Urban myth debunked?!

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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?

How do you pronounce Nevaeh?

RedCrab, la-a is pronounced la dash(-) a . Ladasha. Allegedly.

Myra wasn't regarded as a particularly attractive name when I was growing up in the sixties. After Hindley, it became unthinkable, and I think will certainly remain so in the Manchester area.

I really don't think that the name Myra will ever be rehabilitated. I don't think that this is any great loss.
Hindley's name and image are too iconic. She was seen as the personification of evil.

Yes, maybe the perception of the name Myra is regional. Certainly in Northern England, the association is too strong.

I doubt very much that anywhere near everyone has heard of Dame Myra Hess though. I certainly haven't and I can't be the only one.

My dp shares a name with a famous character. DP had it first though.
It does make things tricky, people often think he is playing a trick on them and they hang up on them when making phone calls.

La-a = LaDASHa

I have no idea what you are talking about. I wouldn't call ky children reggie or Ronnie but I don't think that is for the reason you are thinking of.

I think the Ladasha thing is usually bullshit.

Racecardriver - the Kray Twins? No?

Missing the point slightly, but I don't see how the solicitor in the Scotsman Article could have been given the information.

I would have thought that Section 40 of the DPA would have been applied and his request refused as the request for info would impact on someone's privacy (the child and parents). Also, information should not be released where it is possible to identify the individual from the information given.

What's so bad about the names reggie and Ronnie together?

A friend of a friend recently had a baby Sid, surname James. The over thirties I told immediately went "nyah nyah nyah", the other under thirties didn't see the problem...

3 yr old twins at my sons nursery are called Ronnie and Reggie. Just why?!

I think that people now romanticise the Kray twins slightly now, and think they were 'cool gangsters', hence the naming your kids Ronnie and Reggie. Especially if you are from Essex, as its like an homage to your East End roots.

I heard a radio interview last week with an expert, can't remember if he was a professor, called Harry Potter. Imagine if you'd quietly been called Harry Potter all of your life then suddenly the wizard Harry Potter arrives and no-one can take your name seriously any more.

I have a friend who couldn't understand the raised eyebrows reaction to calling her second William. A lovely name but son 1 is Benjamin. Yep they are Bill and Ben but they call them Benji and Will so didn't spot the link.
I used to live near twin girls call Kylie and Charlene born in the early days of Neighbours being shown in the UK.

Knitjob, was Harry Potter a barrister? I've heard him on Radio 4 before.

Are the people heading La-a sure it's not Latasha? I went to school with a Latasha.

I'm mid 30s. I've heard of all the rest but who on earth are Sid and Nancy?!

sid vicious and nancy spungen.

I think will and benji to bill and ben is a bit of a stretch!

@weedangerousspike
Sid Vicious (punk band Sex Pistols) and girlfriend Nancy Spungeon. Sid was accused of murdering Nancy and Sid committed suicide before the trial. They were both hopeless heroin addicts and it was all very sad and sordid.

I'm amazed at how little people know about stuff that happened 'before their time'. I'm mid-forties but I'm aware of events prior to 1980.

I know two people who have DC called Nevaeh (specifically because it's heaven backwards, that spelling). Both preteens. I also know one Khaleesi and have met one other in passing.

There was a great thread on here a few years ago where a poster knew triplets called Faith, Hope and Kevin. I want it to be true so badly!

I doubt very much that anywhere near everyone has heard of Dame Myra Hess though. I certainly haven't and I can't be the only one.

I said everyone had heard of her, back when Myra was a popular name, Not that everyone knows her now.

I don't see how the solicitor in the Scotsman Article could have been given the information.

I would have thought that Section 40 of the DPA would have been applied and his request refused as the request for info would impact on someone's privacy (the child and parents).

Unless things have changed very recently, registers of births, marriages and deaths are public records, accessible to everyone. The part I object to is his use of the FOI, when he could have used his own time and money if he was that desperate to know.

Nevaeh is almost common I'd say. As in frequently used. The one I know (in my dc's class, not a friend of a friend's sister's boyfriend's boss...) is pronounced Neh-VAY-uh.