They walk among us .....

[markturner]

It's an african american / west indian thing - they seem to like made up names such as "Shiniqua" or strange pronunciations of existing words / names such as Paris as a girls name, pronounced " Par eeeees"

Who are we to judge.......

Just don't make a joke out of it, or the thought police will be knocking at your door.......

But feel free to rip the p*ss out of chavs calling their kids "Wayne" or "mercedes" or "Chantelle" ..... that's not racist


:wink: :roll: :roll:

 

[JustBen]

The way I read the original post was that it was pointing out the odd/unusual name.
Who the post was pointed at makes no odds in my opinion and because of that, the second part of my post was still referring to odd/unusual names that equal the original name.

I am still not seeing the relevance to race or culture here.

Is it not all about people who spell their name in an odd way or those who slap two random names together (with or without the hyphen) to be different?

 

[nev]

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Is it not all about people who spell their name in an odd way or those who slap two random names together (with or without the hyphen) to be different?

Like Ming-Campbell.
IMHO You can spell your name however you like but dont get snarky if its pronounced how its spelled. #-o

 

[RogerS]

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Is it not all about people who spell their name in an odd way or those who slap two random names together (with or without the hyphen) to be different?

Like Ming-Campbell.
IMHO You can spell your name however you like but dont get snarky if its pronounced how its spelled. #-o

I agree. My sister christened her son Ratzrrrrrrrr :x

 

[JustBen]

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Is it not all about people who spell their name in an odd way or those who slap two random names together (with or without the hyphen) to be different?

Like Ming-Campbell.

Well no, that's not his name. Others have donned that title for him. I presume from it looking like Ming when written.

"Menzies" is a Scottish name, originally written Minȝies, the "z" being a graphic approximation of the (Middle English) yogh (ȝ), originally found in the name.

 

[JustBen]

http://www.stupidkidnames.com

Is this not child cruelty?

Raia Sunshine,
Pussycat Doppleganger,
Romeo Cassanova,
Luv Joy Seamon,
Young Boozer
Uneek,
Fukegan,.

Real or not, they made me laugh.

 

[finneyb]

Frankly, the ones I worry about are the bigots and gullible fools (choose the cap that fits best) that continue to circulate urban myths such as this. http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp Snopes can't confirm that this is a racist lie, but I think the onus is on those that repeat this rubbish to provide their evidence.[/quote]

KevM,

As the OP you don't have to worry your head about me being a bigot or gullible fool.

If Snopes, that you place so much store by, can't confirm it's a racist lie you are going to have some difficulty defending the your defamatory claim of bigot in Court.

Either edit the post to remove bigot or I will be looking at the viability of claiming damages.

Brian

 

[nev]

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Is it not all about people who spell their name in an odd way or those who slap two random names together (with or without the hyphen) to be different?

Like Ming-Campbell.

Well no, that's not his name. Others have donned that title for him. I presume from it looking like Ming when written.

"Menzies" is a Scottish name, originally written Minȝies, the "z" being a graphic approximation of the (Middle English) yogh (ȝ), originally found in the name.

Thats what I mean. its spelled menzies but Its pronounced ming (according to the beeb)

 

[JustBen]

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Is it not all about people who spell their name in an odd way or those who slap two random names together (with or without the hyphen) to be different?

Well no, that's not his name. Others have donned that title for him. I presume from it looking like Ming when written.

"Menzies" is a Scottish name, originally written Minȝies, the "z" being a graphic approximation of the (Middle English) yogh (ȝ), originally found in the name.

Thats what I mean. its spelled menzies but Its pronounced ming (according to the beeb)

Your right, my apologies. According to Wikipedia, it's pronounced "Ming-iz" so they've omitted the "iz"
You learn something new everyday.

 

[monkeybiter]

The beeb pronounce it Mingies or sometimes Ming for short.

 

[pebbles]

The carpenter making my new street window's called Lilian... apparently it's a normal name for blokes here. One for Johnny Cash - though A Boy Named Lilian's not got quite the same ring...

 

[Altheo]

I thought this 25 years ago and it's all coming true. Look at all the self-seekers who are in power now!!

