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Under what circumstances would you possibly name your kids...

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MrsMerryHenry · 26/05/2009 21:21

Kipper, Chip and Biff???

And why in God's name does Wilf and Wilma's (two more great names) mother wear thumbs as earrings???

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MrsMerryHenry · 27/05/2009 15:32

Cazzy - but Wilf, Wilma - these are all 'normal' names! And there are plenty of otherh phonetic names to choose from: Sam, Stan, Viv, Jeff, Lillian, Sara...to name but a few.

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cazzybabs · 27/05/2009 14:12

It is because the author didn't want anybody reading them to have the same name as the characters and they are also phonetic...

Takver · 27/05/2009 13:34

Cad, Dids & Onw, Yurtgirl

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MrsMerryHenry · 26/05/2009 21:41

The earrings thing is really freaky. I showed them to DH and he needed no prompting to guess Mrs Wilma's bloodthirsty obsession with body parts. But the question is...whose thumbs???

Yurtgirl, what do those words mean in English - are they equally odd or are you Welsh readers blessed with real character names?

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LovelyRitaMeterMaid · 26/05/2009 21:39

DS has just started having books with Wilf and Wilma in. Must look out of the thumb earrings.

funnypeculiar · 26/05/2009 21:38

Blimey, Rusty, there's a whole back-story in there... Ds clearly needs to read harder to get the desired level of personality development.

Yurtgirl · 26/05/2009 21:37

In Welsh they are called Cad, Dids and ?

Floppy is called Mwlsyn!

RustyBear · 26/05/2009 21:34

Apparently Biff is a girl, Chip is her twin & they are 7. And here they all are

I spent about 5 years hearing readers in DD & DS's classes & never noticed the thumb earrings.

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MrsMerryHenry · 26/05/2009 21:30

Biff's the girl. Weird, ain't it? Not even funny peculiar, funnypeculiar. Just peculiar.

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MrsMerryHenry · 26/05/2009 21:29

Dodgy magic key? What book is that in??

I'm actually more concerned about the sheer brutality of cutting off someone's thumbs and hanging them as a trophy on your ears. Skipped that bit, didn't you, Hassled?

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funnypeculiar · 26/05/2009 21:28

Which one of the Kipper/Biff/Chip combo is a girl. I feel especially sad for her, somehow. I'm all for strong female names, but one can take if too far.

Poor old Floppy, too.

Hassled · 26/05/2009 21:23

So you're more concerned about the names than the complete absence of any sort of parental concern while the children run around with a dodgy magic key? Sheesh.

Wordsmith · 26/05/2009 21:22

Just makes learning to read even more difficult...

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