to PSML when dd told me her new best friend's name is...

[cariboo]

...Shiraz?

"are you sure it's not Merlot?" I giggled. Dd was very .

Awwww I bet it seems terribly exotic to her.

I thought the same when I met a Maxine when I was 6
I bet her friend is called Shaz really

There was a kid at my school when I was growing up who had a sister called Ariel. We used to tease her mercilessly asking if her brother was called Daz...kids can be cruel...

Maybe it is Shanaz? I went to school with a very sensible Shanaz (may have spelling wrong) and believe it to be a genuine Asian name.

dd doesn't even know what Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, etc are so my wit stupid joke was wasted.

Sheraz is I think an Asian name.
( it was my original MN name, a play on Shiraz - so know that when I googled it)

Shiraz is a fairly standard Muslim name - and given that, it might be as well to be careful with the jokes about alcohol, not everyone will be as amused by your witticism as you evidently were.

oh dear!

Zoya I don't think Muslims are offended by the very existence of alcohol.

That's much less funny now 60ftdoll! You've ruined the fun of snobbiness

COuld be wrose, could be CharDONNaaaaay.

lol!

Not snobbishness, honestly! It's not as if it were Chardonnay, as you saaaaay. It was just a little jokelette that I thought I'd share. I knew some ol' sobersides would have a go at me, which is half the fun of posting on AIBU.

No of course not GIG, but if someone got the impression that cariboo KNEW it was a Muslim name and was deliberately making a joke about it being an alcoholic drink, that would get a very stony response where I live. I don't think for a moment that you intended anything bad btw cariboo. And actually if you've never come across the name, I guess there probably aren't many Muslims in your neck of the woods... OK ignore me I'll put down the shovel!

ROFL genuinely

No I would have larfed too.

I do hope she doesn't grow up to be an alcoholic, that would be awful wouldn't it?

thinking about it, there must surely be a generation growing up who are now reaching an age where alcoholism begins, among whom are more than a sprinkling of Chardonnay's?

Sorry Trill!

Sorry Trill!

oh zoya it's ok to laugh occasionally.

Everyone is SO hypersensitive and PC these days.

Laugh!!!

Put it down slowly and walk awaay Zoya

I did not know it was a Muslim name either anyway, so YANBU! Would have thought 'better than Chardonnay but not as exotic sounding as Valpolicella'

Valpolicella pmsl !

Lots of muslims, christians, jews, buddhists, 7th day adventists, etc around our neck of the woods what with the UN just down the road.

thanks ladies! beginning to think IABU...

(staggers off to bed waving empty Beaujolais bottle)

No Caariboo
YABU
We all need a bit of humour in life!

I maent YANBU
I have imbibed too much pinot grigio
now that would be a good name"

Beaujolais - such a good name!