Influencers Feuding After Both Naming Their Babies ‘Baby’
Well, technically one baby is named Baybi, but the influencers are feuding nonetheless.
Baby! Bloody Baby! Or Baybi!
Haha, I had a boss called Clive once and he was a complete tosser!Ooh let me see what I can come up with.
Marjorie always reminds me of Margarine.
Jean because I knew a Jean who was a horrible old bat.
Clive, oh my word, the best thing to be called Clive is probably a dog or cat.
Brian, marginally on a par with Clive.
Clifford - see Clive above!
Boris, should be a name for an animal only.
Cruel is a bit of a stretch. Of the things parents could do to a kid, calling them a Celtic name in England doesn’t meet that definition.True enough, but if you’re in England you’re setting your child up for a world of pain. ‘Oh my names aylee spelled the Scottish way.’...for the next 70 years. It’s just cruel.
That is so shit!This 100%. I remember a substitute teacher in school doing the roll call and he got to a girl called Caoimhe, he paused and snorted and said "I'm not saying that, ridiculous" the girl was so embarrassed - even when she told him how it was pronounced he laughed again in a really derisive way. (This was a mixed religion secondary school in Northern Ireland with a majority protestant students/teachers so you can imagine how all this was perceived...)
It’s his name- not her’s. People need to remember a child is their own person.I agree and also find long names that the parents never shorten ridiculous. One boy in my daughter's class is called Benjamin and is never ever called Ben. She corrects his friends if they call him Ben. I find it so controlling.
I have taught more than one teenager with a double barrelled first name AND a double barrelled last name!My Sister in Law already has one child from a previous relationship she’s now in her teens.
Her daughters name is double barrelled and when I was first introduced to my brothers step daughter I would sometimes shorten it, more as an affectionate thing (I grew up where my name was shortened as was lots of family members around me).
The mother insisted it was “ *****-Louise”
The daughter never said anything but could tell she felt so uncomfortable.
I apologised as I know some people hate their name being shortened but FGS it was just me using the first name?
Anyways they’ve since had a daughter themselves and I was PRAYING it wouldn’t be some stupid name or even a double barrelled one. Thank goodness it’s not! Sigh of relief
Call me a complete bitch, but do some mothers not realise how rough some double barrelled names sound sometimes? Names can be whether we like it or not can give out a first impression to the people we meet in life.
Obviously you shouldn’t just go on judging someone on a name but sometimes think some parents really don’t do their kids any favours at all.
To be fair, the OP did say *English* people giving their children Irish names so it's not a valid comparison.I’ve a very different Irish name that is spelt completely different to the way it’s pronounced and I moved to England. I hated it when I was young and now I love it as I’m instantly identifiable as Irish and it’s a great conversation starter. There’s nothing wrong with naming your children in line with your heritage even if you live in a different country, if you moved to Dubai let’s say, would you name your child an English name or an Arab name?
Naming kids with names from other cultures isn't exclusive to english people. I worked with an african woman named carol which has irish links and I also worked with a german woman called denise which has french links.To be fair, the OP did say *English* people giving their children Irish names so it's not a valid comparison.
I think keeping the proper spellings is lovely actually. It honours the names as they should be instead of trying to anglicise them. ‘Aylee’ is only an approximation anyway and not actually how everyone would pronounce it depending on where in Scotland you’re fromCruel is a bit of a stretch. Of the things parents could do to a kid, calling them a Celtic name in England doesn’t meet that definition.
Makes me think On- ya..I just googled it there before you commented ! I thinks it is after the Irish spelling. They could have kept that instead, Onya doesn’t look pleasing to the eyes on paper
You articulated this perfectly, I think if it's obviously a foreign name then it's purely just rude to imply it's a ridiculous name if you (or any other English person) simply isn't familiar but it's perfectly valid if it's a common ame just with a daft spelling ...for example I once knew a woman considering calling her daughter "Maakenzae" instead of "Mckenzie" just so it was "different".I’m going to be *that* person but Eilidh is Scottish, not Irish.
Being a Scot I’ve met my fair share of girls named Eilidh. Most people know how to pronounce it here as it’s common, but when folk struggle, it’s pronounced for them and then it’s never an issue.
What I hate is when people (adults) look at Irish/Scottish/Welsh or any “foreign” names and make a production like “what the hell is THAT?!?” Instead of asking politely how to pronounce their name. It’s rude as hell and makes folk just look ignorant (in my view) The examples above, is it seriously a possibility that people are naming their child eyelid?
Would much prefer an Aofie or Eilidh over another Aimae-Lexii or some other misspelt easy to pronounce in English monstrosity.
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