Deborah Ross on Katy Hopkins!

India Hicks is Mountbatten's granddaughter.

Merlot Cowes would be an interesting name for a female (would suit some perfectly)

Yes all very cosy Petra. Their wedding vows - with all my worldly gifts etc

Mountbatten’s granddaughter is named India.

The locals pronounce it 'Caze' on the Island which actually sounds quite posh.

As in, ' Hay, Nay, Brain Cay.'

Elegran, I read that as 'Merlot Cowes'; thought it sounded quite distinguished...

I think you must fraternise with a different strata of Island society to my son-in-law and his family, Merlot ! The regatta lot?

Certainly Florence is a city, but not Parthenope, MaizirD

Parthenope was one of the Sirens in Greek mythology. Her name means "Maiden-voiced

I didn't recognize it, but I thought that was just my ignorance.

Jalima1108 Why do you say she lives in Devon? Why does it matter where she lives?

Is that pronounced as you would Penelope, Maw?

Although when I thought of Penelope for a DD, DH said he'd call her Penny Lope and the other DC said she'd be Penelope Pitstop.
So I chose something else although I still like Penelope.

I thought only the best people live in Devon Ranworth butI must be wrong

“Par-then-o-pee” Jalima, like Persephone

I detest the woman & am surprised she's not been taken to court before now for her rudeness & insults. Does it all for publicity (well she's no other talent) & gets it. I feel sorru for her children.

Parthenope - well you learn summat new every day on GN.

A teacher friend who was reading The Phiosopher's Stone to her class insisted I was wrong to refer to Harry Potter's sidekick as Her my oh ne when it was obviously Her may own! ( my phonetics!)

OldMeg it was a great article by
Deborah Ross.
We had a right old laugh together 8n the kitchen yesterday about this!

Isn't this the person who said that she doesn't let her children play with children who have the "wrong sort" of name? (I. e. Names like Kylie or Wayne. These are her views - not mine!)

mcem

Didn't it used to be 'Her my knee' as in Hermione Gingold all those years ago?
However, to get back to KH, yes I expect she's the author of her own misfortune - if you're going to be continuously nasty it'll come back to you eventually, won't it? How the mighty fall, eh?

Isn't Parthenope also the classical name for Naples (so to speak), and that was the Nightingale association?

Found the Times article and laughed a lot!! I also read a Deborah Ross article on Waitrose advertising their student store cupboard essentials which included rose harissa paste and organic apple cyder vinegar. When she started to spell words like time as tyme and single as syngle, I was in stitches.

Whoa! Please. Some responses here sail close to the wind. Why is your kind of bullying acceptable and hers not. I am certainly no fan of the lady but really- saying that only leavers children would be given those names is rather insulting.

Unfortunately, it isn't until Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire that Hermione informs anyone that she prefers Hermyonee, so I had been happily calling her Hermeeonie for years as that is how my second-cousin who was twenty years older than I pronounced her name.

I think you are right, winterwhite, I dimly remember that Florence Nightingale was named for Firenze and her sister for Naples, due to their parents having spent their honeymoon in those places, or some such thing.

Florence and Parthenope (Naples) definitely named after cities, their parents had a two year honeymoon if I remember rightly ?And wasn’t Brooklyn Beckham named after place in which he was conceived??

Florence and Parthenope (Naples) definitely named after cities,

Phew! I was beginning to doubt my memory. Thanks for confirmation, winterwhite and Purpledaffodil