AIBU to think that if you call your child Abcde you cannot be surprised if people laugh?

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A mother has complained that an airline employee laughed at her daughter's name Abcde (pronounced Ab city) and took a photo of boarding pass and put it on fb. I agree that worker was out of order and Def should not have posted it but to give poor innocent child such a silly name is going to cause her a lifetime of stress!
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6442395/amp/Southwest-Airlines-agent-mocked-epileptic-girl-called-Abcde.html

Urbanbeetler Fuckabucket Sorry but I did snort with laughter at that!

I think Aslan is a fabulous name wish I'd thought if it and if it's a usual name in Turkey, brilliant. But that's beside the point. Abcde's parents thought that 'name' was a good idea. Big mistake. But the airline employee was terrifically unprofessional. Surely they need to cultivate the art of keeping a straight face? And sharing it on social media? Do it anonymously, if you must do it, ffs.

@ katekat brilliant!

The parents are ridiculous, but the airline employee was unprofessional. Poor kid.

Wtf is wrong with Mika? Does it have another meaning I don't know? Seems normal to me.

Aslan is a great sounding name, though I can see the problem if you are around people who don't realise that it didn't come from CS Lewis.

The parents obviously chose it ‘to be a bit different’. So job done. They can’t complain.

My kid has an unusual name. Granted, not as unusual as Abcde (which I always thought was pronounced ab-see-dee, but that's neither here nor there), but it's not common and is the name of a well known margarine huge giveaway. If someone was making fun of or, god forbid, posted my kids boarding pass on Facebook, I'd absolutely be furious and rightly so! However, I understand that it's not to everyone's taste and if they feel the need to take the piss, discretion would be appreciated.

I know an Aslan. The parents are the most down to earth people you could meet and admit they love the movie and wanted a strong name for their son.
I also know a Mica. Never thought that was odd.

The flight attendant was out of order. They deserve to be disciplined.

The mother is not to blame for the airline hostesses actions. That’s a discraceful thing to do to a customer. Even worse that’s it’s a child.

Very unprofessional conduct

It’s pronounced Ab-sidee

Ab-city was a media misreport

If the parents wanted a unique name they should have changed their own, not inflicted it on a child and left her to change it when she's old enough to realise what a drag it is having to explain it and spell it out three times a day every day but the employee is at fault here.

Every time I hear a story like this I am amazed that there is still anyone left in the world of work who is stupid enough to stick work related moans and dubious lolz on FB yet still it goes on.

Names can become unintentionally funny. I went to school with a girl called Frances Mold. She was always known as Fanny

The person I feel sorry for in all this is the kid.

Abcde is a ridiculous name regardless of how it is pronounced, Absidee would not be much better. Unprofessional though to mock it publicly.

Could have ended up with the name Myfanwy

The sad thing is that there is an African habit/custom that a lot of African children are given African and European names ... in Zambia there have been names like Do It, Beyond Repair, Why God, Doesn’t Matter, Roadblock ...

It’s pronounced Ab-sidee That's much better

I agree with pps, in terms of a professional job the steward was very wrong.
However, that parent should know that there is a lifetime ahead of 🙄🙄 😆either behind the child's back or even to their face.

My DH spoke to a Mr Snowball yesterday...had to do a credit check and it was defo real. [misses point of thread]

Theknackoflying As you probably already know, seeing how you phrased that, Myfanwy is a regular girl's first name. May be uncommon outside Welsh speaking areas (and no, it's not just in Wales that they speak Welsh) but a common, slightly old-fashioned name nonetheless.

It's an awful name, but unprofessional of staff to post the boarding pass on social media

I know ..

I suppose my point was (badly made) that I agreed with the OP that whatever name you choose for your child, it is open to derision regardless of how ‘normal’ it sounds to the parents ...

Hope that the child will be home schooled.
Poor girls going to get the Mickey taken out of her when she goes to school.
The worker was an idiot, but so is the mother who inflicted such a stupid name on their own child all in an attempt to be edgy and different

I heard that someone called their kids Aslan and Mika. Yes really.

Yes literally thousands of people seeing as they are real names!
Mika has roots in several countries and Aslan is Turkish.

Flight attendant was a disgrace and should be disciplined. Poor kid.

it's not common and is the name of a well known margarine

Well I think that ICan'tBelieveIt'sNotButter is a very pretty name.

The employee was out of order and has been, rightfully, disciplined.

Not sure how the parents are going to deal with other children taking the mickey, can't really sue them can they.

Ab-city was a media misreport

The American media was the first to pick it up and reported the pronunciation as it would be over there. So “city” sounds like “siddy”.

Ab-city = Ab-siddy

Either way it’s a stupid name

(PS: I know a Turkish Aslan. Lovely boy and great name)