Naming Pip’s baby

May I suggest Pipette?

--
Toodle Pip

Clive Arthur

2018-07-25 18:23:12 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

Cheers

--
Clive

BrritSki

2018-07-25 20:12:56 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Btms

2018-07-26 08:39:34 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I experience it
as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male locker room banter to
me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use in these parts; merely
sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

agsmith578688@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.

2018-07-26 09:31:15 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Vicky Ayech

2018-07-26 09:49:47 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I didn't think it is sexist . It seemed 1920s, out of date to me.

Btms

2018-07-26 12:54:34 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I didn't think it is sexist . It seemed 1920s, out of date to me.

Oooh I must have had a more sheltered upbringing than I thought 🙂

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

Jenny M Benson

2018-07-26 17:46:22 UTC

Post by Btms
I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I experience it
as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male locker room banter to
me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use in these parts; merely
sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I didn't think it is sexist . It seemed 1920s, out of date to me.

Same here. The first time I heard someone say it, I thought they were
deliberately using an outdated term - which I *thought* I had heard of
being used way back "before my time" - and was then surprised when I
heard it being used several times by different people.

--
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/

Btms

2018-07-26 20:23:53 UTC

I didn't think it is sexist . It seemed 1920s, out of date to me.

Well yes; it does sound dated to me to and is a part of why I experience it
as sexist. I can’t imagine today’s young adults saying this.

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

Jim Easterbrook

2018-07-26 10:07:29 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I experience
it as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male locker room
banter to me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use in these parts;
merely sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I thought it was more commonly used by females about males, but I'm not
well versed in locker room banter of either sex.

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

Vicky Ayech

2018-07-26 11:04:38 UTC

On 26 Jul 2018 10:07:29 GMT, Jim Easterbrook

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I experience
it as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male locker room
banter to me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use in these parts;
merely sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I thought it was more commonly used by females about males, but I'm not
well versed in locker room banter of either sex.

BTN or MV?

Jenny M Benson

2018-07-26 17:47:11 UTC

Post by Jim Easterbrook
I thought it was more commonly used by females about males, but I'm not
well versed in locker room banter of either sex.

BTN or MV?

Neither, I think.

--
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/

Btms

2018-07-26 20:23:52 UTC

Post by Vicky Ayech
On 26 Jul 2018 10:07:29 GMT, Jim Easterbrook

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I experience
it as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male locker room
banter to me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use in these parts;
merely sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I thought it was more commonly used by females about males, but I'm not
well versed in locker room banter of either sex.

BTN or MV?

Eh?

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

BrritSki

2018-07-26 12:14:12 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I experience
it as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male locker room
banter to me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use in these parts;
merely sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I thought it was more commonly used by females about males, but I'm not
well versed in locker room banter of either sex.

You should spend more time in the ladies locker room.
It's life Jim, but not as we know it...

LFS

2018-07-26 10:23:00 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long time
and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured in a
Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of flame.

<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

--
Laura (emulate St George for email)

the Omrud

2018-07-26 14:47:04 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long time
and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured in a
Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of flame.
<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

At that time, until you could say "wife" or "husband", squeezing your
partner was the closest intimacy permitted.

--
David

Mike

2018-07-26 15:11:14 UTC

Post by the Omrud

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long time
and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured in a
Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of flame.
<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

At that time, until you could say "wife" or "husband", squeezing your
partner was the closest intimacy permitted.

Might depend on what one was squeezing I suppose;-)))

--
Toodle Pip

John Ashby

2018-07-26 18:30:44 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long time
and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured in a
Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of flame.
<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

At that time, until you could say "wife" or "husband", squeezing your
partner was the closest intimacy permitted.

Might depend on what one was squeezing I suppose;-)))

A lemon? </LedZeppelin>

john

steveski

2018-07-26 18:32:58 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I
experience it as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male
locker room banter to me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use
in these parts; merely sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long
time and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured
in a Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of
flame.
<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

At that time, until you could say "wife" or "husband", squeezing your
partner was the closest intimacy permitted.

Might depend on what one was squeezing I suppose;-)))

A lemon? </LedZeppelin>

Only if the juice runs down your leg . . .

