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How many boys called Oscar are in your dc's class?

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 09:24

And how many in the class?

(and are they lovely little boys?)

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hulabula · 15/01/2010 14:01

I only know Oscars that are under 3. I therefore agree that it has recently become very popular - hence the lack of older Oscars in school. I suspect there will be loads in the next few years.

Nice name, but I worry about it becoming too trendy too quickly... Of course, that may not bother everyone.

princessmel · 15/01/2010 12:20

2

FlightAttendant · 15/01/2010 12:13

The boy in that looks like ds2. It's freaky.

Still not seen whole film.

Heated · 15/01/2010 12:01

There are no Oscars in dc's school

There are none in the all boy secondary school I work in, although suspect there will be a few in the next couple of year's intake.

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 11:59

It does look very good / scary, (except for weird baby bits)

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SnowWorm · 15/01/2010 11:56

Yes, is quite very disturbing. I didn't watch the whole of the clip before linking. Apologies.

Great film though.

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 11:54

SnowWorm too freaky! I had to turn it off at doctor part. No tin drums here.

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 11:49

lol Everlong,.

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 11:48

They were all very nice, crowding around smiling etc (on school run) .But the cumulative silent effect re name made me question my choice

Photo, see if I can get a decent one!

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OtterInaSkoda · 15/01/2010 11:48

One is ds's class (of 30). He is delightful.

I know of others but not at ds's school. It's fairly popular - but not two-a-penny. It is most definately not common though!

SnowWorm · 15/01/2010 11:46

No opinion on Oscar, but Oskar-with-k is scary

sb6699 · 15/01/2010 11:45

None - but I know 2 folk who have parrotts called Oscar if that counts!

oohIsay · 15/01/2010 11:44

Oscar is a decent name. Yes it's popular but that's because it is so appealing - to all classes!! Why does it matter??

People are so obsessed with how classy their children's name are. Do you think your social status depends on whether you child's name is posh or only used by the middle classes?

I know of a very common scally Hugo, Henry and Sebastian. These are all thought of as 'posh' names but to me they are no longer! Back in the day the working class rarely touched the middle-class/upper-class names but that is no longer the case, in fact it's quite the opposite!

Skegness · 15/01/2010 11:44

I'm surprised at the responses you received- how rude. The only thing possibly of note about Oscar is that it does seem to be of the moment. eg this thread shows lots of zeros for those with school age kids but lots of Oscar positives among pre-school parents. Does he look like an Oscar? Post a pic on yopur profile and we'll tell you! And coo.

pollywollydoodle · 15/01/2010 11:44

none

gillybeanie · 15/01/2010 11:43

i know two Oscars with a age gap of about 15yrs
haven"t seen older one for ages but the younger one is a lovely, lively, gorgeous, very intelligent little boy

YouKnowNothingoftheCrunch · 15/01/2010 11:42

One Oscar
None 100 in year

And that Oscar is very nice, lively (in the good sense of the world), and very, very bright.

I think it's a lovely name.

Because it's still seen as a very old-fashioned name by a lot of people, I think it can take time for some to get used to it.

And people have always greeted my DCs' names with silence, but they tell me they love them now.

Does he look like an Oscar?

I like George and Charlie too.

Annabelsmummie · 15/01/2010 11:40

There is one Oskar in DD's class (of 25).

I think Henrik is a great name!

petalpower · 15/01/2010 11:40

Think Oscar is a lovely name though. Call your son what ever you like and take no notice of other people!

petalpower · 15/01/2010 11:38

None in DD's (Year 3) or DS's (Year 5) class.

Skegness · 15/01/2010 11:37

Definitely Henrik!

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 11:36

lol at all the lovely, intelligent dogs with Oscar as name. I don't even mind that as much as bad connotations.

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MarshaBrady · 15/01/2010 11:33

I know! One conversation went like this:

What's he called?
Oscar

Er yes. Took us a while to decide, Ds1 wanted to call him Zacharius
Oh Zac's a nice name
We're not calling him Zac

And lots of silence from everyone. Weird, not even muted, fake that's lovely response!
Except for dh's work that like it (creative industry).

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Egg · 15/01/2010 11:33

BTW not so keen on Henrik or Wilfred. Do like Henry though.

Oscar also the name of MILs v old terrier but, again, think DS1's name is also v popular with dogs!

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