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« Reply #7740 on: 09:28:38, 28-09-2008 » |
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A very good campagne too!
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« Reply #7741 on: 09:31:57, 28-09-2008 » |
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They are very nice, Morticia.
My Polish friend used to have afternoon tea with things like that.
They got two good veteran pensions from UK government and were well off at the end.
They struggled all their lives and were very poor (according to their two sons), but at the end they thought that they were rich.
She was addicted to smoking. Although she had asthma she still smoked a lot. She would inhale from that inhaler between smoking. They were encouraged to smoke by doctors. They were given free cigarettes at the front line. He stopped smoking, but she could not
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« Reply #7742 on: 09:48:13, 28-09-2008 » |
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Advice, please! It's a grump too.
Some of you will know that I am hoping to be a grandmother in March. Do you think that if they choose a name that I really hate, it would be possible for me to say so, albeit in more tactful terms? At the moment this is what's happening. I feel very strongly indeed about names, to the extent that if I dislike a name I find it really hard to say it. Some people mind much less, I think. I'm quite upset about this, because I know I shouldn't interfere, but I very much want to say something.
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« Reply #7743 on: 09:57:07, 28-09-2008 » |
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Difficult one Mary, the list of preferred names alters constantly and sometimes when the baby is born it just doesn't suit the name picked out. What name(s) are they thinking of? I know someone who has just had a baby girl and they have called it Casey!  To me that is not a real name. Does your family, like mine, have a tradition of handing names down through the generations? |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #7744 on: 09:58:31, 28-09-2008 » |
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My mother never quibbled about the names my brother and sisters gave to their offspring. probably being very tactful. I knoe for a fact though she didnt care much for 2 of my 2nd eldest sister's names!!
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« Reply #7745 on: 10:01:05, 28-09-2008 » |
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Yes, if the eldest son in my family had a son, the name Handley was always included in it. Probably after one of my family's claim to fame, being that of the aircraft pioneer Handley Page.(Paige?)
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« Reply #7746 on: 10:35:21, 28-09-2008 » |
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What name(s) are they thinking of? I know someone who has just had a baby girl and they have called it Casey! To me that is not a real name. Does your family, like mine, have a tradition of handing names down through the generations? We do hand names down to some extent, if we like them, but as middle names, and indeed my son and daughter-in-law are proposing to do that. It's the first name I am objecting to - or rather its shortened form, which is what he would be called (this only applies to boys, and we don't know the sex yet - I quite like their choices for girls). Deep breath - the name is Zachary, which I don't much like, but could live with. It's the shortened version, Zach/Zak/Zack that I really loathe. I think it's the sort of name pop stars give their children - Ringo Starr did have a son called Zak (sic) which I remember hating at the time. My son didn't know that, and I hope it will put them off, but it probably won't. Couldn't agree more about Casey! Quite awful. |
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« Reply #7747 on: 10:41:44, 28-09-2008 » |
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Competely agree with you Mary!! I will tell all of you guys here that my 2nd eldest sister married(I think she married, one can never tell with her what she does, we dont talk to each other, havnt for god knows how long!), a Dane. Nothing against that ofcourse, but its the names they chose, or more than liely she chose! Kaspar for the eldest one, their poor daughter has 26 first names(!), all because they could'nt make up their minds which one to choose! Her principal name is Saskia. Ok no quibs about that, I suppose. Then the youngest poor chap has the name of Zebedee. Beats me why they chose that name they are not religious or anything but I cant help wonder about that children's programme, 'The Magic Roundabout!'
You know, Florence, Dougal, etc!! The poor boy! Boing, time for bed!
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« Reply #7748 on: 10:43:50, 28-09-2008 » |
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What name(s) are they thinking of? I know someone who has just had a baby girl and they have called it Casey! To me that is not a real name. Does your family, like mine, have a tradition of handing names down through the generations? We do hand names down to some extent, if we like them, but as middle names, and indeed my son and daughter-in-law are proposing to do that. It's the first name I am objecting to - or rather its shortened form, which is what he would be called (this only applies to boys, and we don't know the sex yet - I quite like their choices for girls). Deep breath - the name is Zachary, which I don't much like, but could live with. It's the shortened version, Zach/Zak/Zack that I really loathe. I think it's the sort of name pop stars give their children - Ringo Starr did have a son called Zak (sic) which I remember hating at the time. My son didn't know that, and I hope it will put them off, but it probably won't. Couldn't agree more about Casey! Quite awful. I'm with you Mary about Zachary. I don't like the full or shortened version. I don't like Oscar either which seems to be very popular around here. I was fortunate to be able to choose the child's names myself - and I chose a very Welsh Christian name together with my husband's name as the middle one. My second grandson, I had no say in the procedure at all and I really don't like his name. However, I've had to be tactful and grin and bear it. I'll pm you what it is for privacy reasons. It isn't even an unusual name these days but.....  |
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« Reply #7749 on: 10:47:55, 28-09-2008 » |
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Those are a bit extreme, BBM. I could live with Kaspar, but Kaspar and Saskia are rather hard to say together! Zebedee is too much. Florence is rather fashionable at the moment, and I was afraid they might have that on their list, but thankfully it doesn't seem to be.
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« Reply #7750 on: 10:50:40, 28-09-2008 » |
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David Bowie called his son Zowie. Poor kid. Then there's Peaches Geldoff and other children named after fruit and days of the week. Still each to their own I suppose.  |
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« Reply #7751 on: 10:53:43, 28-09-2008 » |
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Parents, I think, just do not think about what would it be like for thie child in later life, eg, school, work, friends, etc. Me and my first wife, we chose good traditional names for my son, who is now 21, nearly 22 in January!!! He is called Carl Richard. We chose Carl because of the length. You cant make a nicknmae out of it. Guess what, when he was smaller, we called him Carley!!! You cant win sometimes!!
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« Reply #7752 on: 10:56:02, 28-09-2008 » |
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Let's not forget Frank Zappa's daughter, Moon Unit. Or was it Moon Unit Alpha? I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time ...
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« Reply #7753 on: 10:59:11, 28-09-2008 » |
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Think my 2nd eledest sister children are quite lucky then, Mort!!
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« Reply #7754 on: 11:11:36, 28-09-2008 » |
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The naming of children really is a can of worms. There will always be someone, either family or friend, who think the parents have made a mistake. Not to mention the child who has to live with the name! I seem to remember reading somewhere that children should be given a 'temporary' name so that procedure was observed, but that on reaching their majority they could change it if they wished. Then again, there'd probably be dissent over that as well I can't say I'm wild about my name but I can live with it. What does make me wild (in a gritting my teeth manner) is when people shorten it. I made a point of asking that my full name be put on my badge at work. Waste of time. 'Oh hi, xxx!'.  |
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