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Mungo: Cool or cruel?

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Flum · 01/04/2008 23:45

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uptomyeyes · 05/04/2008 09:58

From memory Oisin/Osian was a poet and a warrior. Who went to live in the land of eternal youth with Naimh of the golden hair, astride a white stallion. Hundreds of years later he returned to the land of mere mortals (he was still very young) but every one else had aged and looked old and weak, he climbed down from the white stallion to help an old man and as soon as his feet touched the earth he aged and fell into a deep sleep (died esentially)

So DS1 has a lot to live up to : a warrior on the rugby field a poet on the dance floor!

princessmel · 04/04/2008 22:46

Cruel

muppetgirl · 04/04/2008 22:45

oooh yes, have heard the origins of Oisin.

Had to look it up though

MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 22:36

In Irish folklore (brilliant stories, thousands of years old children still learn them in school) Oisin is the son of FInn McCool..... It's a McCool name in my humble opinion, but yeah, possibly a bit strange-sounding to the English ear.

Kezza7779 · 04/04/2008 21:58

CRUEL!!!!Mungo the Mongo i hear them chant in the playground!

muppetgirl · 04/04/2008 21:36

Yes my Irish friend is married to a Welshman. They call their lo 'oshy'. She's expecting no 2 and I'm dying to know what she's going to call this one.

uptomyeyes · 04/04/2008 21:33

My eldest is called Osian - the welsh version of Oisin. We just call him Osh, which is pretty cool.

A friends son is Tadhg - but we call him Tad - is that not the correct pronunciation?

muppetgirl · 04/04/2008 21:13

My friend called her boy Oisin (she's Irish) and we had a little text off between our mutual friends as we didn't know if it was a boy or girl!! (seemed a bit rude to ask)

Bridie3 · 04/04/2008 20:41

Nice meaning.

mousehole · 04/04/2008 20:39

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MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:39

Tadhg is like the first syllable of Tiger. grrr I like it. It's tough but in a cool way. It means poet.

hatrick · 04/04/2008 20:36

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Bridie3 · 04/04/2008 20:36

Is Tadhg pronounced: tie? I saw it elsewhere and wondered.

MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:35

This was fun though. I'm going to start a thread about Columba now

I might learn something.

MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:34

I do! If you have an hour (!) to read the thread back, my very first comment, before all the rumpus kicked off, was that I thought it was an ok name, but that you had to be honest about what circles you mix in.

I still sort of think that's true. In London and Scotland, totally cool. But in Liverpool, maybe it's not going to fly.

In Ireland, a Mungo might be teased by a boys called Oisín and Tadhg and Cathal!! So there is that cultural aspect to consider.

But anyway, the more I learnt about the name, the more I like it.

Bridie3 · 04/04/2008 20:33

My goodness me! We have a convert! C'mon in and have a slab of tablet.

hatrick · 04/04/2008 20:25

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MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:23

ffs

MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:23

What did I do wrong? why did that not work?
I really like the name

there!?

MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:22

I mean I really like the name

MadameCh0let · 04/04/2008 20:22

This thread is going to backfire! Mungo the new Jack??

I used to think that Mungo was an ok name but a bit too Posh, but now that I have been totally re-educated about the fact that St Mungo was the 'wandering celt' and the patron saint of single mothers (i love that idea!!) and that he rowed from Glasgow to Dublin (brrrr, cold) I now really like the name

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Bridie3 · 04/04/2008 20:17

That would be nice, meglet!

Yeah, Beachcomber, I'm smiling imagining calling a Glaswegian pretentious. Not the kind of thing you'd do on a Friday night.

meglet · 04/04/2008 20:14

I predict a huge rush of people naming their LO's Mungo after this thread. I love it even more now. ((marches off to convince DP its a good idea))

Beachcomber · 04/04/2008 19:56

Considering that St Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow, city known for being proud of its gritty, working classness I'm LOL at the pretentious comments too. Slight case of haven't got a farkin clue what I'm on about but can't keep my mouth shutitis.

Am still reeling at 'mongol' posts.