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New Zealand's odd children's names...

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  • #2
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    nesf wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0725/1216917539792.html?digest=1

    Honestly, wtf...

    Seriously though, naming someone 'number 16 bus shelter' should qualify as cruelty to children...


  • #3
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Was reading that on the BBC site yesterday. Madness. Must be a lot of wierdos in New Zealand :D

    I couldn't understand how one couple was allowed to name their twins Benson and Hedges and another couple were blocked from using Fish and Chips.


  • #4
    Love2love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    The celebs are just as bad....... Shilo Pitt?? Seriously, Pile o ****?

    I really think that this is a form of child abuse. You know that the child will be bullied because of this, why would you do that to your own child??


  • #5
    snellers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 465 ✭✭snellers


    I know the seriousness of calling newborns poor names but couldn't help laughing out loud....absolutely disgraceful names!!!.....

    you have to assume that drink, drugs or both were involved at the time of naming? .....even worse if the parents were sober!


  • #6
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Many of the people naming kids in this fashion would have a limited grasp of the english language, ie they would be recent arrivals from Polynesia and as such would not realise the ridiculous nature of the names.
    I remember reading about some kids in the Pacific Islands being called OMO and another brand of Corned Beef!
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/4631303a11.html


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