55

I know a little girl called Jamaica. She's a sweetie.

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blametheparents · 09/07/2009 18:01

China reminds me of Cockney Rhyming Slang, as in
"Alright me old china?"

Dodgy

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GetOrfMoiLand · 09/07/2009 18:03

Blame - what does China mean in rhyming slang?

I like China (and India for that matter) for names, but think Jamaica is a bit ott.

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hullygully · 09/07/2009 18:05

My son is called Lichtenstein and his twin sister is Luxembourg.

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Tamarto · 09/07/2009 18:07

My next child will be called Bolivia

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ShowOfHands · 09/07/2009 18:09

china plate/mate

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blametheparents · 09/07/2009 18:11

china plate - mate

I'm thinking of New Zealand for my next DS. Whaddya think? Or maybe New-Zealand?

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hana · 09/07/2009 18:22

in our family china refers to vagina

(old mispronunciation by nephew going back years.....and it has stuck!)

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ActivityApple · 09/07/2009 18:23

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Frasersmum123 · 09/07/2009 18:23

China reminds me of this

Chyna

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Lizzylou · 09/07/2009 18:25

Must dash, have to bathe Uzbekistan and Argentina

Actually, Argentina would be nice for a girl........

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HuffwardlyRudge · 09/07/2009 18:25

It was a bit crappy of you to do a face when someone told you her children's names though.

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DiamondHead · 09/07/2009 18:26

Yes China is vagina, that's why the T'pau song was considered so hysterical when I was at school.

'China in my hand'

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DiamondHead · 09/07/2009 18:27

I had a Victorian relative called Argentine.

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weegiemum · 09/07/2009 18:31

Venezuela would be nice for a girl ....

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Lizzylou · 09/07/2009 18:46

Argentine/Argentina, s'nice
It means Silvery, or of Silver or something to do with silver

Will file in my "names for my fictitious girl book"

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hullygully · 09/07/2009 20:15

At my dcs very posh and arty school, we have brothers called Marshall and Solomon Islands.

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KerryMumbles · 09/07/2009 20:16

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hullygully · 09/07/2009 20:21

Unfortunately, I'm not. We also have siblings Trinidad and Tobago.

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monkeyfacegrace · 09/07/2009 20:27

At school I had a brittany, arizona and paris in the same class.

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