Reminds me of the incomer to East Anglia who objected to being referred to as "boy" (pronounced roughly "boor") until he worked out that you only ceased to be a "boy" when you were sufficiently mature to be an "old boy".
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Jan 20, 2012
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One problem I had in the juniors was that Wright rhymes with s**te.
Bill
You think *you* had problems...
That's a bit catty. Plowman? Meow-man?
Bill
There was a lad in our class called Tim Hunt. Other less amusing nicknames were Panda (P Hand), Spider (Balwajeter) Honk (Czewioknka) Nazi (a German boy), Hound (Terry Baskerville), Lard (a fat boy), Jibber (a boy with the initials JIB), and Boz (a boy with a squint.
Bill
Latest jibe used by 9 year old granddaughter & mates;
WMW.
Work that one out :-)
We did think about this when naming our daughters, and avoided names beginning with C, K, or S. Surname being Lang.
s**te.
Quite... and from the age of about 7 wore glasses.
Good on you for thinking, our family are pretty good but my sister, Marion Rosemary, had trouble with Dad opening her post for a while.
Yes but I was playing for groans not laughs.
Bill
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