--
Steveski

John Ashby

2018-07-26 20:32:42 UTC

Post by BrritSki
She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I dislike this phrase/name.i know it is in common use but I
experience it as sexist. Not at all sure why but it suggests male
locker room banter to me . Just saying; not wanting to exclude use
in these parts; merely sharing how I respond and wonder if iaaou.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long
time and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured
in a Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of
flame.
<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

At that time, until you could say "wife" or "husband", squeezing your
partner was the closest intimacy permitted.

Might depend on what one was squeezing I suppose;-)))

A lemon? </LedZeppelin>

Only if the juice runs down your leg . . .

Glad someone caught it. (Because I was afraid I'd mis-remembered/made it up)

john

Nick Odell

2018-07-26 21:24:04 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I was under the impression that it had been around for a very long time
and is old-fashioned American slang. I even thought it featured in a
Presley song but the jukebox in my head tells me I'm thinking of flame.
<several clicks later> Aha. I was sort of right. OED dates "squeeze"
from 1980 and mostly US, and "main squeeze" as a sweetheart from the 1920s.

I thought I knew the expression from Chandler, Runyon, etc.

Nick

BrritSki

2018-07-26 12:12:40 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

I don't think I've ever used except in the phrase squeeze pipette or
tight squeeze. IGMC

Vicky Ayech

2018-07-26 17:21:34 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Were you brought up in the UK or do I recall it was somewhere else?
That might explain it.

Btms

2018-07-26 20:23:52 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Were you brought up in the UK or do I recall it was somewhere else?
That might explain it.

UK though the Cornish might challenge this.

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

Mike

2018-07-27 08:32:09 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Were you brought up in the UK or do I recall it was somewhere else?
That might explain it.

UK though the Cornish might challenge this.

I’m told that Cornwall shares a boundary line with England.

--
Toodle Pip

Btms

2018-07-27 18:48:39 UTC

Post by Mike

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Were you brought up in the UK or do I recall it was somewhere else?
That might explain it.

UK though the Cornish might challenge this.

I’m told that Cornwall shares a boundary line with England.

True enuff.

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

Clive Arthur

2018-07-26 09:51:29 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Squeezed till the Pip squeaks?

(I heard a faint whooshing sound elsewhere)

Cheers

--
Clive

Vicky Ayech

2018-07-26 11:03:37 UTC

On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:51:29 +0100, Clive Arthur

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.

She'll be someone's squeeze on TA in about 16 years time.

Squeezed till the Pip squeaks?
(I heard a faint whooshing sound elsewhere)

Not here.

Post by Clive Arthur
Cheers

Chris McMillan

2018-07-26 12:42:59 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Is she a drip? More of a shower head apparently.
Cheers

Or Piplette (Piplet)

Surprised Ruth hadn’t objected.

Sincerely Chris

Flop

2018-07-25 21:03:05 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Just run it past 'er.

--
Flop

“I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and
the Seven Dwarves.”

J. P. Gilliver (John)

2018-07-25 22:15:10 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

Excellent!

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"Who came first? Adam or Eve?" "Adam of course; men always do."
Victoria Wood (via Peter Hesketh)

agsmith578688@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.

2018-07-26 19:11:41 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

BrritSki

2018-07-26 19:15:02 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Jim Easterbrook

2018-07-26 19:35:21 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?

[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

Chris McMillan

2018-07-27 09:19:10 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Thank you, Jim. I like it!

Sincerely Chris

Sid Nuncius

2018-07-30 06:44:15 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Which is, of course, the British Standard Unit of Excess.

(As in two firkin big, two firkin heavy etc.)

--
Sid (Make sure Matron is away when you reply)

LFS

2018-07-30 07:32:57 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Which is, of course, the British Standard Unit of Excess.
(As in two firkin big, two firkin heavy etc.)

--
Laura (emulate St George for email)

J. P. Gilliver (John)

2018-07-30 12:46:29 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Which is, of course, the British Standard Unit of Excess.
(As in two firkin big, two firkin heavy etc.)

Nice! I thought Chris McT had the UMRA monopoly on giggles. Good to know
there's competition!

I like pipkin and pipette.

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'evidence'. Professor Edzart Ernst, prudential
magazine, AUTUMN 2006, p. 13.

