A smorgasbord of baby names ....

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Undertheoldlindentree · 20/01/2022 03:06

Genuinely surprised there are people with different taste to you?

Posting it online so others can have a laugh too?

Yes, you're being bitchy.

VioletBlanche · 20/01/2022 03:24

Please tell me you're joking.

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 03:44

@VioletBlanche

Please tell me you're joking.

About what?

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babyturtle19 · 20/01/2022 04:14

The "I'm right your wrong ..." is a line from Roald Dhal's Matilda (possibly a favourite book of the child the gift js for?)

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 09:36

@babyturtle19

The "I'm right your wrong ..." is a line from Roald Dhal's Matilda (possibly a favourite book of the child the gift js for?)

Is it deliberately misspelled???

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JuniorMint · 20/01/2022 09:40

@babyturtle19

The "I'm right your wrong ..." is a line from Roald Dhal's Matilda (possibly a favourite book of the child the gift js for?)

I think the OP was pointing out the grammar error rather than the actual quote itself (your/you’re).

FlexibleWorkingDenied · 20/01/2022 09:41

@ImJustMadAboutSaffron

Am I being bitchy here or snobby ? I wanted to get a onesie with my friend's new baby's name on, something cute and classic, and was given a contact. This woman personalises all kinds of things on request - cushions, T-shirts, masks, bags, you get the picture, but the majority of items are for babies.

I've spent an hour going through her Facebook page and seen a selection of items with the names on as shown below. I'm genuinely surprised, and as these are intermingled with her own personal pictures, they are family and friends, not there for illustrative purposes so they are real names:

Frankie-Wayne
Dolcy (pronounced Dolce as in D&G)
Elsie Mai Pam
Tommi-Jay
Jenson-Joe
Trafford
Catlin (not Caitlin)

Plus a few ordinary names like Jack, Willow, Ava, Poppy etc.

There's also a T-shirt that has a name on it followed by "I'm right, your wrong and nothing can do about it" (???)

I'm giving this a swerve and going elsewhere, because I think it looks tacky. Apologies if anyone has children with those names.

How do you know how Dolcy is pronounced after seeing it printed on a T-shirt on a Facebook page?

babyturtle19 · 20/01/2022 09:59

@JuniorMint
Ahh apologies! I simply just quoted OP without checking the grammar (middle of the night, feeding a sleepy newborn! Haha). It should be 'you're'. My brain went to 'where do I recognise that line from?' rather than checking the grammar. If it is printed incorrectly on the clothing then that would very much irritate the pedant in me!

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 10:10

@FlexibleWorkingDenied I did make an assumption, but that was because several posts had customised items with D&G logo and Dolcy by the side. I also Googled it.

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ShadowPuppets · 20/01/2022 10:11

From a marketing perspective, if I were selling personalised baby clothes, I'd make sure my examples online had the broadest range of names possible, makes people more likely to envisage their child wearing it if the names shown are similar to those they know. Just business sense.

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 10:11

[quote babyturtle19]@JuniorMint
Ahh apologies! I simply just quoted OP without checking the grammar (middle of the night, feeding a sleepy newborn! Haha). It should be 'you're'. My brain went to 'where do I recognise that line from?' rather than checking the grammar. If it is printed incorrectly on the clothing then that would very much irritate the pedant in me! [/quote]
Thanks, I checked the correct spelling. I thought from your post it was one of those quirks that was a deliberate mistake. There also seems to be a word "you" missed out, too.

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 10:12

@ShadowPuppets

From a marketing perspective, if I were selling personalised baby clothes, I'd make sure my examples online had the broadest range of names possible, makes people more likely to envisage their child wearing it if the names shown are similar to those they know. Just business sense.

Good point there.

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SummaLuvin · 20/01/2022 11:11

So you don't want to buy an item for a specific seller, as you think some of the other clients have children with 'tacky' names? And more than that, you posted on a public forum these names in the hopes of mocking them further.

Am I being bitchy here or snobby ?

I would say you are being a snobby bitch.

