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if you met someone with a baby named Bernard, what would you honestly think?

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misdee · 20/05/2008 17:44

go on!

i can take it

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Piffle · 20/05/2008 22:09

ah hankering to Celtic shores for a name misdee?
ah we are a family of them here!

Cappuccino · 20/05/2008 22:10

I would think "the child is called Bernard"

come on now the kids he is at school with aren't going to know what 'not now Bernard' means

that will be some ancient old thing that nobody hears about

also Blackadder and Schnorbitz

these are all the kind of things that insane aunties will say to him at weddings and funerals and no-one will know what they mean

Piffle · 20/05/2008 22:13

Defer to hunker... En francais it is an entirely different kettle of poisson

ANTagony · 20/05/2008 22:13

Its my elder sons middle name. Named after my grandfather who was an incredible man - went against his very posh family and married for love, worked hard, edited Yachting World and was an incredibly supportive husband when his wife developed Alzheimer's.

I wanted his name to be Edward Bernard (Teddy Bear for short) but a close family member before we'd mentioned names said what ever you do don't use Edward!

misdee · 20/05/2008 22:13

i had Isaac all lined up for years, and now its having a bit of a revival, i have gone off it.

i liked Alfred, but dh said it was his grandad name (i only knew him as grandad), and we have a no family names rule, so as not to upset people (and considering my mum has 10 brothers and sister average 3 kids each thats a lot of names out of the picture straight away)

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Amapoleon · 20/05/2008 22:15

My dh calls our dd Bernard as a joke, don't ask me why.

BettySpaghetti · 20/05/2008 22:19

I just asked DP "if you met someone with a baby named Bernard, what would you honestly think?" and his response was "top move" so you've got one vote

ninedragons · 20/05/2008 22:31

I'd be pleased I didn't know you well enough not to blatantly steal your name for future DS.

Deeply cool.

Janni · 20/05/2008 22:42

Keep thinking of the story 'Not now, Bernard'.

Bernie Taupin

Bernie Winters

Struggling really to think of any great Bernards or Bernies

ButterflyMcQueen · 20/05/2008 22:42

i have two GORGEOUS male friends called Bernard

dudes!!

i also have a big ginger Tomcat Bernard!!

I love love love it!

misdee · 20/05/2008 22:45

i wonder if we can get a bernard revival going...

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ButterflyMcQueen · 20/05/2008 23:01

i truly think it is fabulous but then it helps if you know cool men!!!

makes it uber cool in my eyes

even my ginger king is a dude in the feline world! i am proud to holler his name out the front door!

you dont know what your bb is yet do you misdee??

edam · 20/05/2008 23:04

(off topic) ANT, he wasn't the editor when they had the big libel case, was he?

kateri · 23/05/2008 01:04

I like Bernard!

Mind you, I also like Colin and Clive and Nigel... and my son has a name in a similar vein that gets funny looks when I tell people!

katpotat · 23/05/2008 12:24

My father in law and uncle are both Bernard, the get called Ben and Benny respectively...in the end it doesn't matter what anyone thinks....if you love it that's all that matters

belgo · 23/05/2008 12:29

It makes me think of the Bernard in the Shirley Hughes books.

orangehead · 23/05/2008 12:32

Really dont like, its oldfashioned, I know some oldfashioned is good, william, harry etc but bernard, archibald and and alfred just no no

Clary · 23/05/2008 23:57

Bernard.

Hmmm yes, Not Now...

It's not really like Archie and Alfie and Stanley tho is it, because they are coming back, hot on the heels of Edward and George.
There is a Sid in DD's swimming class.

Bernard is more like Trevor or Graham or Gordon or Barry isn't it?

Are you have DS then misdee???????? have I missed that (I knew you were pg of course)

handlemecarefully · 23/05/2008 23:58

I'm not hugely keen....

CristinaTheAstonishing · 24/05/2008 00:01

Not too keen on Bernard but Bernie is nice.

Clary · 24/05/2008 00:01
Jenbot · 24/05/2008 09:43

You know, I really like it.

But then I do like big slobbery dogs, and brown corduroy come to think of it!

meglet · 24/05/2008 19:28

Insanely cool, and he will grow into it as he gets older.

nkf · 24/05/2008 19:32

Not now.
Seriously, I'd think he'd been named for a family member.

misdee · 24/05/2008 19:34

but we dont have any family member called Bernard lol.

i am still so so tempted to use it.

its getting a real mixture of reactions.

I like Alfred, but it would be 'shortened' to Alfie wouldnt it?

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