.. by any other name.

Scrumpy · December 13, 2024, 04:56:17 PM

Quote from: JBR on December 13, 2024, 03:07:21 PMNo, not Bertram. Perhaps a little more posh than that. I was named after my dad's best friend's surname.

Bastard ?

GrannyMac · December 13, 2024, 07:40:05 PM

Unkind. 💔

Basil? Beowolf?

klondike · December 13, 2024, 11:15:51 PM

Bentley Benjamin Bradley

JBR · December 14, 2024, 10:23:20 AM

Quote from: Scrumpy on December 13, 2024, 04:56:17 PMBastard ?

I'm sure there are many who think that as being appropriate, but no, my dad's best friend was not named John Bastard!

December 14, 2024, 10:24:13 AM
Klon got it, at least one of the three.

Scrumpy · December 14, 2024, 12:40:01 PM

Quote from: GrannyMac on December 13, 2024, 07:40:05 PMUnkind. 💔

Basil? Beowolf?

I'll have you know that Bastard is a very posh surname..

JBR · December 14, 2024, 01:49:09 PM

Quote from: Scrumpy on December 14, 2024, 12:40:01 PMI'll have you know that Bastard is a very posh surname..

Used, presumably, when the identity of the father is unknown?

klondike · December 14, 2024, 04:21:10 PM

It has to be pronounced in the approved manner to be posh. Must be a right bastard when your surname keeps being mispronounced. I feel for that poor Hyacinth Bucket.

GrannyMac · December 14, 2024, 05:07:24 PM

Quote from: Scrumpy on December 14, 2024, 12:40:01 PMI'll have you know that Bastard is a very posh surname..

I remember Rik Mayall playing a character called Alan B'Stard! An MP no less 🤐