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Supply Teacher giggling at name of child in class

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everythingflies · 09/08/2025 22:48

Is it very unprofessional for a supply teacher to start giggling when taking the register in a class which they have not taught in before, because one of the children's names is "Bourbon"? Supply teacher in question is normally very professional but couldn't help themselves when hearing the name of the child.

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SouthernNights59 · 10/08/2025 03:53

InWalksBarberalla · 10/08/2025 03:30

Must depend on the commonwealth country- I'm in Australia and I instantly thought of the whiskey. Don't think I've ever heard of a bourbon biscuit -initialky didn't sound very nice but google tells me it's not actually bourbon flavoured! And I can get them at my local supermarket under the name 'britannia bourbon chocolate biscuits' - might give them a go.

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Oh posted without reading the whole thread, glad I wasn't the only one after all.

I'm in NZ and have never heard of a bourbon biscuit either, my mind instantly went to whiskey.

SouthernNights59 · 10/08/2025 03:52

Am I the only one who wondered why they named their child after a drink?

InWalksBarberalla · 10/08/2025 03:30

Trendyname · 10/08/2025 02:44

It’s not as famous outside North America while bourbon biscuits are popular in not only in UK but also in common wealth countries.

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Must depend on the commonwealth country- I'm in Australia and I instantly thought of the whiskey. Don't think I've ever heard of a bourbon biscuit -initialky didn't sound very nice but google tells me it's not actually bourbon flavoured! And I can get them at my local supermarket under the name 'britannia bourbon chocolate biscuits' - might give them a go.

VashtaNerada · 10/08/2025 03:30

There is a big difference between an adult actively making fun of a child’s name and an adult getting the giggles uncontrollably. I was once dealing with a child’s poor behaviour as a colleague walked past my classroom and for one awful moment I could see how crazy the situation must have looked to her as she walked past, and I got the giggles just for a few seconds. Luckily, I pulled myself together but it was totally out of my control for that moment. It’s a human reaction that happens to the best of us sometimes.

Trendyname · 10/08/2025 02:49

Augarden · 09/08/2025 23:26

Happened to my child too :( My daughter Custard Cream came home very upset!

Custard cream is a nice name :)

Trendyname · 10/08/2025 02:44

ThatBlackCat · 10/08/2025 00:57

Even if I'm not British Bourbon is an international and famous drink, much like coke, and it is the first thing anyone would think of. Not an obscure biscuit.

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It’s not as famous outside North America while bourbon biscuits are popular in not only in UK but also in common wealth countries.

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 10/08/2025 02:39

Augarden · 09/08/2025 23:26

Happened to my child too :( My daughter Custard Cream came home very upset!

One eastender actor I see has a child called 'Trilby'...

Interesting choice!

Encrochat · 10/08/2025 02:34

I know someone called this.

Notnowjo · 10/08/2025 02:21

ThatBlackCat · 10/08/2025 00:57

Even if I'm not British Bourbon is an international and famous drink, much like coke, and it is the first thing anyone would think of. Not an obscure biscuit.

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Nope thought of the biscuit here.

commenting so when I see this in the morning I can go and buy some from Sainsbury’s!

Internaut · 10/08/2025 02:17

youalright · 09/08/2025 22:54

Was you in the classroom

Were you

Alwaysalert · 10/08/2025 01:50

ElfAndSafetyBored

But why name a kid after a biscuit?

Or an alcoholic drink?

OonaStubbs · 10/08/2025 01:28

There really should be a restriction on what names parents can give children. Some countries have this with an official list of names that parents have to choose from. It is ridiculous to name a child after a biscuit.

SunnySideDeepDown · 10/08/2025 01:16

MonGrainDeSel · 09/08/2025 22:51

It's a bit unprofessional but honestly, that is one of the worst names I have ever heard so can see why s/he slipped up.

You can see why a grown adult laughed at a child? Come on, adults shouldn’t be bullies. There are loads of strange names, adults should be able to control when they physically laugh, I mean, it’s not that funny.

whitewineandsun · 10/08/2025 01:13

seaelephant · 10/08/2025 01:05

it's a whisky business being a teacher these days!

Ha!

UnwantedOpinionBelow · 10/08/2025 01:09

DollopOfFun · 09/08/2025 22:57

Very unprofessional. Really takes the biscuit.

Haha brilliant!!

Onlyhereforthebatshitneighbours · 10/08/2025 01:07

seaelephant · 10/08/2025 01:05

it's a whisky business being a teacher these days!

Oh v good :)

Onlyhereforthebatshitneighbours · 10/08/2025 01:06

ThatBlackCat · 10/08/2025 00:57

Even if I'm not British Bourbon is an international and famous drink, much like coke, and it is the first thing anyone would think of. Not an obscure biscuit.

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"An obscure biscuit" 😆

If you were British, you'd realise that far more Brits would think of the biscuit first than the American drink.

Bourbons are a cultural icon. And Brits have an incredible variety of w(h)iskeys when it comes to the drink.

PeonyBulb · 10/08/2025 01:05

Bourbon Grin

Its a ridiculous name

Any normal person would giggle

seaelephant · 10/08/2025 01:05

it's a whisky business being a teacher these days!

Redshoeblueshoe · 10/08/2025 01:01

GingersOwner26 · 10/08/2025 00:49

Dad used to teach a Tia Maria. She was a twin, the twin had a name with no drinks connotations but that didn't stop the Tia Maria and Vodka jokes in the staffroom.

I knew a girl called Tia Maria, she had a lot of siblings - and they all had really ordinary plain names

OonaStubbs · 10/08/2025 00:58

Bourbon is not an obscure biscuit!

Yestothis · 10/08/2025 00:58

LemondrizzleShark · 09/08/2025 22:58

Yep, unprofessional if done in front of the child.

However I was once reduced to such a state of uncontrollable hysteria that I had to step outside to calm down, by meeting “Mr Gollum” (I was on a night shift and very sleep deprived, and once I started giggling I just couldn’t stop myself).

Tolkien got a letter from an S Gamgee once and sent him some free books, but said he hoped he'd never get one from S Gollum Grin

ThatBlackCat · 10/08/2025 00:57

Onlyhereforthebatshitneighbours · 10/08/2025 00:49

You're not, I take it, British...

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Even if I'm not British Bourbon is an international and famous drink, much like coke, and it is the first thing anyone would think of. Not an obscure biscuit.

Onlyhereforthebatshitneighbours · 10/08/2025 00:49

ThatBlackCat · 10/08/2025 00:43

What are people going on about biscuits for? Where did that come from? Bourbon is a alcoholic drink, and 99.99999% of people would assume their parent are pissheads or at least partial to bottles of bourbon.

You're not, I take it, British...

GingersOwner26 · 10/08/2025 00:49

Dad used to teach a Tia Maria. She was a twin, the twin had a name with no drinks connotations but that didn't stop the Tia Maria and Vodka jokes in the staffroom.

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