What's in a name?

1343 published comments with 34 censored.

The annual list of popular baby names has been published. Has having a popular or unpopular name had an influence on your life?

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What's in a name?

Written by [Harry-Flashman] on Wed Dec 20 10:44:15 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

Kick out all immigrants and people on benefits and leave the evil EU

widuran Bertram,

If only you meant it, I could recommend one of your posts for the very first time ever.

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What's in a name?

Written by Totally Disgruntled, Wokingham on Wed Dec 20 10:32:54 UTC 2006. 2 recommendations.

"Slow news day, eh?

Chris G"

Sure seems so. I would like to reopen the debate on the Muslim niqab & jilbab, in view of the fact that a police killer may have used them to fool our stupid passport control people and escape the country and justice.

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What's in a name?

Written by Britain's Ruined, Reading on Wed Dec 20 10:50:14 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

"I'm only 23 and so haven't thought about names just yet. Need a wife first before I can have kids. Any takers?

[Martin1983], London, United Kingdom"

Yea - I'm up for it. I'm a 22 stone male, tattoed all over, leading driver on a dustcart, prepared to play Mum and have enough cash for one go at IVF - interested?

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What's in a name?

Written by Steve Godrich, Coventry, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 10:59:25 UTC 2006. 3 recommendations.

A prime examploe of a bad choice of name? Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's child's name. I wonder how many seconds it will take for other kids to turn:

Shiloh Pitt

to

Piloh Sh*tt

?

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What's in a name?

Written by [VicolaW], Bury, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 11:35:56 UTC 2006. 3 recommendations.

The media details the lives of two men being questioned over the Ipswich murders. Could this jeopardise a future trial?

I guess they'd all need moderation; and the HYS staff are too busy scoffing mince pies & necking mulled wine....

Gareth Evans, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Did they have entertaining first names? Coz if not it's kind of irrelevant on here.

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What's in a name?

Written by Gareth Evans, Birmingham, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 11:34:54 UTC 2006. 2 recommendations.

A killer may have fleed the country in a niqab, Is freedom of expression compromising security?

David Irving is released after being imprisoned for holocaust denial. Is it ludicrous that someone be locked up for expressing a point of view?

The media details the lives of two men being questioned over the Ipswich murders. Could this jeopardise a future trial?

I guess they'd all need moderation; and the HYS staff are too busy scoffing mince pies & necking mulled wine....

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What's in a name?

Written by Leonard Day, Cardiff, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 12:39:43 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

Years ago there was a pub in Cardiff which had an old telephone box in the corner. Whenever a new barmaid would start one of us would call the bar from the box, & if she answered we'd ask if there was a Michael Hunt in the bar, but he's known as Mike. She'd then walk round the bar shouting 'is Mike Hunt in the bar!!!'
Oh, happy days!

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What's in a name?

Written by [Team_GB], London on Wed Dec 20 12:51:40 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

I used to work as a benefit processor, and the best name I ever came across was Mrs Faniwanger - and no, it wasn't a joke.

If I had children I would chose Lily Megan(Lily was my greatgrandmother's name)for a girl or Charlie for a boy (my greatgrandad's name)

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What's in a name?

Written by Britain's Ruined, Reading on Wed Dec 20 12:47:48 UTC 2006. 3 recommendations.

"I'm only 23 and so haven't thought about names just yet. Need a wife first before I can have kids. Any takers?

[Martin1983], London, United Kingdom"

>>

Yea - I'm up for it. I'm a 22 stone male, tattoed all over, leading driver on a dustcart, prepared to play Mum and have enough cash for one go at IVF - interested?
- Britain's Ruined"

Wow, you're even better than the other person! Grab your coat, you've pulled!

[Martin1983], London, United Kingdom"

Too late - got better offer

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What's in a name?

Written by mrs flangeyface on Wed Dec 20 15:28:07 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

i have 4 children and they are called phillipe phloppe, mingle von dingle, buttimuncho and dave.

