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Pincher Jan 19th 2010 6:20 am

Best ever name for a child?
 
Dealt with an incident today where I had to speak to a young couple with a young baby (6 months). They said the boy's name was 'Gooey'. Taken aback somewhat, I asked them to spell it for me, which they duly obliged, 'G U Y'.
:ohmy:

Oink Jan 19th 2010 6:21 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by Pincher (Post 8263378)
Dealt with an incident today where I had to speak to a young couple with a young baby (6 months). They said the boy's name was 'Gooey'. Taken aback somewhat, I asked them to spell it for me, which they duly obliged, 'G U Y'.
:ohmy:

Were they Welsh?

Pincher Jan 19th 2010 6:30 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
No, a young couple, a fine product of the local estate.

dbd33 Jan 19th 2010 6:58 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
I believe he's my great-grand-nephew.

mandymoochops Jan 19th 2010 6:29 pm

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
o/h's new nephew is called Trax. :(


Sounds like some sort of disinfectant

Butch Cassidy Jan 20th 2010 3:17 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 8265059)
o/h's new nephew is called Trax. :(


Sounds like some sort of disinfectant

Please tell me that its D's Sisters kid :eek:

SirTainly Jan 20th 2010 3:40 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
I know someone who named their child Drayvon - sounds like a type of ferry. :unsure:

dthomas Jan 20th 2010 3:55 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
I've had students with odd names, such as:

Velvet (f.)
Cherry (f.)
Starr (f.)
Candi (f.)
Krystell (f.)
Souxy (f.)
Shandi (f.)


Nix and Nox (m. twins)
Kemel-Jitt (m.)
Adolphus (m.)
Lucifopoulos (fam. nm.)

el_richo Jan 20th 2010 4:00 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by dthomas (Post 8266416)
I've had students with odd names, such as:

Velvet (f.)
Cherry (f.)
Starr (f.)
Candi (f.)
Krystell (f.)
Souxy (f.)
Shandi (f.)


Nix and Nox (m. twins)
Kemel-Jitt (m.)
Adolphus (m.)
Lucifopoulos (fam. nm.)

That reads like the cast of a porno.

Alan2005 Jan 20th 2010 4:52 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 8266438)
That reads like the cast of a porno.

Shandi sounds a bit useless. Do you think she occasionally needs a hand?

Neil52 Jan 20th 2010 5:00 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
Whilst doing his teaching rounds at an outer eastern suburbs primary school a few years ago, a friend of mine was writing a number of the kids’ names on the blackboard, and when he got to Maddalyn, he wrote her name on the board as “Madeline”. She called out “Mr Randolph, you’ve spelt my name wrong”. Without missing a beat, he responded “no I didn’t, your parents did”.:thumbup:

dollface Jan 20th 2010 6:49 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8266571)
Shandi sounds a bit useless. Do you think she occasionally needs a hand?

No, just topped up with lemonade from time to time;)

danfolkestone Jan 20th 2010 7:06 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 
My wife used to teach a pair of Ghanaian twins:

Girl = Fortunate
Boy = Favourite

Tell it like it is, why don't you?!:blink:

bsmith Jan 20th 2010 7:35 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8266571)
Shandi sounds a bit useless. Do you think she occasionally needs a hand?

....she'd make a good fluffer?

Jingsamichty Jan 20th 2010 8:10 am

Re: Best ever name for a child?
 

Originally Posted by danfolkestone (Post 8266949)
My wife used to teach a pair of Ghanaian twins:

Girl = Fortunate
Boy = Favourite

Tell it like it is, why don't you?!:blink:

That reminds me... I was at school with a bloke from an Italian family, and his middle name was Secondo - he had been born around the same time as his Uncle Secondo had died so that's where the name came from.

Yes, Uncle Secondo was a twin - they were called Primo and Secondo.


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