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The worst kid's name you've ever heard?

cantdecide

...because I think I can beat them all. I swear I considered strangling the poor little bugger to death for his own good. Sit down. Calmly take a deep breath and prepare yourself...

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The Talking Bread

Omackeral wrote: »

It's ok, apology accepted Buzz.

Wasn't an apology! I won't ask you to apologise for faux outrage at someon's name!

HellSquirrel

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Wasn't an apology! I won't ask you to apologise for faux outrage at someon's name!

It's very faux outrage since I don't think I've seen anyone being outraged (uhm, until now anyway :P).

It's a bit of fun. I've seen people praise Irish names to the sky and denigrate them to the depths of the nether hells. Same goes for names I like, names I dislike, my own name, names I would absolutely name my kids, names I wouldn't give my kids.

It's all subjective and I think most people know that.

Although anyone who disparages my daughter's name, which is totally Rozayle-Mae Caoimhebell, will be eaten by an enraged mama bear.

[Deleted User]

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Jesus, sorry I disagree.

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Wasn't an apology!

:pac:

Autosport

A friends niece is called Emerald. I thought my friend was telling me her favourite stone

Hotblack Desiato

The Talking Bread wrote: »

What is wrong with Kathlynn?

It's absolutely fcuking dreadful, that's what's wrong with it.

If you're not into other people's subjective opinions as to which names are the worst, it might be best to unsubscribe from the thread.

Colm_D

Brinimartini wrote: »

For some reason some people call their sons Colm but pronounce it Cullum......hate that.

maudgonner wrote: »

Sorry, but that's a perfectly valid way to pronounce it. It's an Irish name, and that's typically the way it's pronounced in Irish. If anything Col-um is less correct.

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Co Clare accent?

Clare, Cork, Kerry, parts of Tipp, west Waterford the rest of the country pronounces it incorrectly, a spill-over from the Dublin mis-pronunciation/ confusion with the name Colin. Really grinds my gears when my name in pronounced incorrectly, i.e. anything contrary to how my mum pronounces it. On the other hand when it's pronounced perfectly by someone, it raises a smile.

[Deleted User]

Brinimartini wrote: »

For some reason some people call their sons Colm but pronounce it Cullum......hate that.

Ahem. Try this soundfile on the superb Teanglann.ie website, where Colm is pronounced correctly in each of the three dialects.

HellSquirrel

I've been sitting here saying "Colm" over and over (and sounding completely demented doing so) and tbh, it's like Irish people saying "film". "Fillum" is easier and so is "Collum". I have a pretty neutral accent and can say it with the elided L, but same as I hear more people naturally say "fillum", I hear "Collum"/"Cullum" more often too. I'd probably say it naturally somewhere between the two extremes, but that's mostly because of a strong English influence on how I speak as well as Irish. Entirely Irish-accented people I mostly hear use the "u" sound.

"Lm" is not a natural ending to a word!

Lady Haywire

HellSquirrel wrote: »

I've been sitting here saying "Colm" over and over (and sounding completely demented doing so) and tbh, it's like Irish people saying "film". "Fillum" is easier and so is "Collum". I have a pretty neutral accent and can say it with the elided L, but same as I hear more people naturally say "fillum", I hear "Collum"/"Cullum" more often too. I'd probably say it naturally somewhere between the two extremes, but that's mostly because of a strong English influence on how I speak as well as Irish. Entirely Irish-accented people I mostly hear use the "u" sound.

"Lm" is not a natural ending to a word!

I did that as well! I must have the same accent to yours. I am in between the two of them, though i had to say Gollum/Gulum to find where i stressed

(My precious) My accent had always said lorry & mirror incorrectly too so I was frigged from the start. (lurry and merr)
By coincidence I do live in lm :pac:

[Deleted User]

If you've called child kid Kai then I am 98% sure you wear pyjamas outside.

?Cee?view

Omackeral wrote: »

If you've called child kid Kai then I am 98% sure you wear pyjamas outside.

ðŸ˜€ Ditto for Freya!

Grayson

?Cee?view wrote: »

ðŸ˜€ Ditto for Freya!

I like Freya but I don't think anyone outside of Scandinavian can call a kid that.

HellSquirrel

Grayson wrote: »

I like Freya but I don't think anyone outside of Scandinavian can call a kid that.

Perfectly possible, I assure you. I only know one off the top of my head, but she's the daughter of a highly educated doctor :P

I think it's a pretty name anyway.

Kalimah

Milan Joseph. Born last week to a cousin's daughter in Britain. Wonder if it's where he was conceived?

Cortina_MK_IV

Heard a girl being called today, "Fianna," just spelling it that way as sounded like Fianna Fail.

rainbow kirby

There's a little girl in my son's creche named Quitterie.

Badly Drunk Boy

I saw the first name of an English actress named Shvorne. I was wondering if this was a made-up English spelling of Siobhan?

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Also Chloe originated from Cloe? So what would have been your thoughts with the alternation?

Chloe originated from the Greek name χλόη, the χ being the letter Chi when represented in English.

ibarelycare

My 4-year old niece's best friend in pre-school (Dublin south side) is called Réaltín. My sister insists it's not pretentious cos her parents are "gaelgeoirs".

Rosie Rant

I heard an awful girl's name a couple of weeks ago and forgot about it until now. I was leaving a waiting room and a lady with a Dublin accent was holding the door as she called her daughter: "Come on Zafari, let's go!"

Cortina_MK_IV

Rosie Rant wrote: »

I heard an awful girl's name a couple of weeks ago and forgot about it until now. I was leaving a waiting room and a lady with a Dublin accent was holding the door as she called her daughter: "Come on Zafari, let's go!"

She might have been planning a trip to Kenya.

Rosie Rant

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

She might have been planning a trip to Kenya.

Or the child was conceived during one

imme

ibarelycare wrote: »

My 4-year old niece's best friend in pre-school (Dublin south side) is called Réaltín. My sister insists it's not pretentious cos her parents are "gaelgeoirs".

Little star, perfectly fine imo :cool:

imme

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Heard a girl being called today, "Fianna," just spelling it that way as sounded like Fianna Fail.

Posh people saying "Fiona" ???

imme

The Talking Bread wrote: »

how do you mean? Do you mean spelling their birth name differently later on in life or altering the spelling of an existing name and christening your child said "new version" Your name is your name? 99% of names derive from another spelling origin.

I mean, give us an example of said muppetry

Most names evolve over time, spelling wise over time. Do we stop the trend now?

People spelling cian as Kean, Muppets
Or Darren as Daren, Muppets

Etc
Etc
Etc

...And Justice

Reece, Reeeeeeeecccccceee!!!!!!!!, who the fcuk is called Reece? It's not terminator 1.

Cortina_MK_IV

imme wrote: »

Posh people saying "Fiona" ???

No Dundalk accent, deffo not posh.

Sounded like Fe-anna, as in the political party.

blindside88

Rosie Rant wrote: »

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

She might have been planning a trip to Kenya.

Or the child was conceived during one

Or the mother is dsylexic and the child was conceived in the back seat of an Opel Zafira

tupenny

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Heard a girl being called today, "Fianna," just spelling it that way as sounded like Fianna Fail.

There's a character in my kids school reader called Feena, awful name but perhaps same name you heard?!

Freya is a gorgeous name imo, considered it but it got too popular!

tupenny

I met a 6 year old Lawrence recently, poor kid

ibarelycare

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

No Dundalk accent, deffo not posh. Sounded like Fe-anna, as in the political party.

I've heard that before...Fiodhna. Thought it was a girls' name though.