Btms

2018-07-30 19:24:42 UTC

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Which is, of course, the British Standard Unit of Excess.
(As in two firkin big, two firkin heavy etc.)

Nice! I thought Chris McT had the UMRA monopoly on giggles. Good to know
there's competition!
I like pipkin and pipette.

Threw me too.

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

Clive Arthur

2018-07-30 09:05:32 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Which is, of course, the British Standard Unit of Excess.
(As in two firkin big, two firkin heavy etc.)

There was a young fella called Perkin
Who was constantly jerkin' his gherkin
His wife said, "Now Perkin, stop jerkin' yer gherkin"
"You're shirkin' yer firkin', you bastard!"

I don't know why that stuck, but it was in the Reading uni rag mag over
forty years ago.

Cheers

--
Clive

Chris McMillan

2018-07-30 09:08:57 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

Firkin was followed by Pipkin.

Will the second child be Kilderkin?
[Two firkins, for those ignorant of beer cask sizes.]

Which is, of course, the British Standard Unit of Excess.
(As in two firkin big, two firkin heavy etc.)

There was a young fella called Perkin
Who was constantly jerkin' his gherkin
His wife said, "Now Perkin, stop jerkin' yer gherkin"
"You're shirkin' yer firkin', you bastard!"
I don't know why that stuck, but it was in the Reading uni rag mag over
forty years ago.
Cheers

LOL. Bulmershe College wasn’t part of the uni then.

Sincerely Chris

agsmith578688@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.

2018-07-27 07:50:58 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Jenny M Benson

2018-07-27 08:12:09 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would seem
appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

--
Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/

Serena Blanchflower

2018-07-27 08:19:54 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would seem
appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

--
Best wishes, Serena
It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. (W. Somerset
Maugham)

Clive Arthur

2018-07-27 09:21:04 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would
seem appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

R R Archer sounds like a sneeze. (Sneeze, not squeeze, please.)

Cheers

--
Clive

Mike

2018-07-27 10:20:47 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would
seem appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

R R Archer sounds like a sneeze. (Sneeze, not squeeze, please.)
Cheers

Bless you!

--
Toodle Pip

Chris McMillan

2018-07-27 09:22:35 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would seem
appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

Oxford concise says squeeze is N American, informal, boyfriend or
girlfriend.

It was once the word used to describe a crowded social gathering.

Sincerely Chris

Anne B

2018-08-16 21:04:23 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would
seem appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

(OTOH Rose Ruth does sound rather like Roseroot, which although bonny
enough isn't really a sensible name.)

Anne B

Penny

2018-08-16 21:39:38 UTC

On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 22:04:23 +0100, Anne B <***@btinternet.com>
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Serena Blanchflower
She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?
(OTOH Rose Ruth does sound rather like Roseroot, which although bonny
enough isn't really a sensible name.)

Oh, I dunno, several of my forebears seem to have been formally named
Maggie rather than Margaret - hard to tell as I haven't seen birth
certificates but at least one has Maggie on the baptism record.

Two of my young friends have chosen to call their daughters Penny (against
my advice) but at least they didn't lumber them with Penelope.

--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

Fenny

2018-08-16 22:56:46 UTC

On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 22:04:23 +0100, Anne B

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Why? Genuinely curious.

My Gorgeous Goddaughter was christened Jenny. She is not Jennifer.

My great grandfather was christened Harry, not Harold.

These are the names their parents chose for them.

OTOH, bro has the middle name William after Ma's father and I have
Elizabeth after my aunt. Each of us have a normal but less common
(amongst our generation) first name and the parental theory was if we
didn't want to use our first names in later life, we had middle names
which have any number of derivitives.

--
Fenny

Chris McMillan

2018-08-17 10:41:00 UTC

Post by Penny
On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 22:04:23 +0100, Anne B

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Why? Genuinely curious.
My Gorgeous Goddaughter was christened Jenny. She is not Jennifer.
My great grandfather was christened Harry, not Harold.
These are the names their parents chose for them.
OTOH, bro has the middle name William after Ma's father and I have
Elizabeth after my aunt. Each of us have a normal but less common
(amongst our generation) first name and the parental theory was if we
didn't want to use our first names in later life, we had middle names
which have any number of derivitives.

