DiegoDiego Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 12 minutes ago, throbber said: Well strike me down. It is still a truly awful name. With that I concur. Although unconnected etymologically, Chad (as in the country) means lake. So Lake Chad is Lake Lake, and there's barely even a lake there anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Just now, DiegoDiego said: With that I concur. Although unconnected etymologically, Chad (as in the country) means lake. So Lake Chad is Lake Lake, and there's barely even a lake there anymore. I just thought it was a cheesey American name that had been made up about 20 years ago. A bit like Brett or Brad. Out of the kids my children are friends with I don’t hear many daft names - I think the exotic names were a thing 10- 20 years ago and we’ve gone back to more traditional names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 13 hours ago, BFTD said: Thankfully, Papa is likely too dead to have seen this. Reminded me of an unlikely meeting of Jimmy Nichol and Jean Pierre Papin (which happened about 20 years ago) I can't remember why they were together at the same function, but Tom Shields of The Herald recreated their intro to each other. JP: Nichol? JN: Papin?. Simple, but I've been chuckling at that for years. Cheers for the reminder. And aye, nobody under 35 is coming close to getting that . 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 19 hours ago, coprolite said: Any full version of a name that's usually shortened, but only if it's insisted on by the owner. "Hi Mike" "it's Michael actually" "go f**k yourself Mike" You'll give me both syllables of my first name and like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2426255 Horrible name - wouldn't wish it on anyone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Just now, 2426255 said: 2426255 Horrible name - wouldn't wish it on anyone. Named after the ages of your parents and the bus to Bothwell on which you were conceived? That's pretty touching imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Michael W said: Jayden/Kayden and other names rhyming with these. Maybe our Antipodean friends can source the skit. I remember an Australian show where the script went along the line of a woman rattling off a list of names such as 'Marlene, Sharlene, Darlene etc' I think it was pointing out a trend at the time where girls names had to end 'ene' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 28 minutes ago, throbber said: I just thought it was a cheesey American name that had been made up about 20 years ago. A bit like Brett or Brad. Brett and Brad are also both of Middle English origin. Brett deriving from Briton, and Brad from broad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 3 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Brett and Brad are also both of Middle English origin. Brett deriving from Briton, and Brad from broad. Both awful names and shouldn’t be allowed in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 3 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: That's an incredibly wide net you've cast there. James, John, Peter, David, Mark, Michael, Mary, Sarah... Samuel, Esther, Chloe, Caleb, Noah, Andrew, Joseph... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Bathsheba and Beelzebub never properly thanked me for their distinctive names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 19 hours ago, BFTD said: Also, Davids are all perverts and dullards, according to a mate. I can see that, but doesn't seem to extend to anyone called Davie. Every person I've met with that name has been far from dull. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 21 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Surnames as first names e.g. Taylor, Riley, MacKenzie, Brodie etc. I quite liked the name Bailey for my son but my mrs was having none of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 minutes ago, throbber said: I quite liked the name Bailey for my son but my mrs was having none of it. How did you get a son then?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Just now, Jacksgranda said: How did you get a son then?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParsJake Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Tiegan. What a fucking ridiculous name. It sounds more stupid every time you say it. Tiegan, indeed. f**k off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Matthew, Matt and especially Matty Christoper Oliver and Olly and obviously Nigel all very much southern English tory voting names 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 44 minutes ago, throbber said: I quite liked the name Bailey for my son but my mrs was having none of it. My brother's Westie is named Bailey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 5 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: That's an incredibly wide net you've cast there. James, John, Peter, David, Mark, Michael, Mary, Sarah... Yea, and it’s stereotyping in the extreme. I guess we could cut it down a bit to the ones more favoured by the Evangelicals around here…you know, Rachel, Sarah, Bartholomew, Elijah, and so forth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Lviv Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 23 hours ago, RuMoore said: Percy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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