AIBU to think they should have checked with MN before naming their children?

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My P1 son has brought home his first Biff Chip and Kipper books.

Being from America I did not read these at his age.

AIBU to think their names are ridiculous and their mum should have check the baby name boards before naming them thus?

I quite like chip!!

Really?

They're nicknames, given to them by the youngest child. Kipper is really Christopher, and Biff is Beth, Kipper couldn't say their names properly and that's what came out. Chip is really David, I think, but I can't remember why they call him Chip.

All my illusions are shattered, ChrohnicallyTired.

Chip is quite an American name though, isn't it? Short for Chip off the old block.

Is it? I didn't not grow up with anyone named Chip!

Chip is short for Charles usually.

and Charles is such a nice name too....

I have thought this too. Kipper ? Really ?

Pretty sure that Biff is actually Barbara.

Oh great, now I don't know if it's Barbara or Beth!

And he has to read these for years, doesn't he?

Yep

thank god DS1 is on Read Write Inc. I used to loathe those stories, they were rubbish

Crap.

Funnys, what is read write inc, my son has just change school part of the way through y1 and is now talking about read, write inc.

We didn't do ORT but did some other books when we were kids.

There was an article in the mail on a child named "Geezer"

I did wonder how that one would go down on the mn baby name boards!

Biff is Barbara.

Their names are Christopher, David and Barbara.

Their surname is Robinson.

How do I even know this shit, honestly.

Geezer has a sister called Hendrix.

Anyway - Biff is Barbara

I don't know Talla but I'm impressed!

I wish they had given them 'normal' names - they bizarre. Even after reading them three times over (ie 3 kids) I still can't remember who is who (apart from the dog).

Where, it's a really good (IMO) reading scheme and helps the children to read in a very logical way using rhymes and such like. DS1 really struggled with his reading until he started this scheme and now aged 7 can read and enjoy loads of books including Roald Dahl etc. I don't think he would have managed that without RWI

Apparently they gave them those names because it was unlikely that children reading the books would be called Biff, Chip or Kipper and get teased about it.

+Fondly remembers Peter and Jane+

+Names next child Biff, for spite+

See I assumed Biff was a boy until I actually looked at the book.

I know a Chip who was Robert in RL (his dad was also Robert, so why they didn't go for Bob, Rob or Bert I have no idea).

Geezer I assume is named after Geezer Butler, guitarist with Black Sabbath, however, its a nickname and his real name is Terrance

Poor kid has enough to deal with without a name like bloody Geezer.

My sister's daughter was reading these when her baby sister was born. When asked "what should we call the new baby?" she said Kipper... :D

No, they didn't stick with it!