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AIBU?

IABVVVVU but I cringe inside when I see

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AmataesAmataes · 21/05/2013 14:14

Girls names with -Ella, -lily, -mae, -Rae, -lee or any variation

Following on from my name thread and a couple of threads I've seen about rochelle from the Saturdays new baby,I can't help but cringe when I see any of the above e.g. Gracie-Mae

I am being VVVV judgey pants but I find it so overdone, twee and chavvy.

I'm ready for my flaming!

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Wuxiapian · 21/05/2013 17:41

Hyphenated names are naff, IMO.

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BanishedToPadua · 21/05/2013 17:42

This is a nasty thread to start, OP.

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ThePortlyPinUp · 21/05/2013 17:43

I have 4 dd's with hyphenated names, the only time I've encountered negativity about them in on MN so I'm really not that fussed.

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HintofBream · 21/05/2013 17:48

Sorry to say I agree with Amataes. Whether or not you are actually chavy, you will be judged to be if you have a name generally deemed to be chavy. It is no use pretending otherwise, or claiming that only a very few people so judge, any more than claiming that tattoos are not judged reflects reality.

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SPsCliffingAllOverMN · 21/05/2013 17:50

Hint What is 'chavvy' to you?

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AllYoursBabooshka · 21/05/2013 17:51

Judged by who though?

Probably the same people who drink wine they don't actually like because it's fancy.

Why should people give a fuck?

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Wishiwasanheiress · 21/05/2013 17:51

Has someone been nasty about your fave name? Trying to get own back?

Seriously. Boring. Thread. ALERT!

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FamiliesShareGerms · 21/05/2013 17:55

My daughter's middle name is May because one of my very favourite and closest relations was called May

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usualsuspect · 21/05/2013 17:58

I'd be more embarrassed to hold opinions like the OP, than be deemed chavvy.

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LoveBeingUpAt4InTheMorning · 21/05/2013 17:58

Nice first post

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usualsuspect · 21/05/2013 18:00

A little goady,don't you think?

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loofet · 21/05/2013 18:00

Went to school with a Georgia-Mae but back then it wasn't common at all, in fact it was almost 'posh' at least her parents wanted it to be, tsk tsk. Now 20something years on it's really common and pretty much anything common becomes tacky and chavvy.

My bug bearer is 'Mai'. I noticed that the Saturdays woman called hers Allaia (or something) Mai. Spelt like that it should be pronounced like Kai but I know they mean May and it just annoys me

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HintofBream · 21/05/2013 18:02

SP , well the names we have been discussing for a start.
Wish, if that was aimed at me, I am happy to tell you my own name is a beautiful old name, for which I have always been grateful to my parents. My DSs and DGCs similarly have excellent names which I am sure Amataes would admire and none has been mentioned on here. So sorry to disappoint you.

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SPsCliffingAllOverMN · 21/05/2013 18:04

So your definition of a chav depends on the persons name or name choice?

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GoodbyePorkPie · 21/05/2013 18:05

"My DSs and DGCs similarly have excellent names which I am sure Amataes would admire"

Well thank Christ for that!

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BornInACrossFireHurricane · 21/05/2013 18:07

I posted ages ago under a different name and had many negative comments about my son's name (not top 100). Had mostly positive comments on my daughter's pretty name (top 20) but I imagine it is too popular now also! And as for my name... Well, it's pure 80's chav Oh, and I have a double barrell surname- that doesn't usually sit very well either!

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HintofBream · 21/05/2013 18:16

Yes, goodbye, I am pleased too.
SP, names are one of the factors by which people are judged, and, as I said above, whether they are actually chavy or not. Grumble as much as you want and whether you like it or not, that is what happens.

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GoodbyePorkPie · 21/05/2013 18:21

"SP, names are one of the factors by which people are judged, and, as I said above, whether they are actually chavy or not. Grumble as much as you want and whether you like it or not, that is what happens."

But by whom? Is this a British thing? Really does EVERYONE do it? Because where I'm from you just don't get this name judginess snobbery.

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SPsCliffingAllOverMN · 21/05/2013 18:22

I dont know anyone who judges people just by their names so I have no clue as to who you are talking about

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GoodbyePorkPie · 21/05/2013 18:23

anyway, I lived in the UK for five years, never ever came across this in my circle of friends/acquaintances. So I think the people who judge think that everyone else judges. But in reality most of us just take people on face value.

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DebsMorgan · 21/05/2013 18:25

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usualsuspect · 21/05/2013 18:25

Anyone who judges someone on their name is a bit of an idiot imo.

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carabos · 21/05/2013 18:27

I think I've got this won. According to MN, my double-barrelled name isn't just "chavvy", its "pikey". I'm 50 next month and as far as I know my parents chose it because they liked it and wanted something a bit different (they were hippy-dippy back then in the 60s ).

The only comments I get in RL re my name are that it's "pretty" and unusual. It's so unusual that on joining Facebook I was sent an invitation to join the worldwide group for people with my name.

Most of the time people call me by one or other of the "halves" of my name and these days, now I know that it's such a social handicap, I've started introducing myself with just the first half , to save the pearl clutching .

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Fedupofdiets · 21/05/2013 18:27

hint are you the op with a name change? I only ask because you seem to have the same shit attitude she has

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