Baby names- choose with care.
31 July 2007, 09:22 AM
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Baby names- choose with care.
An interesting article. Make the wrong choice and you may as well brand your child with 'chav' across the forehead.........
The baby’s called what? - Times Online
The baby’s called what? - Times Online
31 July 2007, 09:38 AM
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What a load of ****e. Only in America could you have a "professional nameologist"
and...
You utter, utter ****.
and...
In the US the marketing men have gone one step further. I talked to Burt Alper, one of the founders of the corporate branding company Catchword, who hosts baby-name brainstorming sessions in his spare time for friends. “As a professional in the business, people expect great advice from us,” he says.
Alper called his son Becket because of “the crispness of the ck sound, like you have in Kodak”, and says his background in phonetics has helped him to identify why some words sit better with the general public than others. “Those consonances, the P and T sound, create an image or association of athletic dexterity whereas softer syllables are more emotional and sensitive – the Fs and Ss.
Alper called his son Becket because of “the crispness of the ck sound, like you have in Kodak”, and says his background in phonetics has helped him to identify why some words sit better with the general public than others. “Those consonances, the P and T sound, create an image or association of athletic dexterity whereas softer syllables are more emotional and sensitive – the Fs and Ss.
You utter, utter ****.
sounds like the lead up to a "burp"
31 July 2007, 10:02 AM
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The core point is quite a valid one- nowadays 'brand' is king, style is more important than substance and choosing the wrong name could be labelling your child a failure............
Of course cultural differences mean what works well in one country is probably a joke in another.......
Of course cultural differences mean what works well in one country is probably a joke in another.......
31 July 2007, 10:19 AM
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The core point is quite a valid one- nowadays 'brand' is king, style is more important than substance and choosing the wrong name could be labelling your child a failure............
Of course cultural differences mean what works well in one country is probably a joke in another.......
Of course cultural differences mean what works well in one country is probably a joke in another.......
I suppose pop stars/film stars have been at it for years, but then they have always been pretentious ****s.
As for the "p" and "t" sound suggesting "dexterity" and "athleticism" over "f" and "s", what a load of absolute bollocks.
Mind you, this came from an advertising executive, one of the top five most useless jobs you can do, so I'm not suprised.
31 July 2007, 10:35 AM
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If I tell you that I have two people in front of me one called
Wayne Connor Tyler Boggs
the other
Julian Templeton-Smythe
and then ask you to tell me which one is most likely to have been a University graduate and public schoolboy I think you'd be able to make an educated guess.
Whatever name you have is your brand. Choose wisely and you could be picking a premium name, choose wrongly and your little one is Burberry........
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31 July 2007, 11:48 AM
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isn't it amazing what people can find to do to avoid getting a proper job (like the 'Visual Manager' in BB)?!
Thr trouble is, these people invent themselves, proclaim to be experts, then gullible Joe Public things that because they exist, they must be needed.
Thr trouble is, these people invent themselves, proclaim to be experts, then gullible Joe Public things that because they exist, they must be needed.
31 July 2007, 11:58 AM
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Everyone makes judgements based on people's names. That's the point.
If I tell you that I have two people in front of me one called
Wayne Connor Tyler Boggs
the other
Julian Templeton-Smythe
and then ask you to tell me which one is most likely to have been a University graduate and public schoolboy I think you'd be able to make an educated guess.
Whatever name you have is your brand. Choose wisely and you could be picking a premium name, choose wrongly and your little one is Burberry........
If I tell you that I have two people in front of me one called
Wayne Connor Tyler Boggs
the other
Julian Templeton-Smythe
and then ask you to tell me which one is most likely to have been a University graduate and public schoolboy I think you'd be able to make an educated guess.
Whatever name you have is your brand. Choose wisely and you could be picking a premium name, choose wrongly and your little one is Burberry........
Of course I would take a guess as to which came from a upper class family, and perhaps public shcool. But as for which is a University graduate, both of them equally could be.
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31 July 2007, 02:18 PM
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a> on the dole
b>in some low skilled manual role having not passed any exams
A good name is of vital importance. How about a boy named Sue?
31 July 2007, 02:30 PM
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I am sensing he would b the one most likely be guilty of Patricide
31 July 2007, 02:42 PM
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I am actually finding it extremely difficult to choose any names for my bump 
All the websites and names in a book we have been given either are absolutely awful, bizarre, exotic, too common or remind us of people we know and don't like etc
Other than that, the name has to sound OK with the surname too, so it's not proving easy! 
I do not want to end up with a chav named child
All the websites and names in a book we have been given either are absolutely awful, bizarre, exotic, too common or remind us of people we know and don't like etc
Other than that, the name has to sound OK with the surname too, so it's not proving easy! I do not want to end up with a chav named child
31 July 2007, 02:52 PM
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I am actually finding it extremely difficult to choose any names for my bump
All the websites and names in a book we have been given either are absolutely awful, bizarre, exotic, too common or remind us of people we know and don't like etc Other than that, the name has to sound OK with the surname too, so it's not proving easy!
I do not want to end up with a chav named child
All the websites and names in a book we have been given either are absolutely awful, bizarre, exotic, too common or remind us of people we know and don't like etc
Other than that, the name has to sound OK with the surname too, so it's not proving easy! I do not want to end up with a chav named child
If not just try to avoid names that the scum give their children. I was unfortunate enough to see an episode of 'Jeremy Kyle' when I was in the UK last- it featured low lives and their children. Maybe watch that a few times and discount any names mentioned could be a start?
