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Amos?

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akidu · 01/05/2010 16:30

For a boy. Do you like it or does it make you think of Emmerdale? Discuss.

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nooka · 29/05/2010 05:05

Lol Lulu. Our potential Ezra turned out to be a girl, so we never used it. I hadn't thought of the "Arse" possibilities

NikkiLouise · 28/05/2010 20:44

I really like Amos, but the DP vetoed it as its one of his friends Surname!

Hullygully · 03/05/2010 19:38

Amos on the hand usually requires canestan.

LuluF · 03/05/2010 19:36

I think Amos is a lovely name (we had a cat called Amos). There is also and Irish or Scottish name - Moss which I think is quite nice, too. I think it has the same meaning as Matthew but I could be wrong.

And you have to be careful with Ezra/Esra - especially if spelled with an 's', once kids go through that speling names backwards phase, you're doomed.

mathanxiety · 01/05/2010 22:56

Beautiful. Love Asa too.

nooka · 01/05/2010 21:01

My puppy is called Amos. dh and I used to watch Emmerdale Farm (so long ago it was actually about farming), and always said we'd have cats called Amos and Mr Wilks.

I'd not think about it as a name for a child really, but then we were going to call dd Ezra (which was the name of Amos from Emmerdale Farm's no good brother).

HandsOffMyDrum · 01/05/2010 20:57

But he really will be called Anus in the playground. I can guarantee it. (I've known a couple of Amoses).

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ShowOfHands · 01/05/2010 20:54

I imagine teachers in the staffroom necking vodka and trembling actually. Amos is the least of their problems.

Vroom vroom, yes that's just what dh said last night before he stripped me and gave me a good oiling.

Now there's an image.

SugarSkyHigh · 01/05/2010 20:51

dont even THINK about it! imagine the teachers in the staffroom........

PictureInTheAttic · 01/05/2010 20:48

No! I bet they said "Vroom vroom" in much the manner of a young Leslie Phillips. That is the only image of you I will countenance.

ShowOfHands · 01/05/2010 20:46

Yeah, except not the shiny bike the boys wanted to have a go on, the rusty wreck at the bottom of the pond that they wouldn't dredge up and use for parts.

bronze · 01/05/2010 20:43

I got bronky-sore-arse ...softening the blow

bronze · 01/05/2010 20:43

you the town bike soh?

LetThereBeRock · 01/05/2010 20:37

Awful.

PictureInTheAttic · 01/05/2010 20:13

I'm sure that was delightfully apt in your case, SoH- how lovely

ShowOfHands · 01/05/2010 19:57

Amos-quito just proves my point.

Ruby, Ru-bee, fnar ha ha, you're named after a stingy thing you are, a bee, your mum's made of honey she is.

Or Natalie, Natalie. Like a gnat. Ha ha, you've got wings you have. You can fly. You've got the lurgy ner ne ne ner ner.

My name rhymes with a brand of motorbike. That's the best they could come up with. ShowOfHands The Motorbike (but imagining it rhyming, like Juzuki the Suzuki if you will). Occasionally a clever dick would add 'Brum Brum' on the end.

And I think Amos has left Emmerdale. Few primary aged children are watching Emmerdale repeats before their fishfingers. You're safe. Name your child Amos.

glastocat · 01/05/2010 19:45

Sorry, but I think its awful. My first boyfriend was called Amos, and he loathed it, people ALWAYS joked about Emmerdale, or Amos-quito.

PictureInTheAttic · 01/05/2010 19:42

It sounds marvellous. I bet he will have really sweet cuddly chops

ShowOfHands · 01/05/2010 19:39

Amos Evans Humperdinck.

I like. It's even impossible to ruin with a ridiculous surname. Unless your surname's Above of course.

MamaLazarou · 01/05/2010 19:16

'dead squirrel legs'

tummytickler · 01/05/2010 18:24

I have an Amos - he is nearly 3. It is my favourite name of all time!

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akidu · 01/05/2010 18:16

Probably Evans, its a family tradition, and it will go well with our surname. Quite distinguished I think. Maybe?

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ShowOfHands · 01/05/2010 18:10

Oh we know what you mean by 'some other forums'. We know, don't worry. Welcome to the fold. Enjoy the ticker-free, clean screen.

Have you thought of a middle name?

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akidu · 01/05/2010 18:08

meant other forums....

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