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Bede?

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ArsenicyOldFace · 24/08/2014 01:50

For a boy (obviously?)

As in 'The venerable...'

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MyNameIsInigoMontoya · 28/08/2014 16:56

It just makes me think of the "venomous" too but scaevola beat me to it Grin

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 16:53

(I should have said AT LEAST dimly aware...)

He was named a 'Doctor of the Catholic Church' some time in the 19th century iirc.

Interesting. I'd have to swot up if I used it, I suppose. Must have some dusty undergrad level books around Smile

I can't believe what Babs just said about Bidets, though. Maybe I should worry Confused Grin

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mathanxiety · 28/08/2014 16:48

He was named a 'Doctor of the Catholic Church' some time in the 19th century iirc. .

I think the name lingers in the NE among all denominations.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 16:47

Maybe the Saint/Venerable divide is more likely to flush out the dissenting vs established divide?

Oh that was sort of your point wasn't it Math? Well I'm far more Baptist than Anglican, so I guess so Smile

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 16:45

Bidet Babs? Bidet!?

No there is not SCOPE! [harumphy face] Grin

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 16:44

No idea. I'm from a Baptist/Anglican background and I can't remember ever hearing him mentioned in a church context.

To me he is 'The Venerable Bede. Historian.' (Although of course everyone who knows him for his place in historiography is dimly aware of his religious status.)

'St Bede' is a name sometimes seen on churches. I suspected Catholics would be keener.

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BabsUnited · 28/08/2014 16:41
BabsUnited · 28/08/2014 16:41

I think there's scope for it to be pronounced bidet which might put me off from using it

mathanxiety · 28/08/2014 16:35

He is Saint Bede the Venerable in the Orthodox and RC churches anyway, with feast days of 27 and 25 May respectively, and also in the Anglican church afaik.

Maybe the Saint/Venerable divide is more likely to flush out the dissenting vs established divide? Wink

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 28/08/2014 16:17

But, but, he was St. Bede the Venerable, aka The Venerable Bede, wasn't he?

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 13:27

Yes. Quick way to sort the religious types from historians, maybe Smile

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PPaka · 28/08/2014 13:09

I think most people would just think St Bede, rather than Bede the venerable.
I only knew because there was a local school St Bedes
Maybe it depends how religious you are

manicinsomniac · 28/08/2014 13:05

There was a Bede college at the uni I went to aswell (well, it used to be Bede, by the time I was there it had combined to become St Hild and St Bede) - Durham University.

MackerelOfFact · 28/08/2014 12:55

ArsenicyOldFace - it was pretty dilapidated when I was there, I would be surprised if it was still standing TBH! Grin

PrimalLass · 28/08/2014 12:49

I think it was in a film (maybe Simon Callow, not sure). It's just the image I get.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 11:43

Why Primal!? Is that a Bede you know? Or?

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PrimalLass · 28/08/2014 10:48

No, sorry, I don't like it. It's 'old fat man who drinks too much' for me.

MackerelOfFact · 28/08/2014 10:42

It was a (fairly grim) hall of residence at my university so that clouds it for me... but it's not that bad.

Just avoid naming his sister Pearl, Ruby, Jade etc, else they will just sound like a pair of earrings. Grin

mathanxiety · 28/08/2014 02:47

I love it. I also love Anselm and Dunstan, and also Berengaria and Elfrieda..

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ArsenicyOldFace · 28/08/2014 00:31

I do sort of see your point, maybe. Sort of.

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manicinsomniac · 27/08/2014 12:29

Eek, I don't like it sorry. It's one of those names that combines rarity with one extremely famous owner that just means I can't think of it as a name but only as that person if that makes sense.

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ArsenicyOldFace · 26/08/2014 22:27

Grin @ venereal Bede

Thanks for all the positives.

I'll pop it on the listsuperstitiously hide the list

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florascotia · 26/08/2014 19:22

Castlemilk Grin Ha ha!

Castlemilk · 26/08/2014 19:17

Florascotia I thought you'd written 'The Venereal Bede' then for a minute!!

Now THAT conjures up a completely different set of visuals Grin

Surfsup1 · 25/08/2014 10:26

I met a baby Bede (actually 2 of them at the one playgroup which was quite extraordinary!) for the first time a little while ago. I had never heard the name before. I just assumed the parents were extremely hippy or something (I was thinking Bead).

I know (now) that it's an old English name but I initially assumed it was a made-up name.

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