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What's in a name?

Written by Kenneth O'Boyle, Perth, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 15:49:13 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

I heard that Vijay Singh wants to marry Nick Faldo's old caddy Fanny,he wants to make her...wait for it!......Fanny singh

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What's in a name?

Written by Martin R, London on Wed Dec 20 15:57:27 UTC 2006. 2 recommendations.

"Im suprised mohamad is not at number 1 for boys yet, those b***** are breeding like mad, if they stop blowing them selfs up on trains we may have to many!"
James Hughes, Southampton, United Kingdom

Your parents should have named you "Ray Cyst". You are. Is it genetic or something you do as a hobby?

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What's in a name?

Written by [SarahAnneM], London on Wed Dec 20 15:56:34 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

Heard the one about the chav mum with ten kids, all called Wayne? Why call them all Wayne she was asked? So I can call them all in for dinner at once she says. What about when you need to distinguish them, she was asked. Simple she says, I just use their surnames!!!

What a nasty, racist, stereotyped, disgusting joke! You should be ashamed of yourself for such bottom-scraping prejudice masquerading as humour.

Michelle, London

Oh please chill out! And why pray, is this joke racist?

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What's in a name?

Written by James Hughes, Southampton, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 15:55:42 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

Im suprised mohamad is not at number 1 for boys yet, those b***** are breeding like mad, if they stop blowing them selfs up on trains we may have to many!

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What's in a name?

Written by Muhammed Mu Shed, Cambridge, Botswana on Wed Dec 20 16:02:57 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

What happened to the Muhammed post? I thought that was a valid point!

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What's in a name?

Written by Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells on Wed Dec 20 16:44:43 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

I once met two Scottish "gay" boys called Ben Down and Phil McCrevice.

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What's in a name?

Written by Helen W on Wed Dec 20 19:38:39 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

Under 'List of unusual personal names' on Wikipedia, there was a child named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albin!) in Sweden which was rejected by the courts. A child in Kent is called Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake. Someone changed his name to Yorkshire Bank PLC Are Fascist B*****ds because they charged him £20 when he went overdrawn by £10. I used to work for YB and they were s***e. With this latest thing of getting bank charges back, I can see some people do this.

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What's in a name?

Written by [dhimmi], London, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 22:17:25 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

"Given the faceless socialist PC idiots who run this country I'm surprised there isn't a law requiring you to call your child 'Mohammed'."

Watch out, Julie P will come and laughably say "MOST RACIST COMMENT EVER!!!"

Oh and Phil B is a baby as usual but it's OK, he's a lefty so he gets away with all of it.

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What's in a name?

Written by Ian Baildon, Bradford, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 22:47:29 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

The obvious HYS today was the murderer of the WPC possibly leaving the country in a veil. I bet a lot of people have been itching to comment on that issue, is there a problem with that debate? By the way, in 2020 the most popular boys name in the UK will be Mohammed.

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What's in a name?

Written by phil b, United Kingdom on Thu Dec 21 08:44:15 UTC 2006. 2 recommendations.

Anyone else noticed that regular correspondent on HYS Phil B has the same name as the communist traitor Kim Philby? A coincidence or what? I believe Phil B tend to have the whiff of the left about him...

Kev, Chester

Damn, you've found me out, comrades I must know swallow the secret cyanide capsule.

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What's in a name?

Written by [Harry-Flashman] on Thu Dec 21 09:30:42 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

regular correspondent on HYS Phil B has the same name as the communist traitor Kim Philby? A coincidence or what? I believe Phil B tend to have the whiff of the left about him...
Kev,

Damn, you've found me out, comrades I must know swallow the secret cyanide capsule.

phil b,

A whiff? More like an entire sewage farm of leftiness. The man is a commie!
Phil, if you put it in a christmas pudding, it would even taste right! Merry Xmas!

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What's in a name?

