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Fox?

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 22:13

Fox for a boy. Is this just too off-the-wall?

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LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:41

if you do go with it you cannot possibly do the double xx - that is beyond pretentious and into the stratosphere unless you expect him to become a superhero or otherwise vie for world domination against the forces of darkness

LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:39

lol at Maxwell though

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:39

Laurie - point taken on the Fox news thing. He may get a bit of stick for having two journalists as parents..... but it could be worse.

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dizzydixies · 03/09/2009 23:39

oh I don't know, each child has the capability to make a name their own regardless of what it is

DD1 has a very common name (apparently - I didn't realise at the time) and she's the only one I know

DD2 has a name we thought was a little different and I now know 3 the same age

DD3 has a name more commonly used for a boy so most don't approve of it for her but we love it, it suits her and am not bothered what people think of our choice

I beleive that if we all had the same names chosen for our kids the world would be very dull, however I think you have to give the John/Bob and Richards of the world their fair place - without them you wouldn't have people striving so hard to find something a bit 'different'

LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:39

you are definitely right - I would remember your little foxy news more than anyone

not always a good thing

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:38

Laurie - be serious. Im not talking about every John, Bob and Richard you cretin. I'm saying that if you were at a party and met a Fox, Richard, a Bob and a John, I bet you would remember Fox over the others.

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LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:37

Babe, you work in the news - he will be little foxy news

if he's a bit thick you're screwed.....

OurLadyOfPerpetualSupper · 03/09/2009 23:36

How about Maxwell?

LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:36

John Lennon,Bob Dylan and Richard Curtis lost in wallpaper

er no....

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:36

Laurie - agreed. Fox News is dire. And he won't be named after Fox News.

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:35

dizzy - no no, Im not worried. I just want to be prepared. People always have stong opiions to names which are different. Thats partly the point of being different. I mean, nobody is going to forget a Fox are they? But a John, Bob, Richard... well they are just lost in the wallpaper if you ask me.

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LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:35

Fox news in the US is the worst news in the universe

all of your friends will know this.....

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:33

lol.... well it's Fox or Murdoch.... and I prefer Fox.

Ps: No, I don't work for the Sun. In fact, I don't work for News International full stop.

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dizzydixies · 03/09/2009 23:33

if you're worried about backlash then its not the right name for the wee one - pick something that you love and you think he'll grown into

you don't sound daft by any means so I think you'll be able to weigh it up and decide on the right one for your DS

LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:32

Fox news

you can't make this shit up

OurLadyOfPerpetualSupper · 03/09/2009 23:29

I'll never forget the time Tiger's mother (the magazine editor from South London) told me she'd have to stay with Tiger at the kids' party as 'he's quite shy.'

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:28

dizzy - that's true but I still want to be prepared for any backlash.

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dizzydixies · 03/09/2009 23:26

if you like it and your DH likes it then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of it

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:26

by the way, just to give you all a giggle.... im big on the animal theme this time round. If Fox is a girl, she will be Kitty. xx

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:24

LOL!
Ok ok..... call a truce.
Lets face it... there are no names out there which everybody in the world likes. Fact.
I just wanted to see what I was up against if I opt for the Fox. My mum will be on Laurie's side. So will my MIL (but she is an idiot so she doesn't count). My husband loves it, I love it, and Im pretty sure that our situation (living in London, working in news, hanging out with friends with kids with equally random names) will mean Fox will like it too.

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mrsruffallo · 03/09/2009 23:20

Laurie prefers cock

LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:20

I am not thinking of calling my son Penis or Willy for that matter

in fact I am strongly against it

mrsruffalo is dead keen though

LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:18

Renard fine if you have a french family culture to draw on

it doesn't go if from Barnsley or Basildon

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akamummy · 03/09/2009 23:18

LaurieFairyCake - hang on a minute... you are the woman who is thinking of calling her son Penis??????!!!
Fox is hardly "out there" compared to that!

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LaurieFairyCake · 03/09/2009 23:17

if you spelled it foxx* it would just look like an expletive

or you couldn't spell

which would you prefer?