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Subject: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 23 Apr 18 - 08:51 AM Just thought you might like to know that Kate has just had a baby boy, 8lb 7oz. (I bet you were hardly able to contain yourselves while you waited!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Bonzo3legs Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:05 AM Wonderful news, thank you for that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:07 AM Wonder what his name will be? Any suggestions? My husband has just suggested Brian!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: The Sandman Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:17 AM How about BONZO 3 LEGS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:27 AM I hear he's fifth in line for the throne. You'd think these rich b*ast*ards would be able to afford enough toilets for all of 'em, wouldn't you? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: banjoman Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:34 AM Yet another to be supported by us as well as us having to call him Your Highness or whatever title he has. From the news coverage, one would think that she was the only woman to give birth today. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:49 AM Arthur would be nice, or Alfred. Then I thought of Albert. But...er.... Prince Albert? No! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jeri Date: 23 Apr 18 - 10:18 AM George would work. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 23 Apr 18 - 11:04 AM Royal babies look quite human from a distance.. but we are only ever allowed to see their faces and hands.. what are they hiding...!!!??? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: peteglasgow Date: 23 Apr 18 - 12:12 PM i doubt i will be the first to suggest that as a third child, the new one will not be eligible for any government funding. unless his mother is able to prove.....no, i'd better not go there. good luck to the poor wee fella why is it if you are a royal you can't get by on less than half a dozen names? anyone would think they aren't just the same as all the rest of us |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 23 Apr 18 - 12:59 PM With most of the babies I see or see pictures of, whether royal or not, their clothes are covering all except their faces and hands (except in advertisements for nappies). One might think that wanting to see more is possibly just a little bit, well, unnecessary. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 23 Apr 18 - 01:04 PM Nothing remotely paedo intended.. just to verify if Royal babies are human all over.. By all means keep their nappies on.. no need to upset public decorum... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Bonzo3legs Date: 23 Apr 18 - 01:09 PM The same could be said of Corbo and abbott!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 23 Apr 18 - 01:14 PM Bonz - well let's get 'em all, the Houses of Commons and Lords, lined up in public in their undies for inspection then.. Betcha more tory ministers & MPs show signs of inbreeding deformities than labour...!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 23 Apr 18 - 01:42 PM The couple emerged about an hour ago, with Kate holding their new son. She looked absolutely radiant. Lovely to see. Amazing how quickly she always gets up and goes home after giving birth. Brave lady! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: DMcG Date: 23 Apr 18 - 01:45 PM Well, yes. On the other hand she does have rather more support than the average mother. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Dave Hanson Date: 23 Apr 18 - 02:37 PM another Royal sprog for the taxpayers to support for the rest of his life. Dave H |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Raggytash Date: 23 Apr 18 - 03:47 PM I am aware that some people consider the level of discussions on Mudcat has declined in recent years ....... is this yet another example. Whilst I do not wish them any harm, do I have to put up with fawning, syncophatic news reports morning, noon and night. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 23 Apr 18 - 03:51 PM The 'level of discussion' on this thread was quite pleasant until you posted Raggytash. If the subject doesn't interest you, then why post? There are many other threads to get your teeth into. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Bonzo3legs Date: 23 Apr 18 - 03:57 PM I wonder if the Cambridges do "hand me downs" with their kids? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Raggytash Date: 23 Apr 18 - 04:17 PM Senoufou, I have no desire to cross sword with you but may I suggest you read some of the other comments before you cross swords with me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 23 Apr 18 - 04:56 PM I thought crossing swords was what we manly types did when it's one lavvy between two... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: DMcG Date: 23 Apr 18 - 05:00 PM Warning: Royalists probably won't like this song I have to say that while I wish them as well as any new parent, it is a lot of fuss over someone who is most unlikely ever to be monarch. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Dave the Gnome Date: 23 Apr 18 - 05:10 PM I wish them, parents, baby and his siblings, all the best as I would for any other welcome birth. I don't see what all the fuss is about though but I suppose it makes a change from the gloom and doom caused by the current political climate. I still think Disney should get the royal family franchise. It could make us a fortune -) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 23 Apr 18 - 05:20 PM That song is very true DMcG. 