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Rubbish and the hadron collider

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MrsTerryPratchett · 05/01/2017 23:43

Not as names...

But I was told to choose a name based on the idea that your kid should be able to be a bin man/woman or run a hadron collider.

So Dr Althea Smith could work in CERN and Allie Smith could make a living with the Council.

Now I think anyone should be able to anything with any name and that a lot of this is snobbery! But DD did end up with one of these names. Did yours?

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AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 07/01/2017 17:48

I call my DS Tombalina Ballerina Grin. He's a strapping 16 year old cadet... he could go with Tom the bin man or Dr Thomas the scientist. It fits the criteria.

1horatio · 07/01/2017 17:45

mrs
.😂 It's actually pronounced Wudge (fair enough) but I've seen it written down and it's Wadge! I mean, how? why? English people... weirdos Wink

Reality · 07/01/2017 17:43

My boys have names that work both ways (Harry and William) but DD is Molly. Not sure that works for a high court judge etc. Ah well.

ListenIda · 07/01/2017 17:41

I know an Apollonia who works in Sainsbury's and is known by her full name.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 07/01/2017 17:40

Wadge (apparently not Vage) Proper LOL.

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FannyWisdom · 07/01/2017 17:38

If only I'd have thought of it, Mr whippy is easier to spell Grin

1horatio · 07/01/2017 17:33

Right?! But they all have really ridiculous nicknames! There's an Apree, a Natty, a Wadge (apparently not Vage Hmm) and a Fudgy... why? Why do seemingly normal and educated people choose to do that to lovely and classical names? :('

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MrsTerryPratchett · 07/01/2017 17:29

At five months?!?! It will be ChipDoodleFace Poopy by 5. Or it would be in my house. Poor DD.

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1horatio · 07/01/2017 16:22

Gaaaaah! Why not stick to Chipper? Chippers? Chip? Or... Clary? Or, a totally novel though, Clarissa?

I could strangle (well, not really....) the person that came up with Chippie. I need to talk with DH (and he needs to talk with his parents, they are the worst offenders!). DD is just 5 months,now we can probably still make the nn go away.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 07/01/2017 15:11

Chippie. Also a recreational drug problem according to Urban Dictionary!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 07/01/2017 15:09

Glamour model and Tory MP? Sounds like it fits the bill Grin

As Yet Unnamed... we should name according to this theory. Scientific, like!

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1horatio · 07/01/2017 12:56

The founder of the American redcross was apparently Clarissa 'Clara' Barton. There's a basketball coach in the hall of fame and a celebrity chef.
And there's a character calle Clary in some fantasy novels (there's a movie and a tv show, apparently...).

But Chippie means apparently tramp or prostitute... I can't let them call her Chippie, can I? :000

Gardencentregroupie · 07/01/2017 12:45

There is a glamour model with DD's first name, but also a Tory MP, so I would say she's sorted. Still struggling to name (not yet born) DS though.

Dolwar · 07/01/2017 12:07

I think it is true in a way. You often get the chavvier names with random spellings in those from lower socio-economic groups who are not destined to be nuclear physicists. Conversely there was someone on here the other day who posted a load of names and someone asked if the child was going to private school based on the names

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/01/2017 22:39

To be fair I call DD Emme-Lemma Ding Dong to her face.

Mr Whippy Grin

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BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington · 06/01/2017 17:50

First time my GP called DS in he said ah a baby destined to sell ice creams.

Did you call your son Mr Whippy?

1horatio · 06/01/2017 17:39

Mrs

Right? I mean, the inlaws? Well, if they insist... but DH? I feel like he should really stick to Clary (which he uses when talking about her but not actually to her... sigh).

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/01/2017 15:24

Clary is adoracute (as DD says).

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1horatio · 06/01/2017 14:03

Right? I still call her Clary. She's so little that... well, maybe the Chippie nn will quietly fade away....? At least they didn't add an 's'... that would be horrible to explain to people.

Well, bespoke furniture isn't that bad. She could be a designer or artist or something... or a carpenter? Grin

MollyHuaCha · 06/01/2017 13:59

Or run own bespoke furniture making business?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/01/2017 13:59

I think Chippy/Clarissa is the very embodiment of this theory Grin

Ice Cream Distribution? Umm... cannot begin to guess.

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1horatio · 06/01/2017 13:03

Well, with DD's current nickname (Chippy/Chip) she'll work at a chippy?

MollyHuaCha · 06/01/2017 08:47

My DCs wd get far as bin people without tweaking their names. We were aspirational in our choices ...

Donostia · 06/01/2017 08:04

We have an Albert.. Dr Albert the Cern bloke or Big Al the bin man! He's currently Bertie so i picture Bertie the interior designer! Maybe Bert the dentist...?!

FannyWisdom · 06/01/2017 07:55

I was under the impression I had covered flexible careers.

First time my GP called DS in he said ah a baby destined to sell ice creams.

DS hasn't got a van or owt but he does work at tesco. Maybe there was a prophecy.

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