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Jayden

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LBNM19 · 31/05/2014 21:52

Finding it really hard to pick a boys name, I've got a little boy called Louie and thinking of Jayden for this one could be shortend to J or middle name will be Joseph as that's my dads name so Jayden Joseph could also be JJ. Honest opinions please :)

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Maryz · 02/06/2014 22:13

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usualsuspectt · 02/06/2014 22:12

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beatingwings · 02/06/2014 22:12

I'm intrigued too. As insults go I can think of many worse than chav.

Maryz · 02/06/2014 22:12

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EatShitDerek · 02/06/2014 22:11

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Alisvolatpropiis · 02/06/2014 22:10

Oh! Blush

This thread is moving fast!

Maryz · 02/06/2014 22:10

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deadwitchproject · 02/06/2014 22:09

So twat is OK, chav is not.

exactly. This just doesn't make any sense to me. I've seen threads with posters telling one another to fuck off and others calling posters a cunt but on MN the word chav is more offensive Hmm

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/06/2014 22:06

I've not called anyone a chav. I've actively defended all the hypothetical Jayden's (and the two I've met who were babies but probably nice young men now) throughout this thread.

I'm just intrigued by the extra weight placed on the word chav on MN than in real life.

I'm not saying it is wrong that people are bothered by the word, I'm just interested by it.

FidelineandFumblin · 02/06/2014 22:05

I thought you must be from a WC background, Spero. That's why you attach such importance to class?

meliscent that is an extraordinarily pompous remark

Maryz · 02/06/2014 22:02

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Alisvolatpropiis · 02/06/2014 21:59

Fgs. are and latter

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/06/2014 21:57

Yeah I'm aware that chav is used as an insult. So is cunt.

In real life most a generally far more offended by the later than the former.

meliscent · 02/06/2014 21:57

It certainly doesn't come across as very professional (whatever her role is).

meliscent · 02/06/2014 21:56

I thought you must be from a WC background, Spero. That's why you attach such importance to class?

Maryz · 02/06/2014 21:54

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beatingwings · 02/06/2014 21:54

So twat is OK, chav is not. Hmm

Maryz · 02/06/2014 21:51

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Alisvolatpropiis · 02/06/2014 21:48

beating

Depends on whether you're using twat to be insulting or just as an adjective, matter of fact like.

MN is the only place I've experienced in which calling someone a chav is worse than calling someone a cunt. Irl the majority of people use both quite freely.

beatingwings · 02/06/2014 21:37

Just because it's used doesn't mean it isn't an insult. The word twat seems to be used too does that mean it too is not an insult?

usualsuspectt · 02/06/2014 21:37

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FidelineandFumblin · 02/06/2014 21:36

Just because it is not yet actually illegal to discriminate on the basis of class, or background, or where someone comes from or where they live doesn't mean it is ok to do so. Saying "oh that's just they way it is, there is nothing we can do about it" is a tad pathetic.

I worked for several years in an area that has made me profoundly depressed and pessimistic about inequality and social mobility in this country Maryz. I am even more so in the current political climate.

I'm too old and tired to think I'm going to change the world. I just want people to have a fair shot in it despite the idiots. I'm sure there's more than one way to skin a cat, though.

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LBNM19 · 02/06/2014 21:35

usualsuspectt don't no any dogs called Jake.

Bloody hell deadwitchproject sorry I didn't log on soon and tell you I may call my baby Jake (sarcastic-face), not dead set on anything

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ElleBellyBeeblebrox · 02/06/2014 21:31

Well a lot of people on MN and in RL seem to think it's a perfectly acceptable word to use, I'm just interested in what their definition of chav is.

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/06/2014 21:29

Jake or Jacob?

Historically jake was slang for toilet

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