BEETROOT!

I think Sweden is one of those countries, eloethan. DD2 lived there for a while and told me.

While I prefer classic names myself, I also think it too authoritarian for governments to prevent people from giving their kids weird names. I'm thinking of the film "Dances With Wolves" (one of my favourites), and the Native North American custom it highlights of a person 'earning' their name by other people's observations of their character and behaviour. I like that tradition and think that some of the name weirdness we now encounter is a similarly cultural thing.

And after all, all names were made up originally. Look at a book on name meanings. Many of what we now regard as classic names have equally weird original meanings. I have nephews and nieces called Manly, Bright, Ewe, Beloved, Who-is-like-the-Lord, Noble Kind, God is Gracious, Watcher.

Do you think it's at all possible that she's called Beatrice, and Beetroot has grown out of that to become a nickname? I didn't see the progeamne so wildly guessing here.

I thought it was something slightly longer than that J52 , but as I was still getting over the shock of "Beetroot" my ears may have malfunctioned!

Just had a quick look on I player. I'd not seen the programme before. Fascinating, made me want to join in the cleaning. I could see where the OCD people were coming from!

I think the boy was called Roul, pronounced Roll.

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I believe in some countries (France, Switzerland?) names that are deemed unsuitable cannot be registered. Although that seems a bit authoritarian, I think if people are going to burden their children with crazy names - like the poor kids given the names of each player in a football team - then it's probably a good idea to prevent them from doing so.

Rutabaga? I suppose they couldn't really call him Swede, if he wasn't.

Someone must really love their root veg!

Lemony Snicket, that's what the other people were thinking of. After all, Queen Victoria was the first one to ever have her name, it was a made-up one and those of her time found it equally peculiar and said it would never catch on.

I await the birth of little Brusselsprout with great interest. Saffron is a spice - a girl at DBH's school is called 'Safrron' so that if ever she meets another Saffron, at least she won't be spelt the same way. Ye Gods.

Watched a catchup of an old Location Location I'd recorded and the little girl in one family was called Lemony. What were they thinking?

Rocket?

I'm going to have to watch this on Catch Up tomorrow to find out.

Radish?

Sorry

Obsessive Cleaners Country House thing, the chap with the stately pile that was more of a state than anything, his daughter was called Beetroot! They did mention the little boys name too, began with an R and sounded like someone clearing their throat, so not quite sure what it was.

Some one has called a child Beetroot? Surely not

Why do people start threads with a comment but no link or explanation?

Eh?