31 July 2007, 03:06 PM
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His surname rhymes with something quite rude 
It begins with an "L", so have given up on any name ending in "L", if you know what I mean?
Also, there are a LOT of names in the family beginning with a "J" so don't want one of those names either, maybe I am just to fussy LOL
I know what you mean about Jeremy Kyle though, saw that a while back and some of the families are a little less than desirble to say the least!
I wouldn't like a name associated with those thank you!
I am sure we will come up with some eventually, but wanted a few of each so we have a choice as to which suits the little one best LOL It's boys names we're havng more trouble with though
Not sure I would like peeps on here to offer name options, for fear of me insulting them by saying, nah, that's awful and they come back saying it's their name or the same of their child or other family member
I am sure we will find one eventually, although with names like "Storm" and "Wolf" etc it takes forever to sift through that rubbish to get to the half decent ones LOL
It begins with an "L", so have given up on any name ending in "L", if you know what I mean?
Also, there are a LOT of names in the family beginning with a "J" so don't want one of those names either, maybe I am just to fussy LOL
I know what you mean about Jeremy Kyle though, saw that a while back and some of the families are a little less than desirble to say the least!
I wouldn't like a name associated with those thank you! I am sure we will come up with some eventually, but wanted a few of each so we have a choice as to which suits the little one best LOL
It's boys names we're havng more trouble with though Not sure I would like peeps on here to offer name options, for fear of me insulting them by saying, nah, that's awful and they come back saying it's their name or the same of their child or other family member
I am sure we will find one eventually, although with names like "Storm" and "Wolf" etc it takes forever to sift through that rubbish to get to the half decent ones LOL
31 July 2007, 03:12 PM
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I reckon another good rule of thumb is don't use the name of any famous people/their children unless it's something traditional.
So called modern names probably aren't a good bet either...........
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A newspaper named me. I kid you not. 
I was meant to be called `Anthony James ******`
My old man phoned up the Northern Echo to get my name put into the `Birth` section.
He phoned up saying my name etc, weighing lb Oz (or what ever I was).
Paper got in wrong and put `Wayne Andrew ******`
**** know where Andrew came from. Anyway my parents kept it as `Wayne Andrew` Apparently `Wayne` is now a Chav name, and I always had, when I was younger that I must have been named after `Wayne Sleep`
Would much prefer to be called Anthony.
If you could only choose your parents
I was meant to be called `Anthony James ******`
My old man phoned up the Northern Echo to get my name put into the `Birth` section.
He phoned up saying my name etc, weighing lb Oz (or what ever I was).
Paper got in wrong and put `Wayne Andrew ******`
**** know where Andrew came from. Anyway my parents kept it as `Wayne Andrew`
Apparently `Wayne` is now a Chav name, and I always had, when I was younger that I must have been named after `Wayne Sleep` Would much prefer to be called Anthony.
If you could only choose your parents
31 July 2007, 03:38 PM
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A newspaper named me. I kid you not.
I was meant to be called `Anthony James ******`
My old man phoned up the Northern Echo to get my name put into the `Birth` section.
He phoned up saying my name etc, weighing lb Oz (or what ever I was).
Paper got in wrong and put `Wayne Andrew ******`
**** know where Andrew came from. Anyway my parents kept it as `Wayne Andrew` Apparently `Wayne` is now a Chav name, and I always had, when I was younger that I must have been named after `Wayne Sleep`
Would much prefer to be called Anthony.
If you could only choose your parents
I was meant to be called `Anthony James ******`
My old man phoned up the Northern Echo to get my name put into the `Birth` section.
He phoned up saying my name etc, weighing lb Oz (or what ever I was).
Paper got in wrong and put `Wayne Andrew ******`
**** know where Andrew came from. Anyway my parents kept it as `Wayne Andrew`
Apparently `Wayne` is now a Chav name, and I always had, when I was younger that I must have been named after `Wayne Sleep` Would much prefer to be called Anthony.
If you could only choose your parents
According to the InftactMe charter, you do not have a university education, you do not have a job, or if you do, it is some low skilled manual labour affair.
Man, if only you were claled Nigel, or something
31 July 2007, 04:03 PM
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Just out of interest stilover- did you go to public school, get a degree, masters or doctorate and do you do a manual job?
FYI if you want to blame anyone for saddling your name with an unenviable reputation try Harry Enfield- Wayne and Waynetta.........
FYI if you want to blame anyone for saddling your name with an unenviable reputation try Harry Enfield- Wayne and Waynetta.........
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31 July 2007, 04:14 PM
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Public school.
HNC Educated. Plus some other qualifications.
Pushing a mouse about is as manual as I get.
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I have to say I didn't meet a single one at the University I attended which is reputed to be one of the best in England.
31 July 2007, 04:39 PM
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To be fair, it's not a massively popular name, in my experience. I only know one, and he is an Electronics Engineer.
31 July 2007, 04:54 PM
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In the group of people you knew at Uni, you never met someone called wayne. That must definitely mean no Wayne went to your University. Which was which one exactly? Scarborough?
31 July 2007, 04:56 PM
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