Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:41 am  

I used to work in a library and one poor unfortunate junior member was called Piers Mycock!

Did his parents not think before christening him or did they have a sick sense of humour

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:56 am  

rob_a wrote:

I used to work in a library and one poor unfortunate junior member was called Piers Mycock!

Did his parents not think before christening him or did they have a sick sense of humour

I'll go: Was his nickname Albert?

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:01 am  

rob_a wrote:

I used to work in a library and one poor unfortunate junior member was called Piers Mycock!

Did his parents not think before christening him or did they have a sick sense of humour

There really is a very eminent Dr. Hugh Koch.

I'm unsure if this is at all relevant. Or if he has.

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:35 am  

There used to be a newsreader on one of the Scottish TV channels who went by the name of Shona Twatt. Good for her, she absolutely refused to change it

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:22 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Speaking of Hull Uni and names, I used to know somebody who worked there in admissions who told me that a lot of the students with traditional chinese names tend to adopt an English name rather than have people mangling the pronunciation of their real name. Apparently they had a tendency of using what they thought would be common, traditional names from classic English literature (Dickens being a popular choice), resulting in a few old names that aren't particularly in common usage any more after all, such as Henry/Henrietta, Walter, Frederick, Cecil and the like. Quite a few Roses as well, although that does seem to have had a revival anyway since the return of Dr Who.

When I was studying elsewhere with some chinese students they went by similar names too, so it seems like she was right. I'll always remember William being mad as a box of frogs.

This is not uncommon. Asians do the same. For simplicity and also for business reasons.

[DaveO]

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:59 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Somewhere out there is a child officially named Number 16 Bus Shelter.

I'm just surprised two didn't come at once.

New Zealand. They banned Benson and Hedges and Fish and Chips as names for twins.

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:25 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

When I was studying elsewhere with some chinese students they went by similar names too, so it seems like she was right. I'll always remember William being mad as a box of frogs.

A lot of Chinese adopt western names that sound something like their Chinese names.

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:43 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: I don't mind there being "rules". We have "rules". I just prefer our reactive system to ludicrously proactive systems where you actually have to have every name pre-approved. Which means basically you can ludicrously only use names someone else used first. This is ludicrous, because I can use "Gudrun", or whatever, through the happy chance that the "naming committee" only came into existence after someone came up with it; but had it been the other way round, then I couldn't, as you can't "invent" a new name. That is just silly. The only issue should be a sane assessment of the welfare of the child, and nothing else. Is this his school: http://www.staroftheseaschool.co.uk/ ? If so, he went to school with my lad, here's an old class photo- You do know I was only pulling yours, surely? Yep, that's him, third Asteroidea from the left. Good looking kid.

Ferocious Aardvark wrote: I don't mind there being "rules". We have "rules". I just prefer our reactive system to ludicrously proactive systems where you actually have to have every name pre-approved. Which means basically you can ludicrously only use names someone else used first. This is ludicrous, because I can use "Gudrun", or whatever, through the happy chance that the "naming committee" only came into existence after someone came up with it; but had it been the other way round, then I couldn't, as you can't "invent" a new name. That is just silly. The only issue should be a sane assessment of the welfare of the child, and nothing else. Is this his school: http://www.staroftheseaschool.co.uk/ ? If so, he went to school with my lad, here's an old class photo- You do know I was only pulling yours, surely? Yep, that's him, third Asteroidea from the left. Good looking kid.

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:59 pm  

I heard of a lad called Sidney Bridge once.

And what about Gary and Phil's dad, Neville?

Re: You want to call your baby WHAT? : Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:28 am  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

I heard of a lad called Sidney Bridge once.

And what about Gary and Phil's dad, Neville?

Altogether now.....

Neville Neville (So good they named him twice) ....I love it! .........etc