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Has Elijah gone to the chavs?

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mummsee · 31/10/2010 01:27

It has been my fave for a while but friends inform me it's now a bit downmarket.

Is this the case now??

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Edmundo · 31/10/2010 01:29

Slightly..

blinks · 31/10/2010 01:33

nah

MrsvWoolf · 31/10/2010 01:33

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pilotinspector · 31/10/2010 01:36

Yes, chavvy. sorry :(

tummytickler · 31/10/2010 07:09

nooooooooo! My 8 year old is Elijah and we are not chavs :(

I think the old biblical names are classless actually, every body seems to think Jaiden is chavvy, but I only know one and he has very mc parents!

GeorgeOsborne · 31/10/2010 07:13

No.

diddl · 31/10/2010 07:16

Are you chavs?

If not then there is no problem imo.

It´s the people who are chavs, not the name.

FWIW I think Elijah is a lovely name & "chav" would not enter my thoughts at all upon hearing it.

I do think MN is too quick to shout "chav" where names are concerned tbh.

GeorgeOsborne · 31/10/2010 07:23

completely and utterly agree on all points diddl

StewieGriffinsMom · 31/10/2010 07:29

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lillypumpkinpie · 31/10/2010 08:12

I hate these threads.If you like it use it!

Who gets to decide if a name is chav or not anyway?

Yummygummybear · 31/10/2010 08:24

I think chav names differ from person to person.

It depends where you live, your own background and family.

I agree with Lillypp, If you like it, use it & don't worry about what anyone else thinks of it.

RumourOfAHurricane · 31/10/2010 08:27

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Fourleaf · 31/10/2010 08:47

What a load of classist crap nonsense.

FranSanDisco · 31/10/2010 08:51

I thinbk you need to reclaim it for the rahs! Hmm. It's a name fgs not a lifestyle choice- won't make your ds talk proper or nuffink that's wot private educations for init.

gillyboot · 31/10/2010 14:48

It's certainly more popular now.

poppydaisy · 31/10/2010 15:09

Why are we so keen to 'label' names according to class - Elijah too chav, Humphrey too posh.... Why don't we just accept a name as that, a name and judge the person behind the name.

southeastastra · 31/10/2010 15:10

fgs get over yourself, gone to the chavs Hmm

LetThereBeRock · 31/10/2010 15:20

It's a lovely name.

PavlovtheWitchesCat · 31/10/2010 15:21
Biscuit
amothersplaceisinthewrong · 31/10/2010 15:22

Any name that belongs to a member of the Dingle Clan in Emmerdale is automatically relegated to Chav Class.

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