SummaLuvin · 20/01/2022 11:19

[quote babyturtle19]@JuniorMint
Ahh apologies! I simply just quoted OP without checking the grammar (middle of the night, feeding a sleepy newborn! Haha). It should be 'you're'. My brain went to 'where do I recognise that line from?' rather than checking the grammar. If it is printed incorrectly on the clothing then that would very much irritate the pedant in me! [/quote]
It might be the fault of the seller if they came up with the idea for that garment, but generally with personalised things you have to give the text which you want printed and they then copy it, so that mistake is likely to have come from the person who requested it. When I did my wedding Save the Dates, on the last approval before printing I noticed it said "Formal Initiation to Follow" not "Formal Invitation to Follow", yikes, but my fault.

Ideally these things would be picked up, but grammar and spelling is not everyones forte. I find the way people mock others online for spelling/grammar mistakes in order to feel superior themselves distasteful and mean spirited. How do you know they aren't dyslexic and doing their best? How do you know is English is their first language? There are many reasons why people struggle, and that doesn't make them lesser than anyone else.

babyturtle19 · 20/01/2022 11:34

@SummaLuvin I absolutely agree with you. Sorry I did not mean to suggest otherwise or offend.

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 11:36

@SummaLuvin

So you don't want to buy an item for a specific seller, as you think some of the other clients have children with 'tacky' names? And more than that, you posted on a public forum these names in the hopes of mocking them further.

Am I being bitchy here or snobby ?

I would say you are being a snobby bitch.

Whatever.

Yes I do think the names are strange. Some of them. Which I am entitled to think. Asking for comments isn't mocking.

Of more concern in the tacky stakes than the names would be grammatically incorrect quotations on such garments. This has put me off.

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 11:41

@SummaLuvin How do you know they aren't dyslexic and doing their best? How do you know is English is their first language? There are many reasons why people struggle, and that doesn't make them lesser than anyone else.

I don't know whether the seller is dyslexic or not (the grammar on her page is far from the best) but I do know her ethnicity and background. In a situation that you suggest, ie someone comes along and asks for text to be printed on an item that is incorrectly spelled, a seller ought to point that out to them in a sensitive manner. I would. Otherwise they would take Little Johnny out in his top and people may remark on that, and the seller loses credibility. If you are running a business you need some element of quality control.

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DoucheCanoe · 20/01/2022 11:44

I once spotted a personalised school set for a Leighyum on a FB page.

It wouldn't put me off though if you liked the items and there are good reviews or are you assuming that it's "tacky" because the other clientele have names that you don't like?

Grammatical errors would put me off but you seem to be more bothered by the names.

emberplum · 20/01/2022 21:53

You're being snobby and bitchy yes. But I agree with you so that makes two of us! Quite like Catlin though, it's a very old French version of Catherine.

BiscuitLover3678 · 20/01/2022 21:59

As usual everyone has jumped on here to serve justice and tell you how you’re a snobby bitch and really must be slapped. Minutes later they would happily go to baby names thread and rip into someone choosing those exact same names.

BiscuitLover3678 · 20/01/2022 22:00

I also quite like Catlin

BlueFlavour · 20/01/2022 22:07

Agree with @BiscuitLover3678

WeasilyPleased · 20/01/2022 22:21

@BiscuitLover3678 is spot on.

toastofthetown · 20/01/2022 22:51

@BiscuitLover3678

As usual everyone has jumped on here to serve justice and tell you how you’re a snobby bitch and really must be slapped. Minutes later they would happily go to baby names thread and rip into someone choosing those exact same names.

Can you really not tell the difference between answering a request for feedback and listing out names you’ve seen elsewhere specifically to laugh at them with a new group of people? And I can’t speak for anyone else, but I don’t ‘rip into’ people.

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ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 20/01/2022 23:01

@BiscuitLover3678

As usual everyone has jumped on here to serve justice and tell you how you’re a snobby bitch and really must be slapped. Minutes later they would happily go to baby names thread and rip into someone choosing those exact same names.

Ha ha yes I know they would, because I have seen it happen.

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