BEETROOT!

Brother is Rawle

Just watched it on Catch Up. Couldn't help thinking of Del Boy when they were cleaning that chandelier?

What a fab house!

Haha! Awww thank you merlotgran

Oh this is so funny! Who would have thought it?

#crikey #wholenewlightongransnet #mixingwiththeknobs

Hilarious

Nobs without the k, jings. When you add the k it changes the meaning completely.

Shoot!!!

(I did wonder about, after I posted) )

(I'm glad we don't have to type embarassed/embarresed/embarrassed when we want that emoticon)

jings you're crazy like out !

Here in Germany you certainly aren't allowed to give a child a name which isn't approved by the registrar. Also it must unambiguously show the sex of the owner.

So no Vivians or Hilarys or Beverleys (which, I remember, back in the day were both boys' and girls' names, as opposed to Lesley/Leslie) Also, less than 200 years ago, apparently, Shirley was exclusively a boy's name. As was Trac(e)y.

So no Sam, Chris,Gill, Jo(e) either JackyB ?

I am really quite sad that her name isn't really Beetroot!

Hillary, Shirley and Tracey all come from surnames, I believe, so they would, at least initially, be exclusively male names.

I rather like the freedom-to-give-your-kids-bonkers-names of the English-speaking countries.

We actually chose Minibags's name because of a nickname I gave her after a scan. It was the name of one of the people (an uncommon surname) who wrote the software to do measurements of limbs and so on during an ultrasound scan. We wanted to carry on calling her that after she was born so we had to find a name that was doable with it. She has a classic Latin name, a shortened version of which we now call her but we called her by the nickname until she went to school, after which she wanted to be called by her proper name.

I am soooooo confused thatbags It is almost like a puzzle.

Dare I ask her name?

My DD has always called my youngest DGD (Gracie, her neice) Popsie. She loves it and is quite huffed when DD calls her by her proper name.

Have pm-ed you a fuller explanation, gillybob.

I thought the boy was called Roar, could be wrong. I nearly fell off my chair when I heard the little girl was called Beetroot.

Love this funny thread. When christened, my parents called me Hilary Ann, never shortened, until my brother came along. He couldn't manage all that, so I was 'Eann'. this became my name, so when I met DH, I thought I would lose it, but no, he also adopted it, and so it remains to this day. When called out loud, I used to get strange looks, but with so many unusual names around now, it goes unnoticed, thank heavens.

Thanks Bags

I agree Auntieflo so many strange names now. Some quite cute but some downright crazy. My DGD plays with a little girl called Autumn which is lovely. There is also a Summer in the school. For some reason Winter and Spring don't have the same ring to them do they?

Heather, Daisy, Rose

Hazel, Amanda (almond), Cashew... maybe not

It also seems quiet common now to register a child with the shortened version of name i.e. Sam, Joe, Ben, Beckie. My real name is a shortened version of two possible names. I get fed up being asked "Is that X or Y ?" No just A [sigh]

When I gave my daughter her name (30 years ago) my grandad said "oh I will call her by her proper name Katherine" I said her name IS NOT Katherine. He wouldn't have it and said "You can't name her THAT it's a barmaids name"

I am sure Prince William would be thrilled about that !

We had a Raoul moat who shot 2 policemen in Northumberland a few years ago.

Thanks for that contribution Ethelbags.

I met a mother of twins who called them Jade and Amber. I thought that was rather nice! But there's a general tendency now to call pets by people names and babies by inventions. Cat called Alan, another called Arthur. Dog called Roger. Bernard. Maurice.