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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Polly Blot Isn't #78318 08/26/02 05:19 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England EuroPanto? It thought that it was a peculiarly English phenomenon. *Sigh*. So here goes ... Oh, yes it is! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Polly Blot Isn't #78319 08/27/02 08:10 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Look out, CapK {i]It's behind you! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Anglopanto #78320 08/29/02 12:45 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England >>Oh, yes it is! Oh no it isn't! Look out, CapK It's behind you! Where?! We know a song about that one! Now let's have some of you boys and girls up on stage so your parents can oo and aa over how cute you look not singing. Video cameras ready! [sigh] indeed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baby Names #78321 08/29/02 01:16 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England It was really refreshing to hear that charming old name again. Yep Rhu, I know a baby Daisy (and a baby Sally, dode ). But I reckon "non-traditional" names [in the general sense of names lacking history] aren't ever all that popular in the UK. They tend to be seen as the preserve of celebrities. It's also generally considered that the celebs are welcome to newly-coined names, and that their kids are to be pitied somewhat for having to live with their parents' whimsy and originality. Here's a list of the most popular UK baby names in 2001, which for the most part proves my point: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/general/547642.html I notice that my 5-year-old son's name (Joshua/Josh) has climbed right up to number 3 in the chart, and I'll bet my 3-year-old daughter's name (Phoebe) moves further up from number 40 over the next few years. At least in the UK, names certainly do go in cycles, and parents' choices are strongly dictated by the flow whether they realise it or not. I've always been delighted with my own name, though - Adam. In my entire life I've met less than five or so Adams; I know of a fair few more than that, but it's still less than a dozen. Despite this pretty reasonable level of originality, hardly anybody has ever misspelt my name, and as a bonus it is truly cross-cultural. People are starting to wake up to the name now, though - I've been called by two mothers (of toddlers) in the last month, which suggests a worrying trend. Incidentally my second name, and my grandad's first, is - I think - quite a good one: Leon. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baby Names #78322 08/30/02 05:37 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Adam ... originality Hmmm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Baby Names #78323 08/30/02 09:31 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England >Adam ... originality Hmmm. Yeah, can't get more original, doc (or originally sinful?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Genesis pa #78324 08/31/02 04:24 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Even up, guys, I'm old but I'm still able to take a cane to you. So sayeth TEd TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Genesis pa #78325 09/02/02 12:20 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia There's no ... ah ... way you can beat me. I'll take on the lot o' ya. Ju das wait and see. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Genesis pa #78326 09/02/02 12:19 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 still able to take a cane to you. Oohhh! A trio when TEd, Rhuby and moi meet? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 5 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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