Your Christian (or first) name

[levets]

Trivia fact. The boxer Marvin Hagler had his name changed, by deed poll, to Marvellous Marvin Hagler.
He certainly was one hell of a boxer.
Another trivia fact. Zowie Bowie had his name officially changed to something a bit more normal. Can't believe it that grown-ups don't think for one second about the shit that kids are going to go through right through kindergarten to secondary schooling.

Duncan Jones

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

Now you're that Bigg **** ?

Oh yes :)

 

[jazzy]

Worked with a Nigeria lad who was called Odeary , guess it means something more uplifting in his native language

 

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

Here's a story. Apparently the Argentines fall about laughing about the fact that the Spanish call little girls “Conchita”. In Argentina, it apparently means, very simply, “little ****”.

True story. Concha means 'shell' in Spanish, with the 'ita' ending meaning 'little shell'.

Argentine and Spanish are 2 different languages. Concha is a very popular word in Argentina. They love to shout 'la concha de tu madre', the **** of your mother. Any reference to 'concha' in names or areas is really funny in Argentina.

 

[kaz7]

Are you happy with it, do you wish it was different, if so what ?

Interesting...

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Think it is a certain generation that got called karen, i have been called kaz most of my life and changed it to kaz on here when karen became toxic around the time of BLM stuff

 

[eastmanc]

Think that's more Jewish.

No religion, don't believe in any of it. Christend Protestant .my Mam and Dad originally wanted to call me Michael apparently so I don't know why I ended up David.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Think that's more Jewish.

It's pretty Welsh, too. Especially if it's Dafydd…

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Argentine and Spanish are 2 different languages.

I think, with respect, you're exaggerating a bit there. (I'm aware that you may well be a native speaker of Spanish). It's a bit like people saying that English (i.e. as in the U.K.) and American are two different languages. I've spoken Spanish many times in Spain, and several times on separate trips to Argentina (not well, but enough to get by in both places). There are clearly differences of vocabulary, but grammar? Well, if there are, I'm not hearing them.
I will say this, though: whatever is spoken in Zaragoza and its region seems to be quite different to anything spoken on the Iberian peninsula or indeed in the Spanish-speaking world. I can't understand a fucking thing they're saying sometimes! A bit like talking to certain geordies in the U.K. The only accent that defeats me — I'm told it's my language.
In general, I find the accents clearer in Latin America (Bolivia, Chile, Argentina are the countries I've been to) than in Spain. Which is odd, considering that Spain is so very much smaller. But then, the U.K.'s tiny and Americans have endless problems with the regional accents. They virtually need subtitles for Kevin Bridges.

On and by the way — ¡ No es el momento !
Fun, eh?

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Got named after me dad, always hated it, sounds like it was influenced by the windrush generation, and is now being used by Billy-bobs in the USA and often used by millennials to double barrel their name, very rarely meet another one, unless it’s a cop on American tv

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Moon Unit and Dweezil!

Yeah, and they've kept their names! Mind you, when your dad is as cool as Frank Zappa…