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Katek Sun 05-Jun-16 15:36:24

I've just seen that a couple in Australia have named their new daughter Kviiilyn as they don't like the traditional spelling of Caitlin. What have they condemned that poor child to? Guarantee that most people will call her K-vill-yn. The parents think that this spelling makes her unique!

mrsmopp Thu 23-Jun-16 23:53:17

Grannyqueens, It's a long time since I got my O level, so I am rusty too!
And very very forgetful, which is a pity..... Ah, well...could be worse. smile

grannyqueenie Thu 23-Jun-16 23:23:33

mrsmopp my schoolgirl French is poorer than I thought, hmm it seems my memory is not much better!

numberplease Thu 23-Jun-16 17:06:41

Tuesday Weld was around mainly in the 60s, I only saw her in one film, and that was because it was an Elvis Presley film,
Wild in the Country. I believe that she was at one time married to Dudley Moore.
There used to be a British folk singer named Friday Brown.

BBbevan Thu 23-Jun-16 11:59:58

Yes, I think so

annodomini Thu 23-Jun-16 10:17:38

A religious family, BB? There's a wealth of 'interesting' names in the Old Testament.

BBbevan Thu 23-Jun-16 08:54:17

I knew a family with Elijah and Sarah. Naomi and Salome, Nehemiah, Ketchura, Ezekiel, and Priscilla

LullyDully Thu 23-Jun-16 08:18:58

When we were little we used to scream with laughter over the old family Elijah., it was Dad's middle name. Now fairly fashionable . My brother was relieved he had escaped.it for Christopher.

harrigran Wed 22-Jun-16 23:52:22

Dejeuner is lunch, diner is the evening meal.

mrsmopp Wed 22-Jun-16 13:47:06

Grannyqueenie, that's so funny! Actually I think dejeuner means dinner, so maybe she is planning to eat it ! shock

grannyqueenie Wed 22-Jun-16 07:51:21

I worked with someone who called her baby Dajeunay, none of us knew what to say when we heard, until a rather forthright colleague asked her " you do know you've now got a little breakfast...petit dejeuner?" She didn't!

mrsmopp Tue 21-Jun-16 23:09:53

What about the mother who wanted to call her daughter Cyanide because it's a really pretty name? Apparently a judge put a stop to it. Absolutely true- I read it in the Daily Mail.
Nearly as bad as Chardonnay??

Bellanonna Thu 16-Jun-16 22:15:17

Oh yes, I do. Must have been around in the 50s? Blonde actress, but don't know much about her. I suppose it's the unusual name that we remember.

Jalima Thu 16-Jun-16 19:31:20

Does anyone remember a film star called Tuesday Weld?

Marmight Thu 16-Jun-16 19:28:36

Nicole Kidman's first daughter was named Sunday Roast Rose

Luckylegs9 Thu 16-Jun-16 15:00:01

Her name is Harper Seven. In Birmingham one family called their first son, 1 2 3 and their second 4 5 6.?

Jaxie Thu 16-Jun-16 11:45:40

I don't understand Harper as a first name: if homage to the author, her actual name is Nelle Harper Lee, and the connotation of Harper with someone who keeps on and on about the same subject must have escaped the Beckhams.

Jalima Wed 15-Jun-16 14:41:17

I wouldn't have guessed that!
Well done juggernaut

Juggernaut Wed 15-Jun-16 13:50:18

Pippa000
My dad's middle name was Hope, his two sisters were Faith and Charity.
Mum and I teased him mercilessly for years, saying it shouldn't have been 'Hope' but rather 'Hopeless’!

Pippa000 Wed 15-Jun-16 12:45:11

I went to school with triplets called Faith, Hope and Charity. Their father was a church minister.

BBbevan Wed 15-Jun-16 12:19:50

Now

BBbevan Wed 15-Jun-16 12:19:36

Well done Juggernaut. I would never have got that. Don' t know one headlight from another
What shall we do know ?

Juggernaut Wed 15-Jun-16 11:30:05

YAY, I got it right!
My husband used to do a bit of car rallying, so I had an advantage, having cleaned Hella lights on more than a few occasions!
I shall smile all the way through weeding the garden nowgringringrin

chocolatepudding Wed 15-Jun-16 11:19:56

Yes

Juggernaut Wed 15-Jun-16 11:01:37

chocolate pudding
Are you Hella?

chocolatepudding Wed 15-Jun-16 10:45:55

I am sorry Jalima but my name is not on that list....and I have checked very carefully

Another clue. There is a well known brand of car headlights with my name.