As borne out by one of Hazel’s ex’s who was at a bbq. He was Rick. Not
Richard. One application for a job was returned to him as some prize berk
didn’t agree Rick was a real first name!

Sincerely Chris

J. P. Gilliver (John)

2018-08-17 10:10:27 UTC

[]

Post by Serena Blanchflower
She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Why do you wish that? (My mother was finally Christened Molly, which is
- especially among the Irish - a common pet-name for Mary. Often
_pronounced_ Mally. If she hadn't, she'd have been at least the fourth
Mary in a row.) I can't see any harm in using the pet version formally.
(I could see the problem if taken to extremes - something like Jimmykins
- but I _hope_ few parents would use that. Or would be dissuaded. Like
the ones who thought Chlamydia sounded like a pretty name.)

Post by Anne B
(OTOH Rose Ruth does sound rather like Roseroot, which although bonny
enough isn't really a sensible name.)
Anne B

Nobody has yet referred to her as Babe Ruth ...

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's
money."

Nick Odell

2018-08-18 08:17:53 UTC

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Nobody has yet referred to her as Babe Ruth ...

Perhaps because even umra's collective memory doesn't go that far back?

Nick

Jenny M Benson

2018-08-18 08:57:10 UTC

Post by Nick Odell

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Nobody has yet referred to her as Babe Ruth ...

Perhaps because even umra's collective memory doesn't go that far back?

Perhaps Pip's a closet George Hamilton IV fan. (# A Rose and a Baby Ruth).

--
Jenny M Benson

Sid Nuncius

2018-08-18 09:41:43 UTC

Post by Nick Odell

Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Nobody has yet referred to her as Babe Ruth ...

Perhaps because even umra's collective memory doesn't go that far back?

Mine does. And for no good reason [1] I now have It Ain't Me, Babe as
this morning's earworm - which isn't that much of a hardship.

[1] I have just realised why. Quiet a few years ago I got IAM,B on The
Chain[2] using Babe Ruth as a link, via the New York Yankees, from
Working For The Yankee Dollar.

[2]A long-running feature of a wireless broadcast hosted by Messrs
Radcilffe and Maconie, m'lud.[3]

[3] No-one wanted to know all that, did they?

--
Sid (Make sure Matron is away when you reply)

Chris McMillan

2018-08-17 10:38:59 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would
seem appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?
(OTOH Rose Ruth does sound rather like Roseroot, which although bonny
enough isn't really a sensible name.)
Anne B

Could have been Rose Heather! Rather surprised there isn’t one of
Heather’s names. Pip supposedly thought Heather very special.

Sincerely Chris

Vicky Ayech

2018-08-17 17:31:34 UTC

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:38:59 GMT, Chris McMillan

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would
seem appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

She has been born and is called Rosie Ruth Archer.

I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?
(OTOH Rose Ruth does sound rather like Roseroot, which although bonny
enough isn't really a sensible name.)
Anne B

Could have been Rose Heather! Rather surprised there isnt one of
Heathers names. Pip supposedly thought Heather very special.
Sincerely Chris

Heather Rose sounds better. And they could still use the middle name
for every day. Victoria is my middle name. I am called after my
father's mother and my mother didn't really like the name that much.

Jenny M Benson

2018-08-17 17:34:57 UTC

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Now I take the opposite view - have never understood why some people
give their child one name and then consistently use a variant of it.
"If they wanted to call her Judy why did they name her Judith?" for example.

When my daughter, Laurel, was a few days old my brother came to meet her
and said "I expect she'll get called Laurie." I said "Over my dead
body!" Because she has never abbreviated it herself, hardly anyone else
ever has.

--
Jenny M Benson

Mike

2018-08-17 17:49:04 UTC

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Now I take the opposite view - have never understood why some people
give their child one name and then consistently use a variant of it.
"If they wanted to call her Judy why did they name her Judith?" for example.
When my daughter, Laurel, was a few days old my brother came to meet her
and said "I expect she'll get called Laurie." I said "Over my dead
body!" Because she has never abbreviated it herself, hardly anyone else
ever has.

My elder sister Francesca was once addressed by someone who previously
counted as a friend as ‘Frankie’ - any friendship was instantly forgotten!

