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if you met someone with a baby named Bernard, what would you honestly think?

138 replies

misdee · 20/05/2008 17:44

go on!

i can take it

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ElizabethBeresford · 20/05/2008 18:23

Oh is she!???? I thought she was Californian!!!!

Oh well. Califrau, you dislike Bernard because you are Welsh!! Do you like it like this though Byrnyrd?

allgonebellyup · 20/05/2008 18:21

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

i would piss myself laughing

edam · 20/05/2008 18:21

I'd think really? Bernard? Golly.

neolara · 20/05/2008 18:20

I'd think "poor child". Sorry.

expatinscotland · 20/05/2008 18:18

Um, Eliz, Califrau is Welsh.

pointydog · 20/05/2008 18:18

schnorbitz.

nooka · 20/05/2008 18:16

I'd think cool. And then "Not now Bernard" . I don't like Bernie as a shortening though (not sure why). Beenie would be nice!

seeker · 20/05/2008 18:12

I would thing of "Yes, Minister." And then I would think "Oh well, at least it's not Sequoia"

MadamePlatypus · 20/05/2008 18:09

What Tatties said. I love Annie Rose and Alfie as names, so why not Bernard.

ElizabethBeresford · 20/05/2008 18:08

Yes Califrau, but you're an American!!! And even though I love you guys, your taste in names is about 8 yrs behind GB!

8 yrs ago I would have thought Bernard was a joke name for a rat, so I cannee blame you.

cadelaide · 20/05/2008 18:05

it's kind of sweet, and you never, ever hear it nowadays do you?

PenelopePitstops · 20/05/2008 18:04

sorry misdee, i think of a dog, then bernards watch

but i do quite like the name!

Pinkchampagne · 20/05/2008 18:04

I think it is cute!

NurkMagiggy · 20/05/2008 18:03

I'd wish I had got there first

What a sweet name!

MinkyBorage · 20/05/2008 18:02

I really like it, I think it's great, I love small children with old peoples names, and I know that sounds like I'm joking, but it's lovely. My dds both have old ladies names, nd I love them.

ElizabethBeresford · 20/05/2008 18:02

Barny is a good nn from it. More mainstream than Barnard, so you could use Barney until the masses get behind Barnard. (if you care).

BerNARD in an American accent makes me think of Lost!!

ElizabethBeresford · 20/05/2008 18:01

Yes, ditto pp. I like it. My son also has a name that most people would consider dated. I don't mean Arthur. This name has not come back yet. Cudnee give a monkey's.

Hulababy · 20/05/2008 18:00

It makes me think of Alfie's friend from the Shirley Hughes books.

It isn't a name I would chose personally.

NoBiggy · 20/05/2008 17:59

I'd think he was named after his grandad.

PuppyDogTails · 20/05/2008 17:58

A few years ago I was sat in a ride at Alton Towers behind a scouse kid called Bernard whose brother kept calling him. Sounds quite comical with a scouse accent.

expatinscotland · 20/05/2008 17:58

I would think, 'Wow, they actually named him a real name and not some made-up chavtastic gobbledigook or surname.'

DiabloCody · 20/05/2008 17:57

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Nancy66 · 20/05/2008 17:54

I'd think you'd given birth to a 60 year old.

For me it's up there with: Colin, Roy and Alan.