Chav names make your kids thick!!

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Anyone seen this in the MAil today (read at work!!)

Seemingly government research has found that kids with middle class names like KAtherine and Duncan do 8 times better in school than Waynes, Dwaines etc..

Some teachers have said that PAiges are the worst girls of all and that the following names arose the following comments:

Adrienne (kiss of death - spiteful, sneaky or both), Alanna, Ashleigh, Britney, Candice, Chantelle (spawn of the devil), Chelsie, Chelseigh, Chloe (nasty, spiteful).

Cindy (always a pain in the a**e) Courtney, Cortnee, Cortnie (trouble), Danielle (a nightmare), Jade, Jodie, Jordan (pretty bad for a girl), Kayleigh (a pain), Keeley, Keira (live in fear), Kimberley, Kylie, Leanne, Leigh, Lou-Lou,

Mia, Paige, Poppy (hyperactive and not very bright), Stacey, Tyler (lesson disrupter).

And these are the boys' names that the teachers most fear: Ashley, Chayse, Conor, Connor (a nightmare), Curtis, Damon, Declan, Dillon/Dylan, Dwayne (a terror), Grant, Jordan, Josh (arrogant, nasty, selfish.

Kade, Kane, Kieron, Kyle (always spells trouble), Liam (always a bad lad), Mason (a horror), Mitchell, Myles, Painton, Rhys / Reece (a nightmare), Ryan, Scott (live in fear), Shane (a terror), Troy, Tyler (lesson disrupter), Wayne (a terror).

What do you think?

We once had a Chanel, who had a brother called Shane!!!

I'd only ever taught norty Olivers and thus was a bit put off the name. But then one of my best friends had an Oliver and he's a really lovely child and has buried my Oliver-phobia.

ooo also remember now some Y11s talking scathingly about another girl they knew, aged about 16 who'd had a baby girl. They were taking the p*ss because she'd called the baby Portia and they assumed it was spelt wrongly as it wasn't Porche.

in my dd's class at school there are a selection of Ellies, Rosies, Freddies, Ollies, - does it make a difference if there's an "ie" on the end of a name? Do you think they automatically sound nicer?

Yes because dd1 and dd2-to-be both have that sound at the end!

I think 'ie' names sound 'weak' and 'flowery' - pretty but not 'strong'.

Don't see Jill as in pony rider name around much these days

[Squares up to Gobbledigook] Come over here and say that, you!

(Yes, my real name ends in an "ie"...)

dino - so did mine as a child - Katie (Kate now)

Katie is nicer than Katy so probably agree with you (my family nickname as a child - not actually my name!).

PMSL at this! I recognise those naughty boys and ds1's name is on the "good" list!
[anger] at you cod with your prejudice against Irish names!!!

And the year ds1 was born there were at least 2 babies born in Dublin called Pocohontas!

Oh I have a Dillon this year and YES he is naughty!

Had a Dylon (I kid you not that is how it was spelt!) last year who was delightful but not too bright.
The only other Dylan I taught pooed his pants!!!!

one of the worst ones was called Mackenzie!

Oh and a
Darrell
Ian
Matthew - one of the worst
Stefan
Katrina - by far the worst girl

i have a theory of Irish boy band names + young teenage mums = disruptive kids.

(it has nothing with being irish.)

'clink'

I must admit feeling pretty nervous when I heard that a Tyson would be joining my class. Oh, and sister Precious would be in the year above!
Naughty= Maryann (I kid you not!), Jazmin, Tyson (Quelle suprise!)
Well behaved= Daniel, Joshua, Oliver,

Tyson surely is something you call your pit bull?

It is something this mum called her pitbull!!!!!

Oi!! MaloryTowers et al, a bone or three to pick with you!
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Trust me to pick a chavvy nickname

I like Dax for a boy, Kabrina for a girl

awwww isnt it nice that the government has nothing better to do?

my son is the nicest, most polite, most caring child you could ever hope to meet. not arrogant, nasty and selfish...thanks very much.

Ok - time to come clean. I am called Danielle. It' s a bit like the start of an AA meeting - My name's Danielle... and I'm a nightmare.... apparently. When my mum named me ( 36 years ago) it was thought of as a very unusual name. French, too so quite classy and I never met another one in my eleven years at school. Has it become chavvy and I've not noticed or can I still hold my head up in the middle class north London media circles in which I mix?

Actually, though, on a more serious note does anyone else find this kind of snobbery a bit insidious? It seems to me that the word 'chav' is just another way for the middle classes to look down on those they consider 'common'. (Although nobody dares to use that word now) I count some Kevin's and Tracy's among my best friends and actually one of the biggest pain in the arses I I know is called Rowena (Draw your own conclusions about her background!l)

Good morning all I wonder if my name is chav - Toni - as I very rarely hear it and as a child knew no one with the same name as me

I went to school with a Toni although it was short for something else!