--
Toodle Pip

BrritSki

2018-08-18 07:15:22 UTC

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Now I take the opposite view - have never understood why some people
give their child one name and then consistently use a variant of it. "If
they wanted to call her Judy why did they name her Judith?" for example.
When my daughter, Laurel, was a few days old my brother came to meet her
and said "I expect she'll get called Laurie." I said "Over my dead
body!" Because she has never abbreviated it herself, hardly anyone else
ever has.

Whereas AGD #2 (age 6) always shortens her given name of Viviana.

She was talking to the lady behind us in the checkin Q [1] at Nice
airport [3] yesterday who asked her name and was rather startled to be
told "I'm Vivi, I'm named after my cousin who is dead".

[1] Long letter of complaint sent to EZJet and Nice airport about the
long queues there every time we go. As I said in the email: "I love
almost every aspect of EasyJet. You give fantastic value for money and I
think your staff at Luton and on board are almost always cheerful,
friendly and efficient, but at Nice it is entirely another matter. It
reflects really badly on the company and this one element tarnishes your
whole operation, and it's bad for your sales of hands-free checkin and
also for the airport as people are queuing rather than spending money in
retail shops".

[3] So that is part of the Tilbury/Rebaudo clan gone. A very sad few days.

[2] missing to see if you're paying attention

John Ashby

2018-08-18 09:35:05 UTC

Post by BrritSki
[2] missing to see if you're paying attention

I was.

john

Chris J Dixon

2018-08-18 06:38:26 UTC

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

Chris

--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
***@cdixon.me.uk
Plant amazing Acers.

Fred

2018-08-18 16:31:56 UTC

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

Yeh; I was christened Frederick (after my dad) and got Freddy at home.
To everyone else I am Fred and get really confused when (usually cold callers) people call me Frederick.

Fred

Fenny

2018-08-18 21:18:52 UTC

Post by Fred

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

Yeh; I was christened Frederick (after my dad) and got Freddy at home.
To everyone else I am Fred and get really confused when (usually cold callers) people call me Frederick.

It's much easier when children are named after their parents to have
some way of distinguishing between them. My father was named after
his father (they shared 2 of grandpa's 3 forenames) and it's not
really a name you can shorten.

My uncle's name was Robert. He was always referred to this way by his
parents and our side of the family.

--
Fenny

Sid Nuncius

2018-08-19 05:44:49 UTC

Post by Fenny
My uncle's name was Robert. He was always referred to this way by his
parents and our side of the family.

But surely there's a simple solution? Just shorten his name and Bob's
your...eh?

Well, I thought you might possibly have heard it before, Fenny, but...

That many times? Gosh!

--
Sid (Make sure Matron is away when you reply)

Mike

2018-08-19 08:10:21 UTC

Post by Fred

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

Yeh; I was christened Frederick (after my dad) and got Freddy at home.
To everyone else I am Fred and get really confused when (usually cold
callers) people call me Frederick.

It's much easier when children are named after their parents to have
some way of distinguishing between them. My father was named after
his father (they shared 2 of grandpa's 3 forenames) and it's not
really a name you can shorten.
My uncle's name was Robert. He was always referred to this way by his
parents and our side of the family.

Would reducing Robert to Bob be devaluation?

--
Toodle Pip

Penny

2018-08-19 09:07:44 UTC

On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:18:52 +0100, Fenny <***@removethis.gmail.com>
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Fenny
It's much easier when children are named after their parents to have
some way of distinguishing between them. My father was named after
his father (they shared 2 of grandpa's 3 forenames) and it's not
really a name you can shorten.
My uncle's name was Robert. He was always referred to this way by his
parents and our side of the family.

My father was named Christopher (born on Christmas Day) Guy (after his
father) Ardern (the maiden name of his great grandmother and middle name of
his grandfather).

His family called him Christopher or Kyx (his little brother's version),
everyone else, certainly from university onwards, called him Guy. It got
confusing sometimes.

He was most displeased when an employee of a friend of his family decided
to address him as Chris - nobody was allowed to call him Chris.

--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

Sam Plusnet

2018-08-18 18:37:23 UTC

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

You only posted that to confuse me.

Name at Christening different from that on Birth Cert?

