Class

[Boe]

Just wondered what made people a certain class - I was described as middle class the other day and not sure if I agree.

There are a few mentions n Northerners thread about her parents coming to stay and I can not for the life of me figure out what makes one middle class or working class - I go to work so IMO I am working class - Is this right????

You might have to give us all your possessions though to keep us quiet

yes, I would love a dvd player.

Just emailed you sambom, one is by mistake, so wait for the next one.
Should someone start another thread about childrens names and class as this is taking up alot of space.

I will not be open to blackmail
Who's gonna start another thread.

Yes but if we did that we may well end up offending Mumsnetters who have called their kids those names! I'm quietly hoping no-one on here has kids called Chantelle, Kylie and Dwayne (or at least no-one that will admit to it!)

No you are getting me wrong, what I mean is does children names have any bearing on the class youi are in. I would never offend anyones name.

I'm sorry but I can't believe ANYONE would call their child Chardonnay (though I gather it's quite common now)

when I say common I mean usual btw.

I see what you mean, but I don't think you could have such a thread without mentioning types of names!
Anyway, I'm off to make a smoothie with my new blender! Maybe I should pop down to Sainsbury's and buy some organic produce to go in it!

The kids on our road are named (Family 1) Somaya, Jannat, Nasil, Nayeem, Umal, (Family 2) Jessica & Janus, (Family 3) Daniel & Isabel Catalina, (Family 4) Alia & Zaynab, (Family 5) Naseema.

50 p to the first person who can state what "class" each family is. Or better yet, why these deep discussions of class are (almost) irrelevant to all of the parents of these kids.

Zebra I think all of them are beautiful names. I couldnt tell you what class the names belong too as I dont have a clue.

Ah, Rhuby, you are then getting back to what class people THINK they are. Ie if I thought I was middle class but had called my child Waynetta then am I really MC?

I can see poor Janus having the p*ss taken out of him at school though

I have a SIL called Janus but spelt differently. It suits her.

how is it spelt?

Sitting here eating my SW pasta and trying to think of really awful names.

Britney??

Is it said like anus but with a J??

OK, I've started a name thread!

my daughters are called: britney jade, kylie kupkakes , chardonnay spritzer ,shiraz shireen and sauv blanc. The boys are : lager top,,flame tattoo,falcon claw,romeo rum and barolo barolo. The reasons for my choices are simple - I am a fucking idiot who watches too many soaps. Now pass that copy of 'Hello'.......!

LOL Donnie!
Surely "OK" would be better suited to you, more D list celebs

I was in and out of schools a lot in my last job, it is true that certain names are more prevalent in some areas than others. So, the school on the sink estate basted a Cheyenne, Carlabella, Tiffany, Tiffany, Tiffany and about ten Dwaynes whereas the school in the leafy 'burbs had Gabriel, India, Francis and Poppy, Poppy, Poppy.

At the risk of offending, and as someone who has refused to give my DD DH's double-barrelled surname (with his agreement), has anyone else noticed that giving a child both parents' surnames (in A spanish stylee) is becoming more popular? You can get some great names, I met a 5 year old poppet called Chanel Janet Stott-Higginbottom.

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marialuisa - oh the poor love! I refused to do the Spanish two name thing for dd (despite living in Spain) on the grounds that our names sound silly together. Spanish names all seem to go together.

Janus is Italian. I think it's supposed to be said like "Yeah-nuhs", but note the family anglicise it to a soft/hard J, like the start of Giueseppe. The boy is called Janny for short.

The answer to the riddle is that almost evey child on my street has at least one immigrant parent. I don't know the names of the Chinese or Indonesian kids or I'd have thrown them in, too. I'd say a very upwardly mobile area, but officially quite "deprived".