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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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ToTiredToBeWitty · 10/06/2013 11:52

I laugh at pistol.

Shakespear or not.

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ExitPursuedByABear · 09/06/2013 21:14

Pistol is Shakespearean. Quite highbrow.

I laugh at your ignorance.

AlwaysWashing · 09/06/2013 21:09

Oh fgs lighten up this IS FUNNY!!!!!

If you call your children crazy, out there names you surely expect a bit of a ribbing or if you call them something super chavvy (oh flame away, I don't care) then you probably don't give a monkies.

Pystol is priceless!!! Quite like Sparrow and Wren but wouldn't have used them I don't think. My 2 have less than traditional names, nothing daft but one of my Aunts did comment "What happened to normal names like John & David?).

Each to their own but you have to have a giggle along the way!

Hashtagwhatever · 09/06/2013 20:57

Two of my dc's names are on that thread.

Yet didnt count their names as 'out there' myself.

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 09/06/2013 20:52

changechangechange

usualsuspect · 09/06/2013 20:35

See,OP.

other people do give a damn.

Fancy that.

Christabel3 · 09/06/2013 20:32

I agree Changechangechange. I'm not outraged either. OP you're missing a irony here. Children's names are not the only clue people give out unwittingly. So, {ponders} I guess I'm doing to you what you're doing to the poster on netmums Grin Grin

changechangechange · 09/06/2013 19:47

Wow, OP. What a sneering prick you seem.

I'm always perplexed by the people on MN who insist on 'pitying' children with unusually-spelled names. In my experience (professionally and as a parent), it is not that much of a hiccup at all. Perhaps it's because I live in a working class, multicultural area, we're all somehow less snotty about 'chavvy' or 'R&B' names?

Fwiw, my DS' name is "real" (biblical), not top 100, but almost invariably complimented when it occasionally features on these threads, so I'm not taking personal offence here. I just think you're being a knob. HTH.

cuillereasoupe · 09/06/2013 14:23

I struggled to keep a straight face, I always thought of rimming.

Could be worse. I have a colleague whose name is Rim. She's Tunisian. (And a right bitch so I don't feel too bad sniggering at her name).

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 09/06/2013 13:53

I just think its hilarious when people come onto a thread just to be 'outraged' and no one else gives a damm.

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usualsuspect · 09/06/2013 13:44

It's a good day in my world , when people get het up about the terms 'trailer trash and Chav' yes.

MustTidyUpMustTidyUp · 09/06/2013 13:33

It is a good day for the world when all there is to get het up about is this.

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 09/06/2013 13:31

Yeh Just like the word 'Chav' is unacceptable but is implied on every other thread.

Snort.

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usualsuspect · 09/06/2013 13:07

The term 'trailer trash' has never been acceptable on MN.

mummybare · 09/06/2013 10:20

my daughter went to school with a child called Ashanti Rose! which i thought was different. my girls are Chloe-Kitten and Minnie with middle names Mary Marie so Minnie Mary Marie in total lol. we just call her Min or Minnie.

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 09/06/2013 08:37

Yes the too posh made me Grin as well.

I don't understand the standards. 'Too posh' is awful but trailer trash names like Jorji-Mae are fine! Confused

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 09/06/2013 08:36

Thank you OMDB - I thought I wasn't imagining that! Smile

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snooter · 08/06/2013 18:40

Jorji-Mae is awful. Why spell it like that? - oh, to be "different" so everyone will get it wrong for the rest of the child's life.

Georgie-May - still awful IMO but some improvement

FairyArmadillo · 08/06/2013 16:30

I hate myself for having a laugh at that thread. It does seem a bit unkind. But to be honest I've laughed at Strummer, Chloe-Kitten (which is now growing on me) and Nivek (Kevin backwards). I quite like Riley though. My cousin has a DS named Riley.

overmydeadbody · 08/06/2013 16:04

Actually in the old days it used to be quite common practice to post about a thread from 'nethuns' in order to laugh at it. Mostly it would be laughing at the tickers and kisses and hunning.

KittenofDoom · 08/06/2013 15:22

Interestingly they seem to be allowed to use the words chav and chavvy over there. Whereas here it is virtually taboo, while it's OK to sneer at a name for being "too posh". Inverted snobbery, anyone?

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ToTiredToBeWitty · 08/06/2013 14:22
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FunnysInLaJardin · 08/06/2013 13:25

god, this thread turned out to be a right larf in the end then

BoffinMum · 08/06/2013 12:33

Ladymia, they delete anything that's not gushing. That's why I don't go on there. Free speech is not allowed.

ladymia · 08/06/2013 11:48

Why not have the guts to take on the poster on the other site? I think it's a bit cowardly to say nothing on that thread and bring it over here?