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Do you judge kids by their names?
Some of the new kids names that are being used sound like complete crap to my inbred British middle class sensibilities...But that Katie Hopkins is a big nosed fat old cunt of a spastic.
I would never judge a child by their name, I might judge the parents who call a child 'Holly Day' or something that is unfair on the child, but the child is not influenced by their name, just by their parents. I do love the comment on her child being called India though!
I'd be more likely to judge the parent.
What a load of tosh,i've never heard anything so ridiculous,i've never told my kids who they could be friends with,i might give a word of caution if i thought they were troublemakers,but i would allow them to make their own choices.Katie Hopkins wouldn't like my boys,they're called Brett and Ryan,well common.
ah now. i read a book a couple years ago that mentioned this stuff. made for many interesting dinner party convos on the island. book was written by an economist.
can't remember the title!
I've not watched the YouTube clip..
There are names I don't like and I wouldn't pick them for my own kids (Simon and Patti are top of that list...) but I would never not let my kids be friends with someone just because of their name. She's completely well up her own arse, I was just dumbfounded as I watched it.
I don't like a lot of the celebrity names,but that is purely on the basis that they are ridiculous and it makes a laughing stock of their kids.
No.There are names I don't like but that just means I will not use them as character names. It's silly to expect everyone to have the same taste, imagine how awkward it would be if we were all called James or Elizabeth!!!
Names mean different things to different people, some people choose a name because they associate it with someone that they love, i.e. naming sons after there fathers (which I've always thought has GOT to be confusing!!! I can still appreciate that it's beautiful gesture, though.) Others choose a name for its root meaning.
In our family it's traditional to only have a first name. If I have children one day then I'd like to continue that tradition. However, it doesn't stop me having friends with middle names!!! ;-P
I don't judge people by their names, but people judge me by my name (which I won't reveal :) ) and think I'm middle class! Terrible thing to be accused off! :)
R.M.F wrote: "I don't judge people by their names, but people judge me by my name (which I won't reveal :) ) and think I'm middle class! Terrible thing to be accused off! :)"Is your name Rumpelstiltskin?
Michael wrote: "R.M.F wrote: "I don't judge people by their names, but people judge me by my name (which I won't reveal :) ) and think I'm middle class! Terrible thing to be accused off! :)"Is your name Rumpelst..."
Close, very close, but no! :)
oh cmon Jud. Patricia is a dead posh name. Prob why I've always been Patti. ;-)i gotta think of the name of that book! Will bug me til I do.
oh and well done Mike. i was thinking rumplstilken too.i know i spelled that wrong. can't be arsed to fix it
Probably Roderick or Rutherford.
Rupert? ( I used to love Rupert Bear!).We were in a hotel when a very loud 'posh' lady was calling her five children to the table, Hugo, Margo(t), Ludo, Bruno and Otto. My pa in law cracked us up as he said if she has another she'll have to call it Pongo.
Nigar is a very common name in Azerbaijan.I called my friends with that name 'darling' for the first six months we were there
I won't say because this is the internet and because people on this site are mad and likely to stalk me like that poor author in the film Misery :)but I will say that of all the names I could have got beginning with the letter R, I got the short straw!
I can remember my late mother looking back on her time as a teacher and commenting that names do give you a clue about the parents, (only a clue, they're not definitive) Mind you, you have to be careful making assumptions as to where the name came from. A boy named Maximilian might have a mother who loved the book 'Rebecca', or was a devout lady who had named her offspring after the Saint of that name, a romantic lady who named him after the Emperor of Mexico, or someone who just named her son after a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series
Who is this Katie woman and what planet is she from? I watched part of the YouTube thing and I think I agree with Michael.
Google freakonomics baby names.can't do links on my phone.
interesting stuff
I just feel sorry for the poor kids who get saddled with those 'celebrity' made-up names like Fifi Trixibelle. I think she changed her name later. It's tough enough learning to read and write when you have an 'ordinary' name. And Brett and Ryan are perfectly good names. And short. Well done Lorraine. Now, Lorraine... that's a tricky one to learn.
A name doesn't define who you are, so I don't judge people based on their name. I definitely judge parents based on what they choose to name their kids. For example: Telina, Raidan.
Don't even get me started on celebrity names.
We do call my cousin Fifi. Not after Fifi trixibelle! Her name is Ffion (:
Sara wrote: "Who is this Katie woman and what planet is she from? I watched part of the YouTube thing and I think I agree with Michael."After three minutes I felt that Michael was being unnecessarily restrained :-)
Katy wrote: "A name doesn't define who you are, so I don't judge people based on their name. I definitely judge parents based on what they choose to name their kids. For example: Telina, Raidan.
