My GDs and I were chatting about names yesterday. GD1 has a new girl in the class with the same name as her, and we were discussing whether they use the shortened version or the full version of their names. GD1 was a bit disgruntled that she had to 'share' her name. So I said her mummy and daddy had spent a lot of time choosing their names, and they both have 3-syllable names which can be shortened (and usually are). To emphasise my point I said they could have been given really silly names that they'd hate, like .....<thinking and looking round> "Curtains" or "Gas Fire".
GD1 contributed another couple of silly names, and then GD2 piped up "or Waccy Baccy"!
I said all innocently, "what's that?" and she said she didn't know but it was a good name!
You do wonder where they hear some things.
But it reminded me of friends getting a puppy and foolishly saying the youngest son could choose its name. So they had 14 or 15 years of the embarrassment of shouting "Here, Spliff"!!
GD1 contributed another couple of silly names, and then GD2 piped up "or Waccy Baccy"!
I said all innocently, "what's that?" and she said she didn't know but it was a good name!
You do wonder where they hear some things.
But it reminded me of friends getting a puppy and foolishly saying the youngest son could choose its name. So they had 14 or 15 years of the embarrassment of shouting "Here, Spliff"!!
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