--
Sam Plusnet

Btms

2018-08-18 18:56:33 UTC

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Anne B
I wish people wouldn't use diminutives for formal purposes. Why could
they not have gone for Rose Ruth and just kept Rosie as a pet name?

Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

You only posted that to confuse me.
Name at Christening different from that on Birth Cert?

Yes. Josephine was added at my christening. Not on birith cert

--
BTMS - Equine Advisor Extraordinaire.

Chris J Dixon

2018-08-19 06:11:01 UTC

Post by Sam Plusnet

Post by Chris J Dixon
Well, I was christened with my full name, but I really don't like
it to be used.

You only posted that to confuse me.
Name at Christening different from that on Birth Cert?

Sorry, I wasn't trying to make a distinction between registration
and christening, they are in agreement.

Chris

--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham
'48/33 M B+ G++ A L(-) I S-- CH0(--)(p) Ar- T+ H0 ?Q
***@cdixon.me.uk
Plant amazing Acers.

Flop

2018-07-27 13:27:20 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would seem
appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

Good thing it wasn't twins [boy and girl] and Rex didn't get to choose.

He probably would have selected Denise and Denephew.

--
Flop

“I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and
the Seven Dwarves.”

Jim Easterbrook

2018-07-27 13:31:51 UTC

Post by Flop

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?

pipkin

or pipaluk

Is it born yet? (a non-listener enquires). If male, Wilfred would seem
appropriate to accompany Pipsqueak.

Good thing it wasn't twins [boy and girl] and Rex didn't get to choose.
He probably would have selected Denise and Denephew.

<grin>

--
Jim <http://www.jim-easterbrook.me.uk/>
1959/1985? M B+ G+ A L- I- S- P-- CH0(p) Ar++ T+ H0 Q--- Sh0

Fenny

2018-07-27 18:53:40 UTC

Post by Mike
May I suggest Pipette?
--
Toodle Pip

pipkin

or pipaluk

I have a polar bear glove puppet called Pipaluk. Ma made it for me
for Christmas 1968.

--
Fenny

steveski

2018-07-28 00:13:17 UTC

[]

Post by ***@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.
or pipaluk

I have a polar bear glove puppet called Pipaluk. Ma made it for me for
Christmas 1968.

Ahhh . . . <g,d,r>

--
Steveski

Fenny

2018-07-28 16:04:37 UTC

Post by ***@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.
or pipaluk

I have a polar bear glove puppet called Pipaluk. Ma made it for me for
Christmas 1968.

Ahhh . . . <g,d,r>

Watch it, or he'll come round and snuggle you!

--
Fenny

steveski

2018-07-28 16:10:37 UTC

Post by ***@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.
or pipaluk

I have a polar bear glove puppet called Pipaluk. Ma made it for me
for Christmas 1968.

Ahhh . . . <g,d,r>

Watch it, or he'll come round and snuggle you!

I have one like that. Sometimes he's incredibly happy and sometimes he's
'down in the dumps' sad.

He's a bi-polar bear.

IGMC

--
Steveski

Clive Arthur

2018-07-28 16:51:33 UTC

Post by steveski

Post by ***@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.
or pipaluk

I have a polar bear glove puppet called Pipaluk. Ma made it for me
for Christmas 1968.

Ahhh . . . <g,d,r>

Watch it, or he'll come round and snuggle you!

I have one like that. Sometimes he's incredibly happy and sometimes he's
'down in the dumps' sad.
He's a bi-polar bear.
IGMC

A Nanook-depressive?

Pass me out my jacket while you're there.

Cheers

--
Clive

steveski

2018-07-28 21:25:24 UTC

Post by steveski

Post by ***@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.
or pipaluk

I have a polar bear glove puppet called Pipaluk. Ma made it for me
for Christmas 1968.

Ahhh . . . <g,d,r>

Watch it, or he'll come round and snuggle you!

I have one like that. Sometimes he's incredibly happy and sometimes
he's 'down in the dumps' sad.
He's a bi-polar bear.
IGMC

A Nanook-depressive?
Pass me out my jacket while you're there.

--
Steveski

agsmith578688@gmail.com Tony Smith Prestbury Glos.

2018-07-30 10:45:31 UTC