I work for a government department which shall remain nameless. We regularly see kids given strange names by semi-literate parents. It makes us want to smack the parents for what they are doing to their kids. Having said that, my cousin's latest grand-sprog has been given the name Sadhbh. (Pronounced Sive, to rhyme with jive). I know they live in Co Dublin, but I suggested that to avoid matricide in 15 years time they give her a "common" middle name. I suggested Ethel. At that point, the e mail conversation went quiet!
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