Mungo: Cool or cruel?

I know a Mungo who is about 18 now, but he is 1 - Scottish and 2 - Very posh, which I think is the only way Mungo can work as a first name.

To me, Mungo will forever be Mary's dog in a flat in Wandsworth, with a freindly mouse called Midge.

I don't normally look at baby name threads and only came on this one as it was about a name I love. However, I'm really surprised by some of the posts on here and how unpleasant they are. The OP is considering the name for her baby, a few posters have said that it is their child's name. Surely it is enough to say 'well I don't really like it' without the frankly ridiculous comments like 'screams middle class trying to be different'.

Perhaps this is par for the course on these sorts of threads. But it makes me feel a bit .

Oh God what an AWFUL name. A child with that name is going to have a time of it

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sorry. very cruel. if you're into unusual scottish names, how about Sholto?

No--my bad because I should have made that clearer.

I think I x-posted with you there.

I never said that a Mungo would be ugly.. That was definitely somebody else!?

I'd expect a Mungo to be quite angelic looking.

There are quite a few Margots about, and if I hadn't moved, there could have been two in my dd's class.

BTW, MadameCholet, just to clarify, not saying that YOU have been unpleasant, just making a general point. Some people sounded as though they were taking great delight in pointing their comments at another poster whose son has the name.

My cousin is Margot.

I think Mungo is the penguin in happy feet......

I like those names but even if I didn't I would never say that I thought your children must be ugly and stupid. Because why the feck say it? Why be that fecking unpleasant to someone you've never met?

I don't mind if my children's names come in for a pasting. Couldn't give a t0ss. They are Margot and Richie..

Madamez, If I had another chlid tomorrow I'd call him Victor though.

Actually it was the comments about how ugly children who have that name must be that pissed me off.

whats disgusting about food?
no need to get so sensitive, I'm only stating my opinion. If you like it then it's your choice.

Well tell us what your children are called, ChopstheDuck and we'll tell you that your names remind us of something really disgusting, too.

Froggy,

I made a pretty valid point that if people can't cope with seeing their child's name bashed then they shouldn't cruise the baby name board.

People who haven't yet named their children want to get an real feel for how a name will be received, then, if the first poster to weigh in says, eg, "Margaret is my daughter's name and everyone who doesn't like it is very roooooooood" then what's the point.

If people criticise you children's names, live with it!! Especially if your child has such an unusual name. YOu must have known that 'the masses' won't all love Mungo. And I bet that's about 50% of what you like about it. SO don't get uppity when people come out and say they don't like it.

I for one, do not mind it.

just dounds like something you would eat to me.

My son is also a Mungo. It's a nice name and better than being Josh number 27 or Harry number 33.

We're not pretentious--Mungo is a family name. How rude to judge people like the way some people have here. Sheesh. As for the suggestion that those of us who have children with that name should ignore the thread, how about teachers avoiding the threads which discuss poor teachers, or SEN parents avoiding threads in which SEN children are discussed? Doesn't make sense, does it?

hatrick have you had DS then?

Only you refer to 4 DC and I was worried I had missed it

BTW what will you be called when he's here(if not already)

Sorry flum, not mad on Mungo personally but offer this fromDS1 who has an unusual name like Bridie's DS:

"I like my name because I am the only one in school"

(there are an awful lot of Jameses and Matthews in his year - very nice names I hasten to add)

Why thankyou dragon pea, it is very confusing for me as soup dragon and peahead are at opposites scales ( like the way i used the word scales there?)

Yes cbt, i'm not that stupid darling, i just trust, a lot, sleep well xxx

I think you have a "wanker identification problem". The real ones aren't fun and charming, you just think they are. Really, they are just wankers.

A bit of CBT ought to sort you out in no time

Fairy, MadameCholet, it has been a joy and a delight but my contact lenses are now gluing themselves to my eyeballs which is my sign that it is time for bed...

Yup, that's what i am trying to do, but wankers can be so much fun and so charming, so much better than the nice people.

I am going to be dragged by my friends to the priory though if i keep that motto up ;)

bollox to that
the rural poor do an excellent line in chickens
they may not have broadband and be on here though

my husband's motto when he started his business was "no more wankers"
If a client turned up and he thought he was a wanker he wouldn't have anything to do with him. tell him to bog off.

I think it is a good motto for life too if you can stick to it