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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Its so hard not to laugh ...

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 06/06/2013 17:25

From another site discussing the most unusual names, I found this gem:

I thought I picked unusual names for my kids lol
Riley (9), Logan (5), Kai (3) and Jorji-Mae (16weeks)
To be fair my eldest two are the only ones in their school
Some people go too far when picking names for their children xx

She calls her child Jorji-Mae and thinks some people go to far.

Well yes, Pot Kettle hun.

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burgatroyd · 21/04/2015 19:43

Must say I'm relatively new to mn and I find this thread hilarious.

Coconutty · 21/04/2015 19:17

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Alisvolatpropiis · 21/04/2015 19:15

How on earth did you find this thread?

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 20:08

I feel no need to defend or link.

If you don't find it funny which it clearly is then I have no clue why you are still bumping this thread.

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Amazinggg · 10/06/2013 20:02

Yes plenty of threads over tbe years mocking nethuns - fine. Mocking and quoting an individual poster talking about her own children and their names, which she or her kids could find - not so much.

Link me a thread 'from the archives' which does this if you consider yourself to be in such good company.

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 19:54

Clearly ladymia.

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ladymia · 10/06/2013 19:51

Right so the people that do not agree with you must surely have children with silly names. [Biscuit]

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 19:33

Defend myself?

What for laughing at a Nethuns thread?

Oh it really is so hard not to laugh

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Christabel3 · 10/06/2013 19:30

Are you not coming back to defend yourself ad infinitum? Is that different?

Are you not telling me over and over again that I'm offended even though I've said I'm not personally offended and that is not the point? doh

Are you not adamant that you can post what you like no matter how sneering, but yet seem to be reprimanding me for posting on your thread. Ha ha. Join up the dots there I do like the irony there so on that sweet note I'm going to drop the rope.

usualsuspect · 10/06/2013 19:15

They all fucked off to moldies.

Were you not invited?

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 19:02

I doubt posters leave mumsnet in their droves because other posters aren't nasty enough

No, they left because MN became full of people that take offence to everything. And not only do they take offence, they linger on the threads that they are offended by, just to make it absolutely clear to everybody, that they are personally offended.

And then after that, they post again that they are offended.

Then they come back to tell everybody once again that they are offended.

And then they post again, to say the world is probably offended.

Then they namecheck anyone else in the thread that is offended.

And then, just in case anyone has forgotten, they post again that they are offended. Ad infinitum

Just like you

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Christabel3 · 10/06/2013 18:50

I'm an old mner. I just name-change regularly. I can't read the thread on netmums because to post in your style unlike you I'm not registered.

I doubt posters leave mumsnet in their droves because other posters aren't nasty enough , but who knows.... You could have your own religion by Wednesday. Nothing surprises me or outrages me that much.

My children don't have stupid names as you've implied a few times. Do yours? Even if we ripped the piss out of your children's names we'd still at least be doing it to your face, so even that wouldn't be comparable.

Amazinggg, I agree. I hope she doesn't read it. People google their children's names. The "poor children" OP is concerned about might be the ones to google their names.

FunnysInLaJardin · 10/06/2013 14:54

I remember the days when it was practicall de riguer to pop over to nethuns to laugh at the tumble weed and the fact that noone ever went there.

ExitPursuedByABear · 10/06/2013 13:35

How dare you accuse me of being a PO.

Flounces

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 13:34

I might link this thread to the old MN'ers on twitter.

'Tis a prime example of why so many of them have left.

The professionally offended hijacking every thread.

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 13:31

doesn't include directly quoting a well-meaning poster from another website

Have you even bothered to read the thread on nethuns before jumping on your moral highground? They themselves are taking the piss. Even they can reconise a stupid name when they see it unlike some on here

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 13:23

Search the archives Amazinggg.

Its old hat.

Funny old hat - unless your child is call something stupid, then it can be quite offensive hence the need for the defensiveness shown on this thread

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Amazinggg · 10/06/2013 12:39

You do sound like a knob OP. Have been here for years and I'm pretty sure straight talking humour doesn't include directly quoting a well-meaning poster from another website. It's sneaky and unnecessary and I hope she doesn't read this. If you did it to a post within MN would you feel so within your rights?

ExitPursuedByABear · 10/06/2013 12:31

I try hard to be polite too.

Choccyhobnob · 10/06/2013 12:24

I don't really understand why people have hatred for different sites? What's so funny about their baby naming threads? Can't really see the difference between theirs and the ones on here to be honest. I happily use both sites to get ideas for baby names. Everyone mocks NMs for being nice to posters but what's wrong with being nice?

If someone posts "what do you think of me calling my baby seabizkit?" I think the meanest I get is "Seriously??" but then say it's up to them at the end of the day. I'm just not very good at being horrible. I'll probably be kicked off here now

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 12:12

Why thank you

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Christabel3 · 10/06/2013 12:06

My sneering? I love your sense of humour.

ChasingStaplers · 10/06/2013 12:02

Poster on that thread said these names were from a 'friend' on another parenting forum:

Gotham Delilah Ice
Thyotaizia
Blaze Victoria Tess
Pystol Alyzabeth Fierce
Storm Thunder Ulysses

Come on, which one of you is it?

I came to this thread ready to tell OP off because my boys have unusual names but having read that thread they're having a sneer and a bash too so it's fair game IMO.

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 11:58

The great thing about MN is because I can namechange so your sneering means nothing to me. Water off a ducks back.

If only it were so easy for the poor children given stupid names to namechange to avoid the sneering.

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