What is the name of my DS nursery friend?

[littlemissmoomoo]

DS is 2 nearly 3. His speach is (usually) very articulate. He has never really had "baby talk"

He has been talking about his new friend at nursery. He loves playing with her. He wants her to come for tea. That's great. Except he says her name is Pancake. Which obviously cannot be the case. So what is her name??

Perfectly possible that the nursery has her down under a preferred name

In an international school, I taught a girl called Pancake. She had a traditional Chinese name and Pancake was her Western name. We had other Chinese students with names like Apple, Vanilla, Cutie, Berry, Princess etc. To be honest, I don’t find it at all weird/laughable.

We have popular names here that probably sound ridiculous to other cultures and those with EAL. An example would be Elle or Ella, it’s like calling your cat Cat or dog Dog, “What’s your daughter called?” “Girl”, or for Nina, “female child”.

For everyone saying Pancake is a stupid name...the thing with “normal” names is they’re only normal because they’re accepted as such. Imagine Keith being introduced as a name into the general population For the Very First Time. We’d be all - what the fuck is that? How do you pronounce it? It’s not even a word!!

This thread!
Kids are hilarious.

At least little Keith is most probably the only one in the class.
Unlike Scarlett whose parents thought they were being unusual yet appears twice in the OP'S very short list.

Pancake & Keith! This thread has significantly improved my day

Pancake and Keith

I've heard of a Chinese girl called Dimple. This thread made me missremeber it as Dumpling at first.

Scarlett’s parents probably didn’t think they were being edgy at all, and just liked the name Scarlett.

A pp mentioned Peter - to me that is utterly run of the mill. Along with Keith.

Cutie

I know a small child called Marble. 🤷‍♀️

We had a lot of confusion about who Doodoo from Nursery was, it was Jordan.

I also know a Mammy and a Poopae both Thai, I suppose really names are just a random collection of letters with meaning attached.

It's Patrick.

Pancake!

All rise for Judge Pancake Beauchamp.

DS (14) plays football with a Keith and a Horace - who are achingly cool and not in a hippy way - really doesn't suit a gangly teenager in designer hoodies.

He also went to nursery with Chisel though. No, her parents weren't keen DIY enthusiasts, they were actually French and she was really called Giselle.

Thus thread is really brightening my dull conference call.

Chisel..

A little baby Keith sounds adorable

I think Crepe sounds better than Pancake !

You never hear of little boys being called Derek nowadays!

So no one has a Keith for a partner or as a DS? Or are they just not prepared to stand up for them?

Why is Harry acceptable by not Barry?

Pancake as a name isn’t waffle.

We had a Custard. Turned out his mother called him Curtis 😂

Are you in NI?

We had a friend called Dude. Boringly he turned out to be Jude.

My friend’s little boy insisted he’d made friends with a boy called ‘Harshwheel’ at soft play. He turned out to be Archie.