 

[paultnl]

But feel free to rip the p*ss out of chavs calling their kids "Wayne" or "mercedes" or "Chantelle" ..... that's not racist


:wink: :roll: :roll:

Nothing wrong with Mercedes, most people don't realise that the car was named after Mercédès Jellinek.

 

[Jonzjob]

There is a lovely lady in our village called Mercedes, not a youngster either.

I just feel sorry for the lass that got christned ALL of the nmes of Manchester united football team. The moron who did that should be granted the Darwin medal and put down!

As has been said there is no mention by the OP of anything racial and anyone who read such into it should probably join the folk in the North East of England who ban Chrstmas trees in case they upset the immigrant population?

I'm glad that I live in a secular country :mrgreen:

 

[deserter]

As nobody else seems to have noticed the alleged racist slur in the original post, it seems that racism is often in the eye of the reader. In this particular case I would say that the only racist post on this thread is the on by KevM whom is the only person to have applied any form of racism to the discussion.
I really think that very often, but not always, racism is applied to conversations by the very people whom are trying to prevent it. If this is the case I think it becomes obvious who the "bigots and gullible fools" really are.

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[Mark A]

...rip the p*ss out of chavs calling their kids "Wayne" or "mercedes" or "Chantelle"...

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:

 

[MMUK]

As nobody else seems to have noticed the alleged racist slur in the original post, it seems that racism is often in the eye of the reader. In this particular case I would say that the only racist post on this thread is the on by KevM whom is the only person to have applied any form of racism to the discussion.
I really think that very often, but not always, racism is applied to conversations by the very people whom are trying to prevent it. If this is the case I think it becomes obvious who the "bigots and gullible fools" really are.

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I quite agree. More often than not "ethnic" people aren't bothered until some muppet gets up on their soap box and creates a fuss. A lot of the "ethnic" people I know even take the piss out of their own race. :lol:

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Guys guys guys....why do you think I posted that Nazi party comment with the smilie??? To avoid it going bad like this. You really can see the good sense behind the no religion and politics rule eh what???

Perhaps I can do a little unpacking...

I think, given the reference to the Afro-Caribbean slang, its pretty safe to assume that little piece of copy is explicitly designed as a racist piece. Before this "debate" began ie when I first read it that's precisely the impression it gave me, otherwise, why describe the words in that way? However...and its a big one....it didn't particularly offend me because the focus of the piece was clearly the "naming has gone mad" theme. If it was intended to be racially motivated, it wasn't exactly in your face and was well disguised given the naming bit.

But......I personally don't think for 1 second the OP posted it with that as a motive, it was simply a funny piece at first glance, so no foul there.

KevM did make a reasonable (note use of the non-inflammatory term) assertion that the piece had racist undertones, which I have to say I also see that (again by linking the stupid name to an ethnic origin) and therefore, it probably wasn't unfair for him to make that post. On the other hand Kev.....I'm not sure I would have embellished your labelling of the racism with the other comments regarding intelligence because that was rather asking for a custard pie was it not?

So then....if I get any further on the fence I may get splinters up my (insert appropriate fruit here).

So calm down everyone....my sense it no-one was trying to offend anyone.

 

[markturner]

...rip the p*ss out of chavs calling their kids "Wayne" or "mercedes" or "Chantelle"...

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:

My eldest son has a classmate who's first name is "Alicia keays"

The point is, these names are aspirational and speak of the desire for someone who is usually from the lower echelons of society to make themselves stand out or feel somehow more glamorous, whether used by black people or white..........that's what provides the humour element for cleverer people who wish to denigrate whichever section of that society they have issues with.

On the racism issue - I personally think that word has been so overused in such crazy situations and is so one sided, that it , for me has ceased to be even relevant. Its now just a catch all to be used by anyone who feels hard done by. Shame, as the intent was good, but its been completely sidelined by insane political correctness.

 

[whiskywill]

A father to be has set up a website http://namemydaughter.com/ asking the public to name his daughter but, sensibly, retains the right to make the ultimate decision. The front runner so far is CTHULHU ALL-SPARK MCLAUGHLIN.