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To want to shoot my friend

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liverbird10 · 15/08/2017 12:46

...for naming his daughter Tinkerbell?

I know I am actually BU as it's none of my business etc. Also shooting people is generally not the way to approach such matters.

I feel so sorry for the poor kid. She's going to go through torture at school. Not to mention thee rest of her life. Imagine a high court judge called Tinkerbell.

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liverbird10 · 16/08/2017 23:57

Whoa, Doris!

Sorry if I unintentionally upset you.

I genuinely struggle to understand why anyone would give their child such a name, knowing she will most likely end up despising it.

It's cruel.

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AuntieFester · 17/08/2017 00:00

Air filled syringe for daddy and voucher to pay for deed of poll name change when Stinky Tinky turns 18.
Poor kid...

WorraLiberty · 17/08/2017 00:23

I Didn't have it on her official records

Well that speaks volumes really Dorris

Why not?

Davros · 17/08/2017 00:25

Zelda was the hag from outer space in Terrahawks.
I thought that Jill and Phil Archer came up with the names Shula and Kenton from throwing scrabble tiles around?

Beeziekn33ze · 17/08/2017 00:26

Dr Cinderella, if bothered about her name, could easily be known as Cindy. If she chose to use her full first name it implies she was happy with it.
There's a competent, pleasant doctor on TV (Embarrassing Bodies) whose first name is Pixie. Guess what, an unusual first name is no bar to a place at medical school!

GardenGeek · 17/08/2017 00:29

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liverbird10 · 17/08/2017 00:34

GardenGeek Next you'll be telling me that Santa isn't real. Sad

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liverbird10 · 17/08/2017 00:35

Or is real... Shock

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Alisvolatpropiis · 17/08/2017 00:40

Tinkbell is ludicrous.

Teenagers put all sorts of ridiculous shite as their "middle names" on social media. It's very common and generally made up.

Dr Pixie isn't really called Pixie, much like Bear Grylls isn't really called Bear.

DarthMaiden · 17/08/2017 00:56

She will probably be like David Bowie's son - named Zowie Bowie.

He renamed himself Duncan Jones (and is a successful film director).

Some names just aren't transitional to real life....

DarthMaiden · 17/08/2017 00:58

I'd also like to hand Doris a grip....

GardenGeek · 17/08/2017 01:14

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Naoko · 17/08/2017 01:24

I knew a girl often called Tink or Tinkie, although it was short for Katinka, which is rather less out there. Doesn't seem to have held her back.

GreatAuntMary · 17/08/2017 02:12

I knew a Demelza when I was a child (as a previous poster mentioned, it's a Cornish name and Demelza was from Cornwall).

After a botched operation for a ruptured appendix I was allocated a district nurse for a short while. She introduced herself as Shula and I opened my mouth and then shut it again - the poor woman must rue the day that character was introduced into the Archers cast and why should I have made it any worse? Until then I thought it was a made-up name as well. (I suspect the district nurse was older than the Archers character's introduction.)

There was a girl at my junior school called Theresa Green and she definitely wished her parents had thought a touch more carefully about that one.

The trouble with shortening Tinkerbell to Belle is that Belle is only OK if you're at least moderately good-looking - as with Adonis...

HorridHenryrule · 17/08/2017 02:45

So she won't be adding it to her passport or driving licence then Dorris. Tinker bell is not a grown up name its not a name that will stand out for the right reasons. I gave my kids unusual and sensible names.

HorridHenryrule · 17/08/2017 02:48

Belle is a nice name but Tinkerbell I think my partner would divorce me if I suggested that name.

splendide · 17/08/2017 05:56

She will probably be like David Bowie's son - named Zowie Bowie. He renamed himself Duncan Jones

I don't think this is correct. His birth name was Duncan Jones - Zowie was (and is) his middle name.

SouthWindsWesterly · 17/08/2017 06:03

And the registrar allowed this name? 😮

Neutrogena · 17/08/2017 06:08

How DARE she call her child something you don't like!

Alleycat1 · 17/08/2017 07:05

And how much worse will it be for her in terms of bullying if instead of growing up a slim, ethereal child poor old Stinky Tinky is big-boned and plump. The other kids will have the proverbial field day.

user1497863568 · 17/08/2017 07:08

😂😂😂😂

Fekko · 17/08/2017 07:34

I'm guessing the name was made up by Disney. And yes, before any smarty pants pedant says it, all names were made up at some point.

strawberrisc · 17/08/2017 08:02

I remember the episode of "Have I Got News For You" where Ian Hislop annihilated Paula Yates. He asked why she gave her daughters those names and she said because when she used to speak to boys on the phone she hated how unromantic "Paula" sounded. She said that her daughter would be able to whisper "hi, it's Fifi Trixibelle" to which Ian Hislop promptly replied "and what if she wants to be a Rocket Scientist?"

KERALA1 · 17/08/2017 08:03

Exactly alley. But then I think names like Grace and Willow are bold. I have come across large hefty girls with these names and it seems abit cruel.

Catsize · 17/08/2017 08:10

Has the name been registered yet? Just wonder if the registrar might have something to say about this...

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