Don't even ..."
Raidan???
Do say it Raydan???
If so, I quite like that name for a character in a book.
The name 'Rank' is a different matter altogether...
Sara wrote: "Who is this Katie woman and what planet is she from? I watched part of the YouTube thing and I think I agree with Michael."She's not really anybody - one of the losers of The Apprentice a few years ago.
She's probably like that Samantha Brick bint - creating controversy and saying stuff she doesn't really believe for publicity.
My mother chose my name "because it couldn't be shortened". I don't know what planet (or drugs) she was on at the time.The one variation of my name is only used in work and I've never really called myself that one. It is a very boring name, but adequate.
But I do hate it when "simple" names are spelt in stupid ways. It's just too much hassle for the child to have to correct everyone.
My father's name is Rodger. Allegedly because his father didn't know how to spell Roger.
Not only is the woman horribly snobbish and judgemental but she comes across as a very controlling parent too "I would nip that friendship in the bud before it got to best friend status" honestly!@Lorraine, I have a Ryan too :~)
DD, yup, that's how you say it! (:Joo - I hate stupid spellings, too!
I'm going to confess that I must be a snob: because I entertained some misgivings about my son's new girlfriend, called Candi.having now met her, she is a perfectly nice normal girl and I feel slightly ashamed of myself...
Will wrote: "I'm going to confess that I must be a snob: because I entertained some misgivings about my son's new girlfriend, called Candi.having now met her, she is a perfectly nice normal girl and I feel sl..."
but have you met her parents yet?
I feel sorry for the children with names such as 'Tallulah Does The Hullah In Hawaii' (and yes, some poor child was called that until she became a ward of court so she could change it). I also feel sorry when parents choose or insist on using names that ae inappropriate for their child. I know a young lad with severe learning difficulties who is called Nathaniel. His parents won't allow it to be shortened to Nat or Nate so, with his double-barrelled surname, he doesn't stand a chance of ever being able to write his name properly.
Poor Joo, my sister called her daughter Kim, so it couldn't be shortenened, first time her paternal grandmother saw her she said "Hello, my little Kimmy". Grrrrrr
I enjoyed the story of a woman in Glasgow who was very taken with fine thespian Keanu Reeves and wanted to call her son after him. Unfortunately she had rather a loose grip on spelling and somewhere in the country is a young boy who glories in the name of Canoe.
Theres a girl in the Maires office in this French village who has caled her daughter Siobhan, I remarked "Oh thats a lovely Irish name - Siobhan" (pronounced Shi vawn) she stared at me and very rudely said "Her name is Sy O Ban" it sounded Japanese the way she said it. That put me right then. One of my brothers-in-law is Fridric. He should have been a Frederick but his Dad wet the baby's head a bit too much on the way to the Registrars and couldn't spell (probably couldnt walk straight either).
Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Theres a girl in the Maires office in this French village who has caled her daughter Siobhan, I remarked "Oh thats a lovely Irish name - Siobhan" (pronounced Shi vawn) she stared at me and very ru..."One of my sister's friends called their child Sian - but pronounce it Cee Ann. & my cousin was supposed to have been Catherine, but ended as Kathleen because her dad couldn't spell Catherine (apparently)
I don't normally watch whole youtube clips like this because I get bored - but I was gripped by fascinated horror so had to watch it to the end. What a narrow minded and stupid woman. She even shook her head in disbelief when she heard of Kylie's graduating as doctors. Who does she think she is?! Obviously views herself as better than everyone else. Sickening. Like others have said, I blame the parents when I hear stupid names being given to children but would take the child on their own merits.
Did I hear it right when she said that she didn't like kids with locations as names and had called her own kid India, or did I just make that up in my head?
i must have stopped it before she said that. i only managed about 30 seconds before i was ready to smack through cow.
Im sure its all just to stir up controversy.
everyone knows you only judge people by their tattoos
Darren wrote: "Did I hear it right when she said that she didn't like kids with locations as names and had called her own kid India, or did I just make that up in my head?"Nope, that's what she said!!!
Yes and then she tried to say "oh she's not named after the place India ..." but I think they were laughing and scoffing at her too much for her to finish
Joo The Grand Inquisitor wrote: "Yes and then she tried to say "oh she's not named after the place India ..." but I think they were laughing and scoffing at her too much for her to finish"But she had a *good* reason for calling her child after a place, not like those other people who obviously don't have a good reason for naming their children after geographical locations.
Do keep up, Joo!!! ;-P
I never know what the big deal is with names. At different times in my life I've felt like using different variations of my own name - depending on who I felt like at the time. I think Elle is a rather fitting end point though.
I can't believe what this woman is saying! Maybe I'll be the same when I have kids...