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Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:29 pm
by enuff_zed
IRD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:54 pm
Back in the 1960s when I first started teaching in a small mining village in Co Durham I had a child in my form called Wilhelmina Clutterbuck and the single parent mum was called Loveday Soulsby. Over the years working in schools I have come across a range of interesting names and spellings of names. There were also certain names which seemed somehow attached to badly behaved youngsters. Then, of course the celebrity cult brought the Kylies and the like. Some times parents don’t seem to realise the mill stone they are hanging round a child’s neck. The famous one that comes to mind is Zowie Bowie.
I had a teacher called Miss Isle.
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:33 pm
by Pondrew
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:29 pm
I had a teacher called Miss Isle.
Did she get very annoyed often....ie 'go ballistic'?
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:36 pm
by IRD
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:29 pm
IRD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:54 pm
Back in the 1960s when I first started teaching in a small mining village in Co Durham I had a child in my form called Wilhelmina Clutterbuck and the single parent mum was called Loveday Soulsby. Over the years working in schools I have come across a range of interesting names and spellings of names. There were also certain names which seemed somehow attached to badly behaved youngsters. Then, of course the celebrity cult brought the Kylies and the like. Some times parents don’t seem to realise the mill stone they are hanging round a child’s neck. The famous one that comes to mind is Zowie Bowie. :
I had a teacher called Miss Isle.
Your jokes are as bad as Andy’s.
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:39 pm
by enuff_zed
IRD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:36 pm
enuff_zed wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:29 pm
IRD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:54 pm
Back in the 1960s when I first started teaching in a small mining village in Co Durham I had a child in my form called Wilhelmina Clutterbuck and the single parent mum was called Loveday Soulsby. Over the years working in schools I have come across a range of interesting names and spellings of names. There were also certain names which seemed somehow attached to badly behaved youngsters. Then, of course the celebrity cult brought the Kylies and the like. Some times parents don’t seem to realise the mill stone they are hanging round a child’s neck. The famous one that comes to mind is Zowie Bowie. :
I had a teacher called Miss Isle.
Your jokes are as bad as Andy’s.
Except this wasn't a joke, but a fact.
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:30 pm
by Mr Tidy
Anyway back on topic there were 2 Ians in my class at senior school, but I'm an Iain!
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:41 pm
by enuff_zed
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:41 pm
by Pondrew
Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:30 pm
Anyway back on topic there were 2 Ians in my class at senior school, but I'm an Iain!
so does that make three, or two and one spelled wrong?
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:44 pm
by Nanu
Not many Melvyn's on here I suspect?
Only ever met one other
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:46 pm
by Pondrew
IRD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:36 pm
Your jokes are as bad as Andy’s.
How dare you!
I did know girls called Wendy Sunshine and Lucy Lastick!
I also knew a Richard Head (everyone called him Dick obvs).
I also knew a Maureen Ning (her father was Korean). Everyone called her Mo
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:51 pm
by ronk
Nanu wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:44 pm
Not many Melvyn's on here I suspect?
Only ever met one other
Not on here but I’ve an old pal (he’s about 78 now) called Melvyn - also from the NE area
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:14 pm
by Mr Tidy
Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:41 pm
so does that make three, or two and one spelled wrong?
No it makes three, but two were spelt wrong! It's Gaelic for John as my Dad was a Scot named John and North of the border they spell it correctly like he did.
When I was working for an American domiciled company I had a US colleague called Rich Pratt!
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:54 pm
by TitanTim
When I was at university I had a lecturer named Dick Pratt, I couldn't understand at the first lecture when he introduced himself why everyone dropped their pen under the desk
Tim.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:16 pm
by DonDon
Pondrew wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:46 pm
IRD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:36 pm
Your jokes are as bad as Andy’s.
How dare you!
I did know girls called Wendy Sunshine and Lucy Lastick!
I also knew a Richard Head (everyone called him Dick obvs).
I also knew a Maureen Ning (her father was Korean). Everyone called her Mo
Just be glad you aren't called Mike Hunt
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:21 pm
by DonDon
Two boys in my school were both called Robert Evans and lived near each other, so went through all junior and senior schools together.
They were known as Rob Evans 1 and Rob Evans 2 all the way through.
Calling all Ians.
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:33 pm
by Stevo1987
Nanu wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:44 pm
Not many Melvyn's on here I suspect?
Only ever met one other
That's nothing to Bragg about?