'How the other half lives' and all that. I'm actually not a royalist, and would prefer to see the monarchy abolished after Queenie goes. I'd never curtsy to anyone except my mother-in-law, but that's African tradition, and I respect her enormously. I suspect the royals probably despise us common folk. But it was nice to see a new mother looking so well and happy. New life is always uplifting. So are weddings. I'll probably watch Harry and Meghan's do next month on TV. I agree they have every privilege one could imagine. And I've seen the other side, single mums struggling on benefits and living in squalor, not to mention literally starving Africans. As quite an old lady with a fairly wide experience of some of life's contrasts, I still try to cultivate goodwill in my heart if I possibly can. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: olddude Date: 23 Apr 18 - 09:54 PM They are a lovely couple. Congratulations to them. I know nothing of titles or queens or anything like that. Just think they seem warm and genuinely kind |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 23 Apr 18 - 11:22 PM I expect I'd be consistently a lot kinder and less abrasive if I had their money and privilege... Though my mum is the kindest person I know and she had to work hard for every penny just to get our family by.. and earn herself a bare state pension... funny old world... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Bonzo3legs Date: 24 Apr 18 - 02:56 AM Envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy envy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 24 Apr 18 - 05:21 AM Whatever happens, they should NOT be handed over to Disney. Look what Disney did to Winnie the Pooh ! (And they would probably all have to use make-up to produce those big weird almond-shaped eyes, no, no, no ...) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 24 Apr 18 - 06:05 AM Pointing to outrageous inequities in society is not envy. When you consider the disastrous state of royal relationships, the exploitations, the backbiting, the marital cheating, the scandals and shady associations brushed under the carpet, the resort to alcohol, the hostile divorces and other negatives including the anus horribilis within that rather dull and dysfunctional family down the decades, I for one consider that I'm a damn sight better off where I am. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 24 Apr 18 - 07:07 AM I would absolutely hate to be a royal, or anybody famous for that matter. No freedom to go out whenever one wishes without a retinue of police protection and advance warning, no privacy even at home, because they have servants who see and hear everything. Folk gawping and taking photos/videos, the Press avid for any scandal or deviation from the norm. Not to mention the formality of their life, the protocol, the dress codes and so on. It's a straitjacket of obligation. And as Steve above says, the royals seem to be a very dysfunctional family. I really love my life, and wouldn't change a thing. (Well, perhaps more chocolate and buttered crumpets without getting any fatter, but that would need a magic wand) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 24 Apr 18 - 07:23 AM The royal health care plan seems quite good for an elderly couple in their 90s... No NHS waiting lists.. unlike the lot of her mass of loyal subjects, like my council estate old mum, after a full long lifetime diligently working hard and paying taxes on miserly minimum wage caring for old folks in private healthcare... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 24 Apr 18 - 08:03 AM If you bet on the names, is it like horse racing, with a full pay-out for the name that comes first, and smaller payments for second and subsequent names? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Rob Naylor Date: 24 Apr 18 - 09:22 AM REPORTER: And how long have you been waiting outside the hospital? BYSTANDER: 5 days REPORTER: Really, that long just to see the Royal Baby? . . . . . . . . . BYSTANDER: No, I'm waiting to see a doctor! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 24 Apr 18 - 09:32 AM A young couple emerged yesterday from the Lindo Wing carrying their newborn and were met with a phalanx of Press and gawpers. People actually groaned because it wasn't 'Them'. Bless them, their baby is just as important and precious as the little Prince. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 24 Apr 18 - 09:35 AM "No NHS waiting lists.." Phil The Greek, I note, was having trouble with his hip for a WHOLE MONTH before he got it seen to! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Dave the Gnome Date: 24 Apr 18 - 09:39 AM Rob Naylor - Big Grin :-D |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Bonzo3legs Date: 25 Apr 18 - 03:11 AM "They are a lovely couple. Congratulations to them. I know nothing of titles or queens or anything like that. Just think they seem warm and genuinely kind" I absolutely agree. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 25 Apr 18 - 04:01 AM The bookies are saying that Arthur is favourite at the moment at odds of 7/4. Husband says he still likes 'Brian'. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 25 Apr 18 - 04:18 AM Keith. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 25 Apr 18 - 04:22 AM I rather like Leroy, or perhaps Jayden. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 25 Apr 18 - 06:08 AM Well let's get a bit non-binary! After all, the royals took the lead in this: we've had Princess Michael of Kent for yonks. So I'm saying Sue! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Dave the Gnome Date: 25 Apr 18 - 06:30 AM There seemed to be a lot of children in Salford called 'Chardonay yer likkle bleedor' How about that? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 25 Apr 18 - 06:37 AM I had a neighbour in our last village called Cecil. His wife had an unfortunate lisp and always referred to him as 'Thethil'. So how about 'Printh Thethil'? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 25 Apr 18 - 08:58 AM How about "Prince".. as a tribute to a recently departed pop funk superstar... Prince Prince... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 25 Apr 18 - 09:16 AM Since Leroy (I assume) means 'The King' (French: le roi) maybe it's a good suggestion - barring a series of serious accidents or a plague, it's probably the nearest he's likely to get. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 25 Apr 18 - 10:02 AM What about 'Princey McPrinceface'? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Dave the Gnome Date: 25 Apr 18 - 10:06 AM Gets my vote, Sen :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: DMcG Date: 25 Apr 18 - 10:44 AM I used to know a guy called Steven Prince. He often got HRH as a prefix and special treatment, particularly on those occasions when his surname needed to be written first. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 25 Apr 18 - 10:47 AM It looks as if we won't know the baby's name until tomorrow. How will we contain ourselves? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 27 Apr 18 - 07:02 AM New little prince is called Louis Arthur Charles. Rather nice I thought. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Tattie Bogle Date: 27 Apr 18 - 07:39 AM I liked it too, but already there are those who don't! What surprised me was that in the announcement I read, there was absolutely no mention of Louis having been a family name, as in Louis Mountbatten, which might have been a reason for choosing it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 27 Apr 18 - 07:49 AM They seem to be aiming to please Charles, using his name and the name of his favourite uncle. (It was his uncle wasn't it? Or cousin, or godfather, whichever Mountbatten was.) Either that, or could they be making a point by using a French (European) name? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Tattie Bogle Date: 27 Apr 18 - 08:01 AM Great-uncle of Charles, and described as his "mentor" - uncle of Philip. Many families, including our own, do use other family members' names when naming new babies, so I don't see it as a problem, "aiming to please" or "making a point". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 27 Apr 18 - 08:46 AM I don't see any problem with them using a family name, aiming to please, and even making a point, all at the same time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 27 Apr 18 - 08:51 AM I always smile whenever people don't like the name a couple have chosen for their new baby. I suppose one can have an opinion, but it's their infant, and if they want to call it Montmorency Coughdrop that's their prerogative. I have enough trouble naming our cats, so perhaps it's a good thing we didn't have any children. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 27 Apr 18 - 10:25 AM My mrs got broody for a few weeks in her mid 30s. I reluctantly resigned myself to having to put up with being a dad for the rest of my life .. Fortunately the broodiness passed as quickly as it had manifested, so we just got back on with life... But in the meantime I decided I'd let her give it whatever Welsh name she fancied and just put up with it... even if I couldn't pronounce it...!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Backwoodsman Date: 27 Apr 18 - 10:40 AM Anything's preferable to 'Tyler' or 'Jayden', the staples of our local chavs. Shout "Tyler" or "Jayden" in the park on a sunny afternoon, and 80% of the kids there look round at you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Jos Date: 27 Apr 18 - 11:58 AM "Shout "Tyler" or "Jayden" in the park on a sunny afternoon, and 80% of the kids there look round at you" You'd probably summon several large dogs as well. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 27 Apr 18 - 12:03 PM We thought that Arthur was after the royal photographer Arthur Edwards, a jolly wag of a fellow who's a friend of a friend. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 27 Apr 18 - 12:16 PM Louis Walsh ? My Uncle Arthur who used to play portable electronic organ and accordion at local pub sing song sessions ? Tina Charles, 1970s Disco sensation ? There, never say the Royal family are out of touch with us unwashed chavs and proles... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: keberoxu Date: 27 Apr 18 - 12:22 PM Meet me in Saint Louie, Louie, Meet me at the Fair ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Steve Shaw Date: 27 Apr 18 - 12:27 PM One of my early girlfriends nicknamed a certain part of my manly anatomy "Arthur"... Arthur? Excalibur? The mind boggles... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 27 Apr 18 - 12:40 PM Perhaps she was thinking of Arthur Scargill Steve? Louis Armstrong? They might call him 'Satchmo' at home. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: BobL Date: 28 Apr 18 - 04:14 AM Some friends of mine had an old clock which they referred to as "Arthur", or more precisely "Arfur". It had only one hand... