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Kacpar

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Theresacatinmywashing · 18/09/2014 14:30

I've just had an email announcement from a friend (her DD has just given birth).

Its Casper isn't it? They called the kid Casper but spelt it Kacpar. I'm going to do a bland congrats reply and not even mention it.

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Gemerama82 · 18/09/2014 16:47

Same as most of the rest of you, I'd assume it was pronounced Cack-par.

I would have thought even if you were Polish you might go with the English spelling of the name if you live here and are planning to stay, just makes sense. Defo particularly odd if they have no Polish connections. How odd.

DonnaLyman · 18/09/2014 15:56

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beccajoh · 18/09/2014 15:50

I didn't realise it was Polish. I remember seeing it on the Office for National Statistics names lists and thinking the parents were morons who thought they were giving their child a uniquely spelt name Blush (Tis I who is the moron it seems!)

But yes, I do think that child is going to be called Cack parr.

Doodledot · 18/09/2014 15:48

I have polish friends with this name. Defo a polish spelling

AlpacaMyBags · 18/09/2014 15:46

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CorporateRockWhore · 18/09/2014 15:43

Wild ha ha it proper laughed out loud there [grin{

FavaBeanPyramidScheme · 18/09/2014 15:41

Awful. I laughed out loud. Poor kid to go through life being called cack-parr.

grufallosfriend · 18/09/2014 14:50

Maybe they have Polish relatives? Or any other connection to Poland. It seems a perfectly normal name there.

WildThong · 18/09/2014 14:48

I'd pronounce it fuck sake

Middleagedmotheroftwo · 18/09/2014 14:48

was it autocorrect?

VeryStressedMum · 18/09/2014 14:47

I would pronounce it cack par.

grufallosfriend · 18/09/2014 14:45

Looks Polish to me.

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Theresacatinmywashing · 18/09/2014 14:40

No, about as English as they come. As is the DDs partner

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blackteaplease · 18/09/2014 14:38

Is your friend or her dh forrin? I would assume it was Polish if I read that spelling

JanineStHubbins · 18/09/2014 14:32

There are lots of different ways of spelling Caspar - it's Kacper in Polish, for instance.