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Tricky names? Lilibet? If only! ?

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lizzypopbottle Fri 11-Jun-21 21:10:40

As an Elizabeth, if my little cousins, stumbling over my name, had come up with Lilibet, I would've been over the moon. The least objectionable was Bepbep. Alushabush was swiftly shortened to Bush, and Aluffafuff to Fuff.
Anyone else with a similarly unpronouncable name?

Callistemon Fri 11-Jun-21 21:14:07

My DGD made me a plaque at Sunday school for Mothering Sunday and insisted she didn't need help in spelling my name.
I won't say what it is but I treasure it!

Gwyneth Fri 11-Jun-21 23:04:17

When my son started full time school he came home at the end of the week and asked me why I hadn’t called him Ian. Puzzled, I asked him why he didn’t like his name. His reply was well ‘Miss’ makes me write my full name which is eleven letters (Christopher) and my friend Ian only has to write three letters. She won’t let me write Chris!

Lilypops Fri 11-Jun-21 23:09:10

My.Children when small called my friend Libbafiff, she didn’t mind at all in fact I always call her that when ever I ring her up for a chat .

Grammaretto Fri 11-Jun-21 23:16:39

DS had 2 kindergarten teachers. Miss robinson binson and miss robinson bertson.
It was his way of distinguishing their names robinson and robertson.

Gwyneth Fri 11-Jun-21 23:24:11

That was pretty clever of your son grammaretto!

shysal Sat 12-Jun-21 09:30:35

A family member is named Rebecca. A friend's daughter used to call her Refucker!

lizzypopbottle Sat 12-Jun-21 14:00:16

Crikey! That puts mine in the shade, shysal
Not sure if this is serendipity or schadenfreude but when I typed your name shysal my autocorrect replaced it with abysmal Luckily I noticed it ?

shysal Sat 12-Jun-21 14:07:12

That wouldn't have been the first time, lizzypopbottle. Not as bad as me messaging somebody hoping they wouldn't be poorly after their jab but it came out as 'porky'!

lizzypopbottle Sat 12-Jun-21 14:38:43

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