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Trufflecrumble · 2012-09-19T23:25:50+00:00

What other names are like this? [wink]

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Mellower · 20/09/2012 20:50

Point, there is a point?

Oh goody!!

Actually I may name my next DC "point" has quite a ring to it,
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"point, here, now"

"point, no that would not work.....meh"

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 20:43

cat · 20/09/2012 20:26

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 19:54

I'm thinking what's the bloody point cat

cat · 20/09/2012 19:53

Have I missed the point?

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 19:52

Yeah I think there are a few people on here who have missed the point too!

scarlettsmummy2 · 20/09/2012 19:15

I personally think it is a bit chavvy, however I have a Scarlett so my opinion is obviously diminished!

cat · 20/09/2012 19:09

What's the point that's been missed Dancehall?

DancehallDaze · 20/09/2012 18:04

Some people here have completely missed the point. Nothing new there i suppose.

lljkk · 20/09/2012 16:46

Two of my US cousins have adorable DDs called Taylor. I don't mind it.

If I tried to explain to my US cousins the snobbery that some British people feel about Taylor as a forename, I would come up with made up names like Aleysha, Mintia, Porsha, Trooza. Names that make you feel "Something is not quite right."

Mellower · 20/09/2012 16:35

I also know a Taylor, nice lad my sons friend, his parents are so not anything that has been suggested on this horrible, people with their heads up so far up their asses they can see nothing thread.

FunnysInLaJardin · 20/09/2012 14:22

wow, I know a 2yo Taylor. He is a little boy, he is not a chav and his mother is certainly not 'white trash'. Very unpleasant comments.

cat · 20/09/2012 14:18

Not aimed at you at all old slag. Read the posts above yours.

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 13:55

Probably not aimed at you old slag, your point was reasonable.

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 13:54

About four people on this thread. Hardly worth getting worried about it it?

It's not that bad even if it's not to your taste.

YouOldSlag · 20/09/2012 13:52

Some of you are so rude and judgemental. Your DCs won't go far in life with such narrow minded parents. You think you're above everyone, when in fact you are just showing how thick and uneducated you are.

So because I think the name Taylor is over used, my (very intelligent) DCs will have a dead end life and my degree counts for nothing?

Interesting reaction to several people not liking a name....

SilkStalkings · 20/09/2012 13:51

Nobody is saying that a child called Taylor can't possibly have any class, wit or style (assuming that is the opposite of Jeremy Kyle contestants.) They are pointing out that people will make the assumption that they don't have these qualities, given the statistical frequency of such names on such tv shows.
We are pooling our experience of these names, not making assumptions about the children themselves (all right we are probably making assumptions about their parents for choosing them.)

theliverpoolone · 20/09/2012 13:35

My dd(5)s best friend is called Tayla. She's lovely. (and has pierced ears).

DancehallDaze · 20/09/2012 12:58

Well said, Trufflecrumble.

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 12:31

Who says they are "chavvy" though. A couple of strangers on an Internet forum?

I know several children with American style surnames and called Scarlett and Madison as well who far from it.

Tell her to call the baby Ethel to keep
Mumsnet happy then, that's the only place people would seriously give a toss!

SarryB · 20/09/2012 12:24

The OP did just ask What is like it but not Jeremy Kyle or Shameless in style, as many, it seems, think this name is? - I'm being honest, I think Taylor is a chavvy name (from what I understand, would be similar to a white trash name), the same way I think Octavia is a posh name. I wouldn't use either for my child, as they have too many negative connotations connected with them (in my eyes).

If her friend is worried about the connotations on a name in a different country, then it is a good idea for her to find out what people may think of it.

Similar names I can think of would be - Riley, Raylee, Baylee, Mayla.

iknowwho · 20/09/2012 12:22

Hell's bells!! What an overreaction!!
Just say you are not keen should suffice.

cat · 20/09/2012 12:19

Some of you are so rude and judgemental. Your DCs won't go far in life with such narrow minded parents. You think you're above everyone, when in fact you are just showing how thick and uneducated you are.

PicklesThePottyMouthedParrot · 20/09/2012 12:17

White trash? Jeremy Kyle? Bit of an overreaction.

No one who is at all pleasant in real life would think a little girl was white trash as she has the name Taylor with American parents.

Seriously.

Original poster

Trufflecrumble · 20/09/2012 12:15

I think a nice friend would subtly make their friend aware of how it's perceived in another country and then, if she is set on it, the friend has done all that she can and has a clear conscience. It doesn't mean that the friend will dislike the child for its name.
A snob surely keeps the cultural perceptions close to her chest and lets the person go ahead and do it and when the friend then asks her why she didn't say anything, just smiles wryly.

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