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The names of weekend paper columnists children

28 replies

branflake81 · 18/08/2008 14:02

Why is it whenever you read a column in the supplements the children have such awful names? This usually happens in the Guardian. I won't cite any for fear of people lynching me, but this weekend's Family section is a prime example.

It's always: "John Smith took his two children Daffodil and Ethelred fly fishing this weekend"....

I find it irritating, in a probably hideously unreasonable way.

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cyteen · 18/08/2008 14:11

I believe Hero and Tybalt's mother has featured a few times in the Family section.

BroccoliSpears · 18/08/2008 14:10

I think Daffodil and Ethelred are great names.

squanderer · 18/08/2008 14:09

Do you mean they are over compensating for the parents dull, ordinary names?
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