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Urban myth debunked?!

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yolofish · 21/08/2018 13:16

I really, honestly, cross my heart and hope (not) to die came across this today: young mum, one little boy walking the other in a buggy. Walking boy was having a tantrum and mum was trying to calm him down. During their convo I heard both boys's names: Reggie and Ronnie!! (as in Kray...). Beautiful kids, lovely mum doing her best, but honestly Reggie and Ronnie?

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BarbaraofSevillle · 21/08/2018 15:32

I don't know if you should be embarrased 3stone but it proves that what is common knowledge to one generation, could be not known at all to younger people, hence the 'young mum' in the OP might not be aware of The Krays, although, you'd thought that her older relatives might have mentioned that the choice of names was probably avoided.

I'm 45 and so while I was growing up, the disappearance of Shergar (a champion racehorse, most likely to have been kidnapped by the IRA and never found) and Lord Lucan (suspected to have murdered his children's nanny and then disappeared and was never seen again) was often commented on, sightings claimed, or comments made that someone was last seen with Lord Lucan riding Shergar if they were one for disappering at inopportune moments for example.

KathrynOfArrogance · 21/08/2018 16:22

Maybe she just calls them that when they misbehave?
We used to call my brother Damien because he behaved like the spawn of Satan.

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yolofish · 21/08/2018 21:35

kathryn great name and 'damien' is funny!!

I am also ancient (57) so the Krays, Shergard, Lord Lucan et al are kind of part of my folk history. I also know a Neveah who is about 6, I think it's a pretty name actually - and said child's dad is dead so can understand the choice of name.

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Lucked · 21/08/2018 21:42

There is an urban myth that there is a Pocahontas McGinty in Glasgow. I saw in the paper that some one did a freedom of information request and no one named Pocahontas had been registered.

There are definitely Facebook profiles linked to boys/men called Connor Rea - did there parents never say the name out loud!

picklemepopcorn · 21/08/2018 21:43

I'm not getting the Neveah?

FaithEverPresent · 21/08/2018 21:49

pickle it’s Heaven backwards! My friend’s granddaughter has it as a middle name.

Doboopedoo · 21/08/2018 21:52

There is definitely a Pocahontas in Glasgow, saw the birth certificate about 12 years ago in a previous benefits job! Can’t remember if surname was McGinty but was in West of city.

Doboopedoo · 21/08/2018 21:53

The urban myth of the twins Armani and Versace McLatchie from Paisley was always a good one though.

StorminaTCut · 21/08/2018 21:57

I like the names

YolandiFuckinVisser · 21/08/2018 22:00

I used to work with somebody called Myra. She was born approx 1970 so her parents must have known the connotation when they named her.

KathrynOfArrogance · 21/08/2018 22:13

Thanks @yolofish Wink

EveningShadows · 21/08/2018 22:17

I know a Nevaeh - definitely not an urban myth!

I’ve also met twins called Bert & Ernie - they’d be about 4 yrs old now! Mum had no idea of the Sesame St connection Grin

CluedoAddict · 21/08/2018 22:39

I know twins Ronnie and Reggie they look like them too.

It's not NevaEh that's the myth it's NeveAh

Clawdy · 21/08/2018 22:44

A little girl in one of my classes years ago was called Pebbles, after the Flintstones. Her mum often shortened it to Pebs.

Rebecca36 · 21/08/2018 22:50

Blimey! I thought about calling kittens Ronnie and Reggie once but didn't (they turned out to be girls anyway).

Moonflower12 · 22/08/2018 01:05

I know a Myra too. She'd have been born in the very early 70s, so her parents would have surely realised the connotations?

ElizabethMainwaring · 22/08/2018 01:17

So, 'Kylie' and 'Jason' misbehaving in MaccieD's in 1987...
Neighbours started in the UK around that time, so those children must have predated Minogue and Donovan.

HollyGibney · 22/08/2018 01:22

I knew a Myra too. From Devon. She was born mid seventies...

MissLingoss · 22/08/2018 01:22

But Myra was quite a popular name in the 1960s. People wouldn't have automatically thought of Myra Hindley. And before that, there was Dame Myra Hess, the very famous classical pianist. Everyone had heard of her, not just people who would normally listen to classical music. So Myra Hindley wasn't the only famous Myra.

triwarrior · 22/08/2018 01:26

My coworker’s niece just had a baby girl and called her Myra. Ugh.

Tinywhale · 22/08/2018 01:51

I have come across two sets of twins called Reggie and Ronnie. The mind just boggles.

RedCrab · 22/08/2018 06:20

I never understand the La-La one.

Lucked · 22/08/2018 06:49

Doboopedoo

According to the Scotsman no Glaswegian ( or British) Pocahontas

VanillaSugar · 22/08/2018 06:57

Oh, I though Neveah was a reference to face cream Blush

I know an Adam whose wife is genuinely called Eve.

StealthPolarBear · 22/08/2018 07:02

Myra is a nice name though. It would be nice if the associations could fade over time.