classic33
Leg End Member
Surname?My grand daughters name
Abcde
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Summer Numbnuts?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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- Scotland
There used to be a GP called Donald Duck in Mallaig.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Actually that's not her first name but her initials.
Her full name is [to be read in the voice of Eric Morecambe]:
A You're adorable B You're so beautiful C You're a cutie full of charms D You're a darling and E You're exciting and F You're a feather in my arms Redford.
Her full name is [to be read in the voice of Eric Morecambe]:
A You're adorable B You're so beautiful C You're a cutie full of charms D You're a darling and E You're exciting and F You're a feather in my arms Redford.
numbnuts
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Son of Andrew
The mother may well get used to the ridicule the name receives. You can be sure it'll be a life long lesson. If she thinks Abcde is going normalise itself well. One of my nephews has a name that every time I use it, changes whatever the conversation was instantly to 'sorry, what was that name?' and then it's normally followed by a conversation purely about the name then.
classic33
Leg End Member
No Andrew, or RN connection, in the family of the one I mentioned.Son of Andrew
If you think about how the names are called surname first, then first name at school, you'll see why it sounds odd. Funny to the parents though.
swee'pea99
Squire
I cycletoured with a friend once who, when asked where we came from (in my case: London), started out by saying 'outside Ramsgate?' This invariably led to a lot of 'Near Dover'...'Dover...? Boats from Calais?', with a lot of Manuelesque 'que?' in response. After a few days he came from London too...
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not at any school I went to. You must have gone to one of those posh ones.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
He could probably have described it successfully with reference to that London. I never tire of explaining where Lynn is: about 100 miles north of London and 50 north of Cambridge, in the notch in England's east coast, capital of West Norfolk. I can do that in several languages. Anything to avoid being thought of as a Londoner and potentially mistaken for @Markymark
He could probably have described it successfully with reference to that London. I never tire of explaining where Lynn is: about 100 miles north of London and 50 north of Cambridge, in the notch in England's east coast, capital of West Norfolk. I can do that in several languages. Anything to avoid being thought of as a Londoner and potentially mistaken for @Markymark
.... until you go to Nepal, where you will all end up coming from Aldershot, it being, as we all know, the biggest most important city in Europe.
(And the location of the Gurkah garrison)
Having met you I would suggest that is very unlikelyAnything to avoid being thought of as a Londoner and potentially mistaken for @Markymark
Brandane
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I can confirm that one; he went up the ranks and was DCI for a while at Greenock!
He's retired now and working as a private investigator, seemingly specialising in deaths of Brits abroad.
Brandane
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- Costa Clyde
Visiting a maternity ward in a west of Scotland hospital, a friend of mine was talking to someone who was the proud mother of a newly born baby girl. She asked if they had a name for her yet. "Aye", was the reply, in a very heavy Glaswegian accent. "Wur gonnae ca' her "YESSATTISS"."
Errrrm, says my friend, that's a nice name; where does that come from?
"It's efter the perfume, intit".....
Errrrm, says my friend, that's a nice name; where does that come from?
"It's efter the perfume, intit".....