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girl with 'unusual' name made fun of shock!

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46393501

A young girl was 'mocked' by an airport worker. OK, that's not a good thing at all, but as a parent I think that it is a pretty dubious choice naming your daughter Abcde. Yes, her name is the first 5 letters of the alphabet. (pronounced ab-si-dee apparently)

It could be deemed cruel to give a kid a name which may give them a lifetime of mockery. 
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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7329
    Just as well her Parents didn't have the Spanish surname Arce and thought it clever to call her Smart...
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  • jellyrolljellyroll Frets: 3073
    icub4?
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    YYURYYUBICURYY4ME
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  • NiteflyNitefly Frets: 4901
    Mmm, just read it.  Talk about dumb parenting...

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  • richhrichh Frets: 449
    Talking of silly names, I see the incident happened at 'John Wayne Airport'.

    I don't know why this guy didn't stick with his birth name of 'Marion Morrison', nowt wrong with that surely?
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  • robgilmorobgilmo Frets: 3355
    Why blame the parents? They could be fucking great parents and to be fair they sound like they are, Its not their fault the world is full of backward inbred aresholes. Pick up on one little thing and all of a sudden judged as a bad parent? If we are going to judge then judge the parents who call their kids obvious, standard , boring names like Caren or Paul, I think Abcde is a fab name and Im sure that girl can go to school and no one passes any remarks on her name, its only the backward retarded hillbillys with their heads firmly stuck in the last century's arse hole who may find it funny to do what this gimps stick did. 
    A Deuce , a Tele and a cup of tea.
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  • schrodinger1612schrodinger1612 Frets: 390
    edited November 2018
    She doesn’t have it as rough as her brother Qwerty.
    Feedback Thread: https://goo.gl/bquaSD
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  • breakstuffbreakstuff Frets: 10229
    edited November 2018

    Ms Redford told broadcaster abc7 that the airline "hadn't done anything" for two weeks after she had filed a formal complaint.' 

    The broadcaster's just taking the piss now.

    Laugh, love, live, learn. 
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  • SporkySporky Frets: 27576
    The airport staff member is an arsehole. It is that simple. 
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  • Who is to who is to say what is or isn’t an acceptable name? When pronounced ab-si-dee I think it sounds nice.

    if the worker was “mocking” physical appearance or disability in exactly the same way (laughing, photo, online share) the response and wave of sympathy for the girl would be huge.

    a 5 year old girl should expect to be able to go about her life without being ridiculed by adults. 
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  • fobfob Frets: 1430
    Who is to who is to say what is or isn’t an acceptable name? When pronounced ab-si-dee I think it sounds nice.

    I think that sounds quite nice as well but, if I were my naming my daughter that, Abcde wouldn't be the way I spelled it. The mother clearly chose the spelling first over the name to make her daughter stand out. It seems a bit rich to complain when someone then takes notice.

    Also, I imagine being an airport worker is a pretty dull job and seeing that someone is called Abcde would be a bit of a highlight (of sorts) in the day and you might tell a co-worker or two. I haven't seen the post they made to Twitter so don't know if it is along the lines of 'wow, what an unusual name' or 'look at this stupid little girl with a stupid name'. I'm not inclined to automatically believe that the girl was mocked rather than noticed but wouldn't dismiss it either.

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  • KilgoreKilgore Frets: 8599
    No idea what the gate agents name is but it's pronounced "twat".
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  • I’m enjoying some of the linked stories and wondering who watches pornography in Starbucks. 


    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • hywelghywelg Frets: 4302
    edited November 2018
    Unless you've had to live your life with an unusual forename you should not pronounce on what it's like or going to be like to live with it. And parents should not knowingly inflict it on a child, because children themselves can be the most cruel to others, it make one an easy target for bullies. Just having to constantly explain the spelling or the pronunciation or the origin of that name is wearing and could easily give someone an inferiority complex. Yes, to mock someone because of their name, especially  a child is unforgiveable, but we all do it to a certain degree , there was a thread not so long ago about celebrity offspring names, and yes there were a lot of idiotic names. It does say a lot about a parent, and the child will have to deal with it all the way through life. 

    Now, it might be that having to deal with that will make a person self confident or thick skinned or possibly the reverse. 

    So Mrs Hunt, do not name your boy Isaac. 
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  • CHRISB50CHRISB50 Frets: 4287

    The Freakonomics guys did some interesting research into the power of names, and how they can change perception etc.

    http://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-your-name-matter-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/

    I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

    But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to

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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3576
    In the free world you can name your kids what you want. In the modern digital world having Abcde as a first name might make a few web page forms reject it and cause additional problems.
    Halfwit airport workers in the USA, whodathunk it.

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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5827
    It would be awkward for Mr and Mrs Burr if they ever lost their son Tim in a forest.
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    Come on, being a gate agent isn't as glamorous and exciting as it sounds. Ridiculing and humiliating small children is the only fun we get.
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  • strtdvstrtdv Frets: 2356
    I wouldn't laugh at the child, that's just mean. The parents are fair game though.
    I have a difficult to pronounce/spell surname which causes all sorts of issues, but it's not likely my parents deliberately picked it, and they gave my brother and I both very straightforward Christian names to keep things as simple as possible.

    Abcde is up there with "Semaj" in terms of parental stupidity
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