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What would you think if you heard this name called out to a child in the park?

34 replies

YouWillBeDeleted · 18/05/2008 21:00

Oden.
This isn't actually my ds' name but his younger brother couldn't say his name and ended up calling him this and its turned into a very frequently used nick name for him by all of us. After reading some of the threads where unknown parent have been judged for what they shout across the supermarket to their children i wondered what reception the name 'Oden' would get? (I wont be offended whatever you say)

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QuintessentialShadows · 18/05/2008 21:35

I know an Odin. Very nice and strong name. It is a God after all!

amytheearwaxbanisher · 18/05/2008 21:34

i like it very pagen odinn

YouWillBeDeleted · 18/05/2008 21:31

Lol I'm definately not a yummy mummy or a scummy mummy - more like your average run of the mill slightly worn out but surviving mummy.
I love the name and wish i'd used it for his christian name. Even Oden gets shortened to Odee though!

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NotQuiteCockney · 18/05/2008 21:26

LOL at 'confused pagan'.

I understand about the strange variations, DS1 was 'Mas' for ages, because DS2 couldn't pronounce his real name.

LittleBella · 18/05/2008 21:23

I would think you were a confused pagan

NaughtyNigella · 18/05/2008 21:21

Odin - good name.

tearinghairout · 18/05/2008 21:18

I would think it was Odin (sorry, have escaped from Pedants' Corner) and also either Scandinavian and/or posh in a Tarquin kind of way.

OTOH an awful lot does depend on who's doing the shouting, on whether she's a Yummy Mummy - "Odin darling, come along, you'll be late for your Mandarin class"
or she's a 20-stone version of Amy Winehouse (with the tattoes)and yells "ODIIIIIN!! Gerrover 'ere NAH before I knock your f**ckin' block off!!!" across the park then that might not sound so Scandinavian or Tarquin-esque.

NotQuiteCockney · 18/05/2008 21:03

I would think it was a cool name.

I don't think Scandi people go around calling their kids by the names of ancient Norse gods, do they?

barbamama · 18/05/2008 21:02

My first thought was scandinavian child.

I would not have any chavvy associations. Would lean towards posh kid if thought about it but not in a negative way. I quite like it.

That was my gut reaction without thinking too much.

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