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Today I heard a mother calling a child called........

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mrsshears · 13/08/2012 20:06

Starsky!!!! I kid you not Hmm

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greenwichgroove · 13/08/2012 20:38

Ha my dds nicknames are. Gladys and Mildred! Nothing like their names more their personalities.

LurkingAndLearningLovesCats · 13/08/2012 20:36

There's a kid in my hole of a town called Phoenix. Hmm And that is his real name.

Lucyellensmum99 · 13/08/2012 20:34

Was the brother called hutch?

Ketuk · 13/08/2012 20:31

Starsky is a girl, surely not nn for James?

My children have odd nicknames too, people sometimes [cats bum face]
Too bad.

HandMadeTail · 13/08/2012 20:22

I often call one of my DDs Biba. Someone once asked me if I had named her after the shop.

Hulababy · 13/08/2012 20:22

Agree - may be a nn. I use silly pet names all the type even when out and about, few are linked at all to DD's name.

SecretNutellaMedallist · 13/08/2012 20:21

Kal'El.

As in Superman's dad.

OlympickingMyNose · 13/08/2012 20:20

Last week, I heard a little girl being called Gypsy Hmm

Also, I know a little boy called Nailey Shock

NiceViper · 13/08/2012 20:19

DD hates it when I call her "Bob"...

MerryCosIWonaGold · 13/08/2012 20:19

Yeah. I call one of my kids "Woody" as a nn. A lot of people think it's his real name. And it bears no relation whatsoever to his real name. Starsky could be a nn for James, you never know!

usualsuspect · 13/08/2012 20:18

Yesterday I heard someone calling Albert and Gladys, I expected to see a pair of old age pensioners not two children.

MissBetseyTrotwood · 13/08/2012 20:17

Nope - definitely Libya. Or, more accurately 'Libeeeeeyaaaa' several times over. I like the name Lydia. Grin

RillaBlythe · 13/08/2012 20:17

I call my children Boo, Toots, Tatty or Tats most of the time. Nicknames.

usualsuspect · 13/08/2012 20:16

SO?

Selks · 13/08/2012 20:16

In Superdrug the other day I heard a (I presume) parent call out to their child "Dejeuner! Come over here please Dejeuner!"

I had to

Katz · 13/08/2012 20:15

fan - i wonder similar things too as a call my DD1 - Bob and DD2 Boo.

Losingitall · 13/08/2012 20:14

I heard a little girl called "December"
Each to their own I suppose Grin

amck5700 · 13/08/2012 20:13

.....I heard a Sapphire last week....wondered if her brother was called Steel.

fanoftheinvisibleman · 13/08/2012 20:13

Could it not be a nickname?

My mum used to call my DB our horace as a NN and frequently overheard peoples comments when they thought it was his real name.

fanoftheinvisibleman · 13/08/2012 20:13

Could it not be a nickname?

My mum used to call my DB our horace as a NN and frequently overheard peoples comments when they thought it was his real name.

peanutMD · 13/08/2012 20:12

We have a child at nursery who is refered to as Squidgletbum by her family :o

Chubfuddler · 13/08/2012 20:11

Are you sure you didn't mishear Lydia?

Chubfuddler · 13/08/2012 20:10

I often address baby dd by her nickname when out in public. I have had stares.

MissBetseyTrotwood · 13/08/2012 20:09

I raise you 'Libya'. Grin

(Was last week though.)

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