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Rhodesia

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Cortina · 15/12/2009 15:49

Rhodesia (?) Rhody for short?

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purpleduckUnderTheMistletoe · 15/12/2009 17:08

no

ElenorRigby · 15/12/2009 16:54

Great thread!

Sputnik · 15/12/2009 16:53

Magnesia?
Eurasia?
Euthanasia?

Any good for you?

peacocks · 15/12/2009 16:52

haha Gobi

Themasterandmargaritas · 15/12/2009 16:51

you're having a larf

nowwearefour · 15/12/2009 16:49

i am assuming this was a joke? if not, then NOOOOOO

OtterInaSkoda · 15/12/2009 16:48

or should that be a Brangelinaling?

seeker · 15/12/2009 16:46

Gobi?

OtterInaSkoda · 15/12/2009 16:46

You can't take away the political inferences though Cortina, naming a child after a country that was named after Cecil Rhodes!

I like Zahara, even though it sounds a bit like a car/a Brangelinalet.

Awassailinglookingforanswers · 15/12/2009 16:45

I think the difference with names like India is that, well, India is still India........Rhodesia has absolutely undeniable colonial chimes to it.

GrimmaTheNome · 15/12/2009 16:43

I find place names used for people strange in general (Chelsea? How did that arise?). But you simply can't ignore the bad historical resonances of 'Rhodesia'.

peacocks · 15/12/2009 16:43

oh brainwave.. Sahara?

peacocks · 15/12/2009 16:42

yes completely agree but you could say the same about Mengele or Adolf (ibid) -- terrific names except for the political inferences.

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Cortina · 15/12/2009 16:39

If you take away the 'political' inferences then no more silly than 'India hold on to the pram' perhaps?

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Openbook · 15/12/2009 16:35

made grumpy husband laugh peacock!

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Cortina · 15/12/2009 16:33

Ok, ok I'll get my coat.

Take it, that would be a resounding Mumsnet 'no' then.

The one I know may need her talent and beauty to see her through either that or change her name...

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OtterInaSkoda · 15/12/2009 16:32

Amnesia anyone?

peacocks · 15/12/2009 16:31

Oh dear.. am just imagining being out and about and hearing "Rhodesia, just hold onto the pram" -- sorry but really you can't possibly, possibly do that.

Awassailinglookingforanswers · 15/12/2009 16:26
  • would that be Northern (Zambia) or Southern (Zimbabwe}
peacocks · 15/12/2009 16:26

But Mali, that's nice. And Chad for a boy. Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo I would avoid.

SerenityNowAKABleh · 15/12/2009 16:25

Or Rhoda. Close, but not actually Rhodesia

fluffles · 15/12/2009 16:24

absolutely not.

what about Rhona?

peacocks · 15/12/2009 16:24

nooooo!

SerenityNowAKABleh · 15/12/2009 16:23

No no no no no no no. Man, as a Southern African I would think you were either dim or totally pro megalomaniac British men.

Ondine · 15/12/2009 16:21
  • where did you get the idea from, has someone else called their baby Rhodesia?!

You musn't do it, it's just so loaded as skihorse says.

I say this as someone from that part of the world as well.