They walk among us .....

[tekno.mage]

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Last week I heard a woman call her young daughter 'Rihanna'. Presumably the baby she also had with her was called 'Lady Gaga' to keep with the theme.... :roll:

That's just a different spelling of the Welsh name Rhianna. Rhianna is quite a popular name in these parts

 

[Mark A]

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Last week I heard a woman call her young daughter 'Rihanna'. Presumably the baby she also had with her was called 'Lady Gaga' to keep with the theme.... :roll:

That's just a different spelling of the Welsh name Rhianna. Rhianna is quite a popular name in these parts

I heard it in Liverpool! The mother was maybe 18 years old and I very much doubt she was paying homage to her Welsh ancestry!

 

[Jonzjob]

And then you get the total prat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7707098.stm

 

[Grahamshed]

He's been watching to much Big Bang Theory

 

[Jonzjob]

It should be a case of once you've changed yer name as he's done you have it for the rest of your life! Bit like these trendy tattoos, yours for life!

 

[Grahamshed]

Indeed. I doubt it would make any difference though

 

[Jonzjob]

At least he would live to regret his stupidity :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[monkeybiter]

I have to disagree, while it does annoy me when parents saddle their children with 'character building' names, I think any adult individual is as entitled to choose a silly name as they are a silly hair cut. I might not like it but at least no-one else suffers the consequences of their actions.

 

[RogerS]

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On the racism issue - I personally think that word has been so overused ......Its now just a catch all to be used by anyone who feels hard done by.....

And used by Third-Party Apologists !

 

[Cheshirechappie]

"You're a racist!"

"No I'm not!"

"Oh yes you are!"

"Er - why?"

"Because I say so!"

Is it racist for Scousers to hate Mancunians? Or for Mancs to hate Scousers?

(Before anybody gets on their high horse, I really don't particularly care. The whole 'racist' thing has just become a sort of useful political insult, which is a shame, because it tends to result in a 'they're crying wolf again' response from many people to something that really is racist. It would be to everybody's benefit if the word 'racist' stopped being used as a useful general insult, and was reserved to cover what it really means.)

 

[bugbear]

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Last week I heard a woman call her young daughter 'Rihanna'. Presumably the baby she also had with her was called 'Lady Gaga' to keep with the theme.... :roll:

That's just a different spelling of the Welsh name Rhianna. Rhianna is quite a popular name in these parts

Or indeed "Rhiannon"

(cough)Fleetwood Mac(cough)

BugBear

 

[Grahamshed]

Who ???

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Couldn't resist this....for all those (long forgotten) Fleetwood Mac fans (who also play/make acoustic guitar):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdd_fv0xrSo

 

[MMUK]

I have to disagree, while it does annoy me when parents saddle their children with 'character building' names, I think any adult individual is as entitled to choose a silly name as they are a silly hair cut. I might not like it but at least no-one else suffers the consequences of their actions.

You'd soon agree if you had to write letters to them :lol:

 

[monkeybiter]

You'd soon agree if you had to write letters to them :lol:

Touche :lol: :lol:


In my younger days [which is all of them :roll: ] I knew a Rhiannon. She was the daughter of a respectable but misanthropic local doctor and a mother who later ran off with my dentist..... also a 'lady' [ooer!]

 

[Jonzjob]

"Is it racist for Scousers to hate Mancunians? Or for Mancs to hate Scousers?"

:? :? :? :?

I always thought it was normal and natural for anyone who wasn't either to hate both? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll:

 

[Grahamshed]

All this political correctness is all very well but there is a status quo to be maintained here. For instance, what would happen if we stopped laughing at the Irish ? Chaos, they might start laughing at us.

 

[doorframe]

"Is it racist for Scousers to hate Mancunians? Or for Mancs to hate Scousers?"

:? :? :? :?

I always thought it was normal and natural for anyone who wasn't either to hate both? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll:

I have no favourites amongst Mancs, Scousers or Geordies. I play it fair. I treat all Northerners with equal contempt.

 

[JustBen]

"Is it racist for Scousers to hate Mancunians? Or for Mancs to hate Scousers?"

:? :? :? :?

I always thought it was normal and natural for anyone who wasn't either to hate both? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll:

I have no favourites amongst Mancs, Scousers or Geordies. I play it fair. I treat all Northerners with equal contempt.

Is north anything past Watford Gap?

 

[Jonzjob]

Anything north of Paris mate :twisted: :twisted: