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What initials shouldn't be used?

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CuppaTeaJanice · 09/11/2008 12:16

There's plenty of initials that are generally thought of as a no-no - CUM, COK, KKK, FUK, TIT etc., etc.....

...but what about the following.....

Toilet-themed, eg. BOG, LAV, WC etc?

Political, eg. BNP?

Animals, eg. PIG, COW, HOG etc?

Other body parts, eg. BUM?

Would any of the above initials put you off choosing a name that you love for your DC? And what other initials would you avoid?

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BONKERZ · 09/11/2008 12:17

my initials before getting married were SLEEP

TinTerNetTigger · 09/11/2008 12:18

Wanted to call my son Brandon James, but the initals BJ changed my mind!!! had to fit another name inbetween

themildmanneredsnotmonster · 09/11/2008 12:19

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TinTerNetTigger · 09/11/2008 12:20

Although my daughter is P.E.A

dizzydixies · 09/11/2008 12:47

S.E.X?

although DD2 is ARCD which said quickly sounds like arsed

findtheriver · 09/11/2008 13:33

TinTerNet - we had friends whose son had Christian names beginning with B and J and they actually called him BJ as a nickname! DH and I used to piss ourselves (silently off course)

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Olihan · 09/11/2008 13:49

DH was desperate to call out ds Timothy William Anthony

Our surname begins with T.......

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Olihan · 09/11/2008 13:51

Stephen Henry Ian was another suggestion.

I put my foot down at Cynthia Ursula Natasha .

dizzydixies · 09/11/2008 14:18

I LOVED the name Violet but just couldn't bring myself to do it as our surname begins with a D

pmsl Olihan

biscuitsmustbedunkedintea · 09/11/2008 16:11

I'll always remmeber my friend coming into school one day and annoucning her mum had her baby girl and what she was called. She couldn't understand me rolling around with laughter till I pointed out the baby's initials spelled GOB! They were a lovely family but yes by their own admission they were a loud family. The next day she told me her mum had swapped the first names around. Still makes me smile

My cousin was going to be SAD but my grandfather said that was too horrible for a small baby so an extra name was added.

HeadFairy · 09/11/2008 16:14

I always used to chuckle at my friend who had her initials ET embroidered on her pe kit at school... but it was the early 80s and I was young

LaDiDaDi · 09/11/2008 17:27

We actively avoided LEG and CIG when naming dd.

We got LIG instead.

2Helenback · 09/11/2008 19:42

If I'd been a boy I'd have spelled R A T.

I teach a VD, but oddly no kid ever mentions it. Maybe STI would be worse now?

Dh initials are RC, and he is quite arsey.

2Helenback · 09/11/2008 19:42

If I'd been a boy I'd have spelled R A T.

I teach a VD, but oddly no kid ever mentions it. Maybe STI would be worse now?

Dh initials are RC, and he is quite arsey.

2Helenback · 09/11/2008 19:43

Bum, clicked twice. Curse this slow boadband connection.

QwertyQueen · 09/11/2008 19:45

my DH's initials are PMS!

about right.

kittenloren · 09/11/2008 20:18

My friend's ex is an S.T.D. You'd think his mother would have cottoned on and added an extra middle name, especially as she's a V.D. herself.

LunarSea · 09/11/2008 20:23

dh is R.A.W.

babysoon1 · 10/11/2008 11:48

do you think POJ is ok?

Buda · 10/11/2008 11:49

DH was almost ARS. He is now AMS.

BroccoliSpears · 10/11/2008 11:53

I don't think it's worth getting too worked up about. My initials aren't amusing until I married dh when I became KY. Except I didn't because I didn't take his name.

My mum was PIN, married my dad and became PIG.

BroccoliSpears · 10/11/2008 11:54

My brother is RC Smith. We call him Arsey Smith.

pagwatch · 10/11/2008 11:54

my brother was CPAP and by the time he left school he didn't have a single item labelled where the downstroke had not been added to the first P....