Written by Ric Mellie, London on Thu Dec 21 13:50:59 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

A lot of my friends have very unfortunate names too. Only the other week I went to the pub with a Hugh Jardon. Whilst there we met with some friends who were Will Hung and Isaac Cox. Later on I left with a Hugh Janus.

What on earth were their parent's thinking of, eh?

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What's in a name?

Written by Ric Mellie, London on Thu Dec 21 15:07:08 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

Thanks for deleting my last comment you miserable hypocrits. So it's ok for people to plaster fictious "My C * nt"s and "Droopy C * ck"s all over but my "Hugh Jardon" isn't good enough for you? Merry Xmas? Bah Humbug!!

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What's in a name?

Written by Reality Check on Thu Dec 21 14:47:23 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

A guy at work is called Mike Hunt. He is about 60 years old. No, we don't have a P.A. system.

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What's in a name?

Written by Daniel Baxter, Marlborough on Thu Dec 21 14:44:19 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

Willy, Dick, M * nge, W * nk, Muff & Fanny are all listed as the surnames of directors of UK companies. I kid you not, I've just run them through our credit reference database. I know it's purile but it brightens up a dull day.

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What's in a name?

Written by Torie Coughlan, London, United Kingdom on Thu Dec 21 13:50:17 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

A few years back I used to work in a call centre and possible came as close as i ever have to wetting myself through laughter when a client called in, gave me his client number and it brought up the following name:

Mr Roberto C*nto.

Thats the whole truth and nothing but. Needless to say i rapidly passed on the client code to all my workmates and watched the fits and giggles spread like wild fire.

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What's in a name?

Written by Jon Doody, Reading, United Kingdom on Thu Dec 21 14:04:47 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

We've got a chap at our work called Mike C0ck. I had to phone him once, but someone else picked up the phone. I said "Hello, I'm trying to get hold of Mike C0ck". Needless to say my colleagues fell about laughing.

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What's in a name?

Written by [Synergisme], Cedar Crest, NM, United States on Thu Dec 21 21:11:58 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

"Having lived in Texas, I am impressed at the number of kids with Texas place names as their first name. I've heard of Houston, Austin, Dallas, and probably others.'

But you got to love "DEBBIE DOING DALLAS"........or was it huston first and then austin??

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What's in a name?

Written by Andrew Flowers, London on Fri Dec 22 09:28:44 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

What about serious multilpe names? I went to school with someone who's parents named him after all their heroes, he was called Frederick Ulysis Carl Kevin Oliver Frank Felix Charles Umperdinck Nigel Theodore.

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What's in a name?

Written by [johnboy41], Watford, United Kingdom on Wed Dec 20 13:04:52 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

Given the faceless socialist PC idiots who run this country I'm surprised there isn't a law requiring you to call your child 'Mohammed'.

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What's in a name?

Written by The Elitist on Wed Dec 20 16:34:05 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

Girls with slutty names are cool, leave them alone.

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What's in a name?

Written by Adam Mackie, Kirkcaldy, Scotland on Wed Dec 20 16:27:32 UTC 2006. 0 recommendations.

To Suzy Roe..

Yes, I'd call a child Stalin, why? Better name than Suzy btw.. Or is it Sue officially? Named after a glove puppet? lol Is your brother called Sweep or Sooty?

Get a sense of humour..

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What's in a name?

Written by Lana Forsyth, London, United Kingdom on Thu Dec 21 09:16:19 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

If Lembit Opik has a baby with Gabriella Irimia, will the baby be called a "Cheeky B@st@rd "?


MODS : why can't you post the slang for "illegitimate" without being censored ?

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What's in a name?

Written by First Rate on Thu Dec 21 09:33:42 UTC 2006. 1 recommendations.

I work at a financial company and have to look at forms of identification sent in by customers.

On a few occasions I have come across really silly names...

Mr Nasty B@stard

Mr Don Key

The second one is my favourite as the reason for changing his name was because he thought it would be hilarious!...

I'm sure he has many job offers and girls hanging off his arm after that bright idea...

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