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Post by Patrick on Oct 27, 2010 16:02:47 GMT
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Post by Weyland on Oct 27, 2010 16:06:08 GMT
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Post by everso on Oct 27, 2010 17:46:22 GMT
The popularity for my RL name hit its peak between 1910 and 1920. I don't know what my parents were thinking of. I always wanted to be a Linda or a Susan. Which, of course, now pretty much gives away how old I am (if you didn't already know)
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Post by everso on Oct 27, 2010 17:50:56 GMT
Actually, I don't think you can go far wrong if you pick a king or queen's name, or one from the bible.
Jonah, Nebukadnezza, Judas, Barabbas...
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Oct 27, 2010 20:04:54 GMT
The popularity for my RL name hit its peak between 1910 and 1920. I don't know what my parents were thinking of. I always wanted to be a Linda or a Susan. Which, of course, now pretty much gives away how old I am (if you didn't already know) Mid to late twenties I'd guess. As for cool but ancient names "Ozymandis" all the way...or "Hastur". AH
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Post by Weyland on Oct 27, 2010 22:16:17 GMT
Mid to late twenties I'd guess. No way, Alph. Much riper than that. About 38 I'd say. In her prime, she is, whatever her age. Trust me.
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 28, 2010 7:35:41 GMT
all these Olivia and Jacks and Emilys, etc. So middle class. Where are all the Shazneys and Beeyonces? ??
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 28, 2010 7:37:23 GMT
I have a daughter who, when born, was given a very unusual welsh name that few people have heard of.
Unfortunately, that same year, several billion trillion parents had the same idea, and now it is a pretty skanky name.
My S-i-law (older than me) was called Sharon for the same reasons (although she pronounces it like the rose.)
You have to be so careful. The unusual, rare, beautiful name you choose thinking yourself sucha clever snowflake can go skanky very quickly.
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 28, 2010 7:58:01 GMT
And why can't people stick to the same spelling? I'm used to asking "Is that Tracey or Tracy?" but for goodness sake, tune in to X Factor and you find a Treyc . Should be banned.
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Post by aubrey on Oct 28, 2010 9:17:08 GMT
Wodehouse had something like that - never trust a girl with an extra W or Y in her name Gwladys - that sort of thing. (He had a list of them).
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Post by everso on Oct 28, 2010 9:23:58 GMT
And why can't people stick to the same spelling? I'm used to asking "Is that Tracey or Tracy?" but for goodness sake, tune in to X Factor and you find a Treyc . Should be banned.And the people that name their children that should be put in the village stocks. Don't the French have a system for naming children, whereby you can't just choose any old name? Or am I mistaken? The ones I feel sorry for are the Apples and Peaches of this world Having said that, you can spell my daughter's name two ways. And my husband's. I thought I was giving my daughter a fairly uncommon name, but it turned out to be quite popular in the late 70s/early 80s.
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Post by everso on Oct 28, 2010 9:30:00 GMT
And why can't people stick to the same spelling? I'm used to asking "Is that Tracey or Tracy?" but for goodness sake, tune in to X Factor and you find a Treyc . Should be banned. I hate the whole business of that sort of spelling: Treyc, Boyz, also text speak. It's cute to start off with, but when people start using it on a regular basis, it's worrying.
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Post by everso on Oct 28, 2010 9:31:54 GMT
all these Olivia and Jacks and Emilys, etc. So middle class. Where are all the Shazneys and Beeyonces Awful. I know lots of Olivias, Jacks and Emilys (or similar) and they aren't middle class at all.
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Post by Weyland on Oct 28, 2010 10:47:01 GMT
My niece in Canada, Pat(ricia), called her son Daniel. So far so good. He called his son Tyson. So I have a great-grand-nephew named after a pit-bull. I'd call that a mortal sin.
A few years ago I heard a woman shrieking at a kid in a North Shields supermarket. Stuck in my mind . . .
"Klaus! Stop spittin'!"
I made my aufwiedersehens and left.
Olivia I can see, I suppose, but how the hell did Oliver get popular? It's a bit like naming a kid Adolf. Or Tyson.
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 28, 2010 11:58:42 GMT
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Post by riotgrrl on Oct 28, 2010 12:10:30 GMT
1 poor female child named 'Babyjane'.
And 5 boys called Che.
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Post by housesparrow on Oct 28, 2010 12:30:46 GMT
Don't the French have a system for naming children, whereby you can't just choose any old name? Or am I mistaken? There certainly used to be; you had to pick a name from an approved list. I don't know if that is still the case, but it always sounded a jolly good idea -though I always wondered how they coped with people from different ethnic backgrounds.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Oct 28, 2010 14:18:07 GMT
I bet that not one of those "Zuzanna's" is Polish/Eastern European...I just betcha! AH
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Post by Patrick on Oct 28, 2010 16:10:37 GMT
Pleased to see that Patrick doesn't seem to have been around the top 100 (for England anyway) for a long time.
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Post by aubrey on Oct 30, 2010 9:18:07 GMT
Matt Groening had a list of names that you can't use any more - Adolph, Lolita (though that was only a nickname - her real name was Dolores, though that wasn't even her real name as Humbert Humbert (and that wasn't real either) changed all the peoples' names when he came to write the story down) Poindexter, etc.
I always liked the late Victorian/Edwardian names, like the children have in Edith Nesbit stories - Anthea ("Panther"), Oswald - and Charlotte, Emily, Emma, Esme etc etc.
I used to think that Hortense was a horrible name, but after reading A Burgess's Earthly Powers I quite like it. It helps if you pronounce it in French.
It should be noted that F Zappa's first son had a normal name - James or William or something like that, and only switched to Dweezil when he was 18 (though he had been called Dweezil up to then; it was just not allowed to be used at his registration, or whatever they have in the US).
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