sparkeh Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Thats not one of yours is it @sparkeh? A girl my wife once taught
witch Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Chanelle Chantelle Chardonay - the baby born to a 14 year old in my niece's class We have an Ayrton Senna here
LoyalHeretic Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Sparkle-Daisy Is this not some form of My Little Pony? Or Carebear?
X-13 Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Chanelle Chantelle Chardonay - the baby born to a 14 year old I'd never have guessed.
LiamH Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Does it annoy anyone else in a professional capacity? We have a high number of Asian pupils with traditional names, however to add a bit of uniqueness they all seem to spell the same name differently. IE Aisha Ayesha Ashah Aishah Aiysha Aisyah All pronounced the same, but a pain when trying to find a specific pupil in AD.
BassTech Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Does it annoy anyone else in a professional capacity? We have a high number of Asian pupils with traditional names, however to add a bit of uniqueness they all seem to spell the same name differently. IE Aisha Ayesha Ashah Aishah Aiysha Aisyah All pronounced the same, but a pain when trying to find a specific pupil in AD. Yep we get these a lot: Anwar Hussain Khan Patel all spelt with different variations!
JJonas Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Wayne Rooney has named his son Klay Anthony Rooney. Wayne said his initials spell out where he was conceived. 2
CamelMan Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 There was a girl called Reality in a school I did some work for a few years back. Does Social Services not have a chat with the parents when they come up with novel names??
featured_spectre Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 A girl was genuinely called "Princess-Consuella" (she also had 4 middle names and went by the first which was Heather). Not even joking, and she knew she was named from Friends where Phoebe called herself Princess Consuella Banana Hammock!
unixman_again Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 We have a Richard Head on the staff. A year or so back, I caught some trashy documentary on BBC3, which featured a mother screaming at her kid "Armani, blah blah blah." As she was clearly a chav, I think TK Maxx would have been a more appropriate name!
Zourous Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Drew peacock is one of my favourites. We also have a kid called Tiger Cox.
witch Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 We have had Ocean, and Seven, and currently have Robbie Williams Never mind "ethnic" names being spelled oddly, no parent seems to be able to spell Kieran (Kieron? Kieren?) We do have an Armani (it's a boy) whose brother is called Devante Mind you, my son is called Zoran - which is a perfectly good Serbian name and goes well with mrwITch's Serbian surname. Most people, knowing that we love Sci-fi, think we made it up!! *@Zourous - is your Tiger a boy or a girl? We have a Tyger who is female
Zourous Posted May 22, 2013 Posted May 22, 2013 Not completely sure, i've just seen them on AD, but I think i've heard a reference to him being male.
X-13 Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Mind you, my son is called Zoran I forsee a future in IT. [ATTACH=CONFIG]18349[/ATTACH]
witch Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Zoran ?? How do you sleep at night ! What's the problem? It's a perfectly reasonable name. Easy to pronounce and spell, too. He loves his name and when he was young, if anyone mentioned it he would point out that their name was shared with lots of others but his wasn't (well, not in this country). Had we an English surname I wouldn't have done it because to my mind, that just sounds silly, but as we have the Serbian surname as well, it sounds right. His name makes him memorable, too (mind you, he's 6ft 2, built like a barn and has red hair which helps) I forsee a future in IT. [ATTACH=CONFIG]18349[/ATTACH] Unfortunately not - he's an engineering geologist
X-13 Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Unfortunately not - he's an engineering geologist BLASPHEMY! Apparently, that pays pretty well.
Meldrew Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 We have a student named Precious which seems a bit odd to me. Maybe the father's called Gollum. meldrew
creese Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 We have a student named Precious which seems a bit odd to me. Maybe the father's called Gollum. meldrew Precious McKenzie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I have a signed photo of him somewhere.
tech_guy Posted May 23, 2013 Author Posted May 23, 2013 Precious McKenzie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I have a signed photo of him somewhere. But Why?
creese Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 But Why? Why what? The photo?, he visited a sports field near my home and was a great athlete and an extremely nice man. Why Precious? Because this is the type off name Africans have. I have friends called Anyway, Elvis... just try translating some 'normal' names. Adele - Noble Bridget - Exalted one...
witch Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 BLASPHEMY! Apparently, that pays pretty well. Only if you can get a job. Which he can't
wesleyw Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 I've seen Christopher Lee and James Brown as pupils some time ago now not sure which job either come to think of it ;-) Wes
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