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Settle a debate - is it okay to give a child these initials?

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NamechangeMcNameChangerson · 24/11/2017 20:56

Hi,

My DH and I are locked in name negotiations. He thinks it is absolutely fine to give a little boy the initials PNS. I think he will get called "Penis" at school and maybe through adulthood. Thoughts?!

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raviolidreaming · 25/11/2017 19:55

You can't use them! It only takes one kid to notice and the rest to follow.

MsP0b · 25/11/2017 19:42

I think I'd avoid PNS.

yasmin05 · 25/11/2017 11:09

It sure would get some comments you don't want to hear. Some kids are just like that. Just keep initials simple and cute. :)

Scallywaggle · 25/11/2017 10:41

Some schools require initials to be embroidered onto items such as PE kits & science coats, would you be Ok with that?

Jinglebellhell17 · 25/11/2017 10:28

got not for!

Jinglebellhell17 · 25/11/2017 10:27

I wouldn't. I just test drove it with our older 3 DC ranging from 5-14. All three for it straight away and fell about laughing. So that's a no from me.

daisypond · 25/11/2017 10:19

I'd say it was fine. I can't think whenever I use my initials for anything. Otherwise, if it bothers you, why don't you add another middle name, or in fact remove the middle name altogether?

DottyBlue2 · 25/11/2017 04:09

Bad initials:

BUM
WNK
TIT
PMT
FNJ
DFO
HRH
HTH

deptfordgirl · 25/11/2017 03:46

I really wouldn't notice. If you're going to get teased about that you would be teased about anything. Honestly I have worked with teenagers for years and never known anyone to be teased because of their name and certainly not initials.

OldWitch00 · 25/11/2017 03:34

when do people see initials on anything other than luggage?
my dh named my ds (third child) all on his own and guess what his first and middle name gives him BS and his first and last name initials give him BM....he's 32 and never once has he mentioned an issue.

Iwanttousethatname · 25/11/2017 03:32

Autocorrect!

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Iwanttousethatname · 25/11/2017 03:31

Well, in theory nt a problem.. As long as no teenage lad after happens 2 notice ! Kids can b merciless !
I went to school with a lad who's initials spelt GOD. He wud drive the teachers insane by refusing to answer by his first name , an me would only look up in acknowledgment of they called him GOD !!!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 24/11/2017 23:16

Yes, Penis here too !
On the grand scale of things, it matters not, but kids can be cruel.
He could end up with the nick name Dick ! 😄

Want2bSupermum · 24/11/2017 21:45

One of my fav girls names is Beatrice and it wasn't possible because of our last name. The initials just would be so easy for teens to tease.

OohMe · 24/11/2017 21:44

It's definitely NOT ok to use PNS as ititials. 😱😱😱

JD360 · 24/11/2017 21:40

I think that's fine my eldest ds initials would have been BJ but changed them to read BAJ now a boy calls him onion baj so I think of you are happy with the name them go for it kids will always be silly to one another if it's not about a name it will be about something else

Biggreygoose · 24/11/2017 21:25

@namechange I like to think it's because we obviously went to schools that encouraged free and imaginative thinking. Grin

itshappening · 24/11/2017 21:24

I wouldn't do it OP, for one thing I could never unsee it myself once I had noticed it!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/11/2017 21:20

As pp says. I wouldn't have noticed if you'd not point it out. However other may get on to it, so. No I don't think I'd risk it. TBH

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NamechangeMcNameChangerson · 24/11/2017 21:20

I wonder if Mumsnet readers are looking at this without a sufficiently juvenile mind... I'm blessed with one, so I feel I'm in a good position to assess this...!

I have a family member who had to actually change the spelling of his name because of an interpretation from all of the other kids that no adult would ever have thought of... PNS seems to me to hand it over on a plate...

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DramaAlpaca · 24/11/2017 21:19

I see it too OP. I'd avoid.

Toomanycats99 · 24/11/2017 21:17

School near me has standard uniform rucksack with initials embroidered on it.......they are out there for everyone to see.......

Biggreygoose · 24/11/2017 21:17

Old Hmm

Thank fuck someone else got it, thought I was going mental....

Still, kids can be mighty inventive when it comes to insults and nicknames. PNS is very close to penis, I would avoid it if I could.

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NamechangeMcNameChangerson · 24/11/2017 21:16

I know all of my friends' initials. They would often be used as identifiers at school, and there was a girl with the initials SOK who was known as SOK ("Sock") or Socky. I don't think too many kids would miss something this obvious as I've seen far more ingenious creations...

@Biggreygoose Horse piss... Grin

In my workplace they are also used everywhere as identifiers. If I saw PNS I would stifle a giggle.

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BikeRunSki · 24/11/2017 21:13

“Gee gee” is old slang for horse, particularly racehorses.