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[booth_street]

My mum's a nurse. She looks after babies, sick ones, that is, but babies never the less. And so it is, she witnesses trends in names. She's been doing this job for 30-odd years, so she's heard a lot in her time

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[mellowjam]

Being somebody who has a first name regularly spelt and/or/both/ pronounced incorrectly (McLennan attracts a simular level of ignorance), I persistently try to ensure I get peoples names correct. I also find it to be a more civilised form of addressing somebody to use their name. But I must agree with you, that some of these names are becoming, well, stupid. People change the names for the sake of being unique - but I can tell you first hand, it doesn't have massive fringe benefits. Unfortunately, seeing something written on paper and pronouncing it can cause some big problems, and though I cannot say any, if not all, parents who name their children are responsible, but it can also undermine the confidence of their child by their peers. I know that from experience, sadly. Since then however, I've grown beyond that

[tibbycat]

eek!

My mum who worked in a pre-school for over a decade used to say how she felt sorry for the kids whose parents obviously named them after watching the bold and the beautiful.