tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1438770858386890107..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Strewth! JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-1348695021679630932014-10-12T05:50:00.062+01:002014-10-12T05:50:00.062+01:00" There must be some organisation that deal w...<i>" There must be some organisation that deal with these things."</i><br /><br />If not, there soon will be... :/<br /><br /><br /><i>"I'm seriously thinking of writing a scientific paper, entitled: 'The Correlation between intellectual deficit and non conformational first names: A prospective, meta study...."</i><br /><br />:D<br /><br /><i>"Try a deed poll, Isis, you can fix your surname at the same time so that people don't automatically assume you're a housemaid."</i><br /><br />LOL!<br /><br /><i>"Ok, things can slip through the net, and you'd think that an integral part of the job of a registrar would be to sit the likes of Mr and Mrs Royd down and ask if they've really thought through the repercussions of naming their lovely daughter Emma?"</i><br /><br />There are places on the continent where such would indeed happen. Your chosen name not on the approved list? It ain't coming in!<br /><br />But here we've never had that. Oh, well, it helps teachers pick out which of the new intake is likely to be trouble...<br /><br /><i>"Then again I was really interested in Egyptian mythology as a kid. "</i><br /><br />Ditto!<br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-35065262148379977082014-10-05T21:03:33.649+01:002014-10-05T21:03:33.649+01:00I actually thisnk it's a rather nice name. The...I actually thisnk it's a rather nice name. Then again I was really interested in Egyptian mythology as a kid. <br /><br />It's just hard luck really. I actually went to school with a Bart Simpson. I mean, who could have known?<br /><br />I wonder how Ira Levin would feel about all this anyway?staybrytenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-81491672920488555212014-10-05T15:58:02.316+01:002014-10-05T15:58:02.316+01:00What on earth possesses parents to give their kids...What on earth possesses parents to give their kids stupid names?<br /><br />Now call me old fashioned, but to my way of thinking, a general rule of thumb when naming your offspring is to prefix your chosen name with a title like King/Queen, Lord/Lady etc. to see how scans.<br /><br />Lady Julia, has a ring to it, Princess Spudulike would have to be a no, along with King Dwayne.<br /><br />Ok, things can slip through the net, and you'd think that an integral part of the job of a registrar would be to sit the likes of Mr and Mrs Royd down and ask if they've really thought through the repercussions of naming their lovely daughter Emma? Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56081460734228767092014-10-05T10:38:29.113+01:002014-10-05T10:38:29.113+01:00Some of the comments are pretty good:
How stupid ...Some of the comments are pretty good: <br /><i>How stupid are people calling their daughter after a terrorist organisation.</i><br /><i>Don't you dare start calling them ISIL, my son, Isil, will get very upset!</i><br /><br />"A U.S. woman named Isis Martinez has started up the Thousands of Women and Girls Named Isis, Petition Media to Stop Calling the Terrorists by Our Name petition"<br />Try a deed poll, Isis, you can fix your surname at the same time so that people don't automatically assume you're a housemaid.<br />Twenty_Rothmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7936258048920360482014-10-05T10:17:58.042+01:002014-10-05T10:17:58.042+01:00I work in the field of genetics. Genetic testing i...I work in the field of genetics. Genetic testing is indeed a salutary lesson, in life. I scrutinise the names of referrals for 'Developmental Delay' (read spakkers). Anecdotaly,there is a positive correlation between 'silly' names and mental'tardation. I'm seriously thinking of writing a scientific paper, entitled: 'The Correlation between intellectual deficit and non conformational first names: A prospective, meta study.....Or I could just resign. Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33211525170716966402014-10-05T10:00:46.926+01:002014-10-05T10:00:46.926+01:00Well the film "The Dam Busters"has been ...Well the film "The Dam Busters"has been re-dubbed so Guy Gibson,s dog is now called Digger. There must be some organisation that deal with these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com