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Joe Offer Date: 28 Apr 18 - 04:28 AM Maybe they should choose one (or several) of the names popular in the US these days. We've got some doozies: |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: JMB Date: 28 Apr 18 - 08:26 PM I am a democratic republican myself living in Canada which is still part of this disgusting "commonwealth." I believe in freedom, democracy, equality and inclusion. I believe in linguistic and cultural rights in a multicultural society and separation of church and state. Why is it that we have a head of state who inherits the title rather than elected by the people, lives in a different country rather than our own, and belongs to a particular religion, and throughout history this family has committed acts of genocide or ethnic cleansing of many peoples in many lands? If you state that these acts were centuries ago, get over it, I think not. The British establishment has committed many of these acts even within the last century. Barack Obama for example, his grandfather in Kenya was a victim of a British act of genocide. I don't know much about Obama meself, but if I were in his shoes, I would not think very highly of the foyal family. Some various lyrics from Rabbie Burns's "A Man's A Man For A' That." One of my favourite pieces by my favourite literary artist. I sing this song with great pride and passion. Democracy and equality for all. Ye see yon birkie ca'd ae lord, Wha struts an' stares t a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but ae cuif for a' that. The man o' independant mind, He looks an' laughs at a' that. Ae prince can mak' ae belted knight, Ae marquis, duke an' a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 29 Apr 18 - 04:14 AM Very interesting Joe. I notice most of the popular names in US are very traditional and plain. I like them very much. Here, the most popular boy's name is Mohammed, but I reckon those who compile the statistics have 'cooked the books' somewhat. As Mohammed can be spelt in many different ways, they've considered each version as a separate name, thus reducing its score on the popularity charts. Rather nice if the Cambridges called their boy Mohammed! 'Prince Mohammed'. The Queen would have forty fits. My husband (NOT called Mohammed!) has 15 living siblings and four of them are called Mohammed (but different forms of the name) His uncle has 8 children and three of the men are called Mohammed too. They all eat together in the huge family courtyard. Imagine dinner time! "Mohammed!" (stampede) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: leeneia Date: 30 Apr 18 - 01:25 PM I disagree with what Senoufou posted above: "...but it's their infant, and if they want to call it Montmorency Coughdrop that's their prerogative." A child is its own person, it's not anybody's possession, not even its parents. Every child deserves an honest, intelligent name, not a name which says "my parents don't respect me." Just because something is legal doesn't guarantee that it's a decent thing to do. Fortuately society is more powerful than any pair of fools, and Montmorency Coughdrop will soon be altered to Monte. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 30 Apr 18 - 02:04 PM In UK the Court can forbid a proposed name if it can be said to be 'offensive'. For example a Welsh woman wanted Cyanide for her baby daughter. And there have been Chlamydia and Satan (also banned) But things like Montmorency or even Coughdrop would be permitted. Montmorency is actually quite a noble name. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 30 Apr 18 - 03:28 PM Sen - how high up on the 2018 names popularity chart is "Gaylord"...??? I never knew any growing up on my council estate - Reggie was about the most exotic name... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 30 Apr 18 - 04:07 PM I've never met a Gaylord pfr. It's of French origin and means high-spirited and boisterous. Gay didn't mean what it does nowadays when I was young. One could say someone was wearing a 'gay' hat, meaning bright and cheerful. We cleaned for quite a posh lady until fairly recently, and one day her grown-up son arrived, a very nice chap, who introduced himself as Humphrey. (She called him Humph) I can't explain why, but I mopped and swept for the next two hours giggling to myself. Names are strange in their way. I'm Elizabeth, and as a child at school was painfully thin, with legs like matchsticks. The other pupils called me Skinny Lizzy and I hated it. Nearly every other girl in my class was either a Susan, a Linda or a Pat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Dave the Gnome Date: 30 Apr 18 - 04:44 PM Here, the most popular boy's name is Mohammed It has cracked the top 10 but the most popular boys’ name in England remains Oliver, followed by Harry, George, Jack, and Jacob. Olivia is the most popular girls’ name in England. (UK National Statistics Office. Sept 2017) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 30 Apr 18 - 05:06 PM Ah Dave, but if one lumps together all the Muhammeds, Mohammeds, Mohameds, Mahomets and several other forms, they outstrip the Olivers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: punkfolkrocker Date: 30 Apr 18 - 08:23 PM 'Shed' - that's a proper bloke's name... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Duchess of Cambridge From: Senoufou Date: 01 May 18 - 04:23 AM My husband has a male cousin called Nana. (pronounced nar-nar) And my sister-in-law is Fatmata. If Harry and Meghan have children, it would be nice to see some not-so-traditional names. Harry always was a bit of a maverick! |
