Is he... from Wimbledon?Reviewing document today, came across a Dr Womble.
Place of conceiving? Something the Beckhams got up to if memory serves me right.One of my daughters is named Vienna.
When she was younger and I was asked her name, people always used to presume she was called Fiona and I just had a very very posh accent (I live in Yorkshire and have a southern accent, it's practically the same as being posh). Another daughter is called Riyadh, which really sorts out the geographically educated from the ...err...not, who tend to think it's Welsh.
In the '70s when the Wombles were all the go there was a Yorkshire family called Womble who weren't keen. Schoolmates would taunt the Womble kids by singing 'Underground, overground, Wombling free, the Wombles of Huddersfield, common are we!'Reviewing document today, came across a Dr Womble.
It's laughable that people mispronounce Leone as well.One of my daughters is named Vienna.
When she was younger and I was asked her name, people always used to presume she was called Fiona and I just had a very very posh accent (I live in Yorkshire and have a southern accent, it's practically the same as being posh). Another daughter is called Riyadh, which really sorts out the geographically educated from the ...err...not, who tend to think it's Welsh.
Nope, just like the names.Place of conceiving? Something the Beckhams got up to if memory serves me right.
I once had call to translate a text mentioning Old Great Bulgaria. No, I'd never heard of it before, either, so I did the typical translator's cheat of consulting Wikipedia for the idiot's guide. The editors of that page have seen fit to include a disambiguation link to Great Uncle Bulgaria. That discovery ruined any chance I had left of producing useful work that morning.Reviewing document today, came across a Dr Womble.
Probably named himself that to attract the ladies.
OK, here's one. You know the actor Rob Morrow, best known for TV's Northern Exposure? Think he's in Billions too. Anyway, he called his daughter Tu. Say it out loud.
I like different names. It forces people out of their comfort zones. Though the silly spelling of common names irks me. That is not being different, it's just following everyone else.My mother had friends--regular nice country gals from West Virginia, all of them, including her--who were named Melbadell, Belice and Viuka (pronounced Vi-YOO-ka).
I like different names. It forces people out of their comfort zones.
I had the misfortune to have a surname at birth that was unusual, apart from in Cornwall, and the points of reference in the 1970s and 80s were a well-known comedic soap-opera character who wore a distinctive type of headgear and a daft, sexist entertainer. My school days were a bugger!
A virtual Christmas kiss to anyone who PMs me with the correct name
Hmmm. Bernard Manning and Bernard Youens who played Stan Ogden? He wore a Christmas cracker hat in one episode.
"Bernard", "Bernie", ""Be...
I'm close, aren't I?
don't tell me, I'll get it.
Surely Benny from crossroads? Although Seth from Emmerdale wore a deerstalker hat.well-known comedic soap-opera character who wore a distinctive type of headgear
You're on the wrong track
Surely Benny from crossroads? Although Seth from Emmerdale wore a deerstalker hat.
Surely Benny from crossroads?
Shhhhh! Don't tell everyone or they'll all want a snog!
This thread? Nominative determinism.I thought there was a thread for names suitable to jobs but I cannot find it sadly
This has entertained me this morning (the names that is, not the fact the store is facing a loss)
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blo...-new-finance-boss-as-it-swings-to-14-6m-loss/
Amid the sales decline, Shoe Zone has drafted in Terry Boot to replace Peter Foot as its new finance director with immediate effect.