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It's Greville Cumberbatch !!!

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 03:48

I can hardly believe that.

What is it? A trend? Some kind of allusion? A family name?

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cacl27 · 21/06/2015 19:49

Gosh, I hope it isn't Greville, I would think he would get teased to no end from school mates.
Sounds too much like " grovel". And throw in Cumberbatch, and they could really go to town!

SoupDragon · 20/06/2015 16:25

Well, if Greville is not true, there's still hope for little Quentin :)

GoblinLittleOwl · 20/06/2015 12:56

I love Q Cumberpatch. Still giggling.

LaVolcan · 20/06/2015 12:37

Or Greville Wynn - the business man who was a spy, and was swapped for some other Russian/East German spy.

KoalaDownUnder · 20/06/2015 12:19

One of my closest friends is called Greville! Rhymes with devil. Grin

Must say, I never thought it was that weird.

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 18:15

I thought it sounded like a Just William character.

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squoosh · 19/06/2015 16:07

Greville sounds like the name of a sinister butler.

CakeRattleandRoll · 19/06/2015 15:47

I had a great uncle Greville, nn Grev. I wouldn't choose it myself but I don't see anything so wrong with it.

MuddyWellyNelly · 19/06/2015 15:32

Even though it looks like the name wasn't the real one after all, I wish even more now that I was a rich famous 'sleb. You can name your child anything. No worries about bullying in the playground or the High Court Judge test!

Socalled · 19/06/2015 14:53

I know a Greville - he's an attractive, rather high-powered, admittedly grumpy Londoner in his late 40s. What's so weird about it as a name?

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 13:47

It was local radio Whirl - maybe it was subconscious? Or maybe they said Grenville and I misheard. It was silly o/c after all.

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WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 19/06/2015 13:16

So if someone told you that as a joke it's in extremely poor taste Confused

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 13:02

Oh HIM Sad

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WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 19/06/2015 12:56

He is a Labour Peer (house of lords) and before that was an MP for years, a raft of child abuse allegations against him, it looks like he's not going to be prosecuted though as he has dementia.

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 12:52

Who is Greville Janner? I don't want to google something else unpleasant.

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RepeatAdNauseum · 19/06/2015 12:51

It was a joke.

Timothy and Charles are still the two most likely names, but Benedict's agent said there won't be an official announcement yet. I think they are the names of their grandfathers, so that's quite a nice gesture.

WhirlpoolGalaxyM51 · 19/06/2015 12:49

No that can't be right. It's awful with the surname and more importantly all that's going on in the news with Greville Janner at the moment makes it just a really unlikely choice surely? It's a very unusual name and that's the only famous Greville I think I've ever heard of so not a great association Confused

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 12:43

I googled too. Nothing Hmm

It must have been a joke then, I suppose.

Sorry chaps - I was tired and fractious and gullible

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MappingTheMind · 19/06/2015 12:06

Like Grenville Janner???????????

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 19/06/2015 12:05

LOL @ soup

deadwitchproject · 19/06/2015 12:02

It must be a family name. Surely?

SoupDragon · 19/06/2015 11:34

Whilst googling to find out if this is true, I found this headline

Benedict Cumberbatch shows off his post-baby body, gets back to work after two days off

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Flubbs · 19/06/2015 11:33

It was on the radio last night. Said very seriously but the more I think about it.... I just can't tell.

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 19/06/2015 10:51

Well we knew they'd give him an outlandish name. I mean they were hardly likely to call him freeeeeekin Bob or Fred were they