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A baby called Shithead.

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 20:39

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madamez · 02/03/2008 20:43

Just think of the money that baby will make when it's old enough to write one of those 'No mummy! Not the axe again' crappy-childhood books.

PuppyDogTails · 02/03/2008 20:43

How was she pronouncing it?

BrownSuga · 02/03/2008 20:46

I think the registrar would not allow it

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 20:47

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 20:47

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snowleopard · 02/03/2008 20:48

I'm sure I've heard of it before. Quite a few babies have been named it I think...

kittywise · 02/03/2008 20:49
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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 20:49

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Blandmum · 02/03/2008 20:50

I'm waiting for the essential MN post of 'But children will always find something to tease about, if she likes the name, she should go ahread. It is only adults laughing that passes on the prejudice'

It normally arrives about

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bonkerz · 02/03/2008 20:50

I heard a mum yelling ASBO the other day and a little boiy came running.When i asked my nice who the little boy was she said he was called ASBO!!! So it wasnt a nickname!

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 20:51

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PeatBog · 02/03/2008 20:52

Wasn't this story in Freakonomics (recent book)? My copy's in storage, but I'm sure there was a chapter on how naming a child can have huge consequences for their lives. Am sure this was one of the examples (funnily enough, of what not to do ...)

Boco · 02/03/2008 20:52

My Grandma was a social worker and worked with a family who had just arrived from Africa with a little boy called Latrine.

rantinghousewife · 02/03/2008 20:52

But children will always find something to tease about, if she likes the name, she should go ahread. It is only adults laughing that passes on the prejudice'

TotalChaos · 02/03/2008 20:53

oh god. I feel rather sorry for the mum having such lack of literacy etc.

controlfreakyagain · 02/03/2008 20:53

exactly ranting

Blandmum · 02/03/2008 20:54

Thank you ranting, I felt that post was overdue!

mollymawk · 02/03/2008 20:56

Yes, PeatBog, I think I saw this in Freakonomics too. Pronounced Shuh-TEED.

soapbox · 02/03/2008 20:56

One of the fathers at DC's school is called 'Shiten'.

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 20:56

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PeatBog · 02/03/2008 20:57

Hmm, a quick google reveals that the 'Shithead' story and similar have been doing the rounds for a while. The author of Freakonomics himself admits that his source was a friend of a friend or some such.

Not doubting your story, but hoping it's also an urban myth ...

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 21:01

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Hulababy · 02/03/2008 21:08

Don't think it would be allowed in UK anyway. I think the registrar (?) has the right to sop baby names that are offensive for example.

PeatBog · 02/03/2008 21:10

Even so, Meggle, the urban myth may have become so widespread that people just hear the name and like it?

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Megglevache · 02/03/2008 21:11

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