Prepare to FUME. I know I did.
Saw this today and couldn’t believe it! She doesn’t like geographical names but her daughter is called [name]India[/name]… Shes so insane its funny!
I feel sorry for her kids.
[name]Just[/name] about to post something similar myself! I recorded that yesterday because I heard they were going to discuss names and I’ve only just watched it. Wow. I thought it would be evidence-based thing with statistics and stuff but this woman has just succeeded in showing herself to be a classist, snobbish b!tch on national TV!
I agree as far as I think there are names that are more common amongst the rebels and rule breakers in school- chav names, trashy names etc. [name]Charmaine[/name], [name]Tyler[/name] and [name]Jayden[/name] would come under that in my view. But that’s it. Doesn’t mean Jaydens and Tylers couldn’t be really lovely people and it doesn’t stop [name]Monty[/name] and [name]Peregrine[/name] from being @rseholes. And I certainly wouldn’t stop a future child from playing with someone else just because of their name! [name]How[/name] the hell can you judge a child like that without even knowing them?! Crazy lady. I feel really sorry for her kids.
A strange topic to have on a morning show but I guess the class system is still alive and well and living at this lady’s house.
That’s ridiculous. I’d never judge someone by their name. I met a [name]Brayden[/name] at the park the other day who was the sweetest little boy. He didn’t seem to come from a trashy family at all. On the other hand, I know an [name]Augustus[/name] nn [name]Gus[/name] who’s ahem not a very nice person. I don’t think you can judge people by their names. It’s not logical. I do get associations from different names, but I don’t judge people on their names.
She was quite horrid, but I agree with her to a certain degree. It’s always the same kinds of names being yelled out like that, so you know (most) children with those names will have rude parents, and will probably be lacking in the manner and behaviour department. You never hear mums scream out [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Florence[/name] or [name]Reuben[/name]. I’d be rather less excited about play dates and budding friendships with little [name]Chardonnay[/name], but of course I wouldn’t prevent it. I’d just rather they make friends with mums with better taste that’s all. Someone who wouldn’t name their child after wine. But I guess that’s also for my own sake, I’d prefer parents I could actually enjoy being around.
That said, lady is crazy. And I adore [name]Holly[/name].
I feel sorry for her kids. This woman has no right to judge kids based on their parents who named them.
I see where she’s coming from, but it’s incredibly unfair to judge children based on their names–judging the parents is still way snooty, but less unfair, and it makes more sense to me. And preventing her kids from playing with them? Wow. As a kid who went to a Title 1 elementary school where half the kids got free lunch, I would have had no friends whatsoever if my mother thought that way.
disgusting. it is completely wrong to judge a child simply by their name. A kid is not responsible for the name their parents gave them. And I have actually known more upper class kids who had ‘normal’ names and were the biggest most obnoxious brats, than I have known people with ‘the wrong’ name who were like that.
I find it funny that [name]Tyler[/name] is considered a trashy name in the UK whereas in the States it’s a very middle class/preppy name.
If her children are anything like her, I would be the one forbidding my children to associate with them. I do agree that you can tell the social/economical class of a family by what they name their children, but I don’t believe in making any more judgments than that. I personally would want my children to grow up knowing and liking people from all walks of life, in fact I think it is extremely important. What are her precious classily-named children going to do, having never met a working-class person, in the real world?
“Your child’s called [name]India[/name].” “Yes, but that’s not related to an actual location.” I will never understand the reasoning behind that one. What is [name]India[/name] then, a myth? A global hallucination? A modern-day [name]Narnia[/name]?
Have you ever been to [name]India[/name]? If not, then you cannot prove it’s a real place! 
aaaand… I agree with ottilie.
You got me there But then where are all the people from the fastest-growing-in-population country coming from?? Why, through the wardrobe, of course!
And I didn’t know who that woman was so I looked her up and my goodness, she’s not exactly the epitome of classy behaviour, is she? Her poor children.
I find this very interesting because I am from the United States. Where I live, names like [name]Tyler[/name] and [name]Brandon[/name] are thought to be normal and acceptable names. [name]Poppy[/name] and [name]India[/name] would stand out much more here, not to say that they are not nice names.
I find it sad that someone would judge anyone, never mind children, just because of their name. When her children get older, I think she will be in for a rude awakening when they start to choose their own friends. Wouldn’t it be comical if little [name]Poppy[/name] grew up and wanted to marry a [name]Tyler[/name]?
Well, that’s kind of all we do here. I mean, just look at the celebrity baby names section! tsk tsk tsk…
At any rate, yeah, she’s crazy. We all do that, but she takes it to extremes. I don’t have kids, but I certainly won’t stop them from playing with [name]Tyler[/name] or [name]Chardonnay[/name]. Maybe [name]Poppy[/name] and [name]India[/name], but we’ll just have to wait and see.
I think most of us would be lying to say that you don’t form some sort of quick judgement when you hear certain names…but to carry it so far as to imply that all Tylers are bad, or charmaines are trash, is just ignorant. To not let her children not play with those children based on their names is almost abusive
@ottilie - I agree with your points.
Of course we shouldn’t judge people (especially children) by their names. However, we all do it. Picture little [name]Chardonnay[/name] or [name]Nevaeh[/name]. What background would you assume they’re from? Certain names are given by people of certain classes and there’s some truth in her argument. She wants her children to play with “nice” children. However, it’s an extremely prejudiced way of discerning which children are “nice”. I can understand wanting your children to have friends who have good manners, do their homework, etc. But making a blanket judgement that all children named [name]Tyler[/name] (for example) are “bad” isn’t doing her or her children any favours. For me, the kicker was her dislike of place names…then admitting her daughter is called [name]India[/name]. Silly woman.
Ergh… [name]Just[/name] another argument about class (even though the topic is names).
This kind of reminds me of the [name]Catherine[/name] [name]Tate[/name] skits
I just have to defend her a little bit in regards of [name]India[/name]. Here in [name]England[/name] it’s got a solid history of usage, and when I hear [name]India[/name] I don’t think “place name” like I would if I heard [name]Brooklyn[/name], [name]Ireland[/name] or other names like that. I get that it must sound ridiculous to people not from here, and obviously her making that comment was quite stupid, but I understand what she’s saying. It’s not a chav name.
Oh, and [name]Sarah[/name] & [name]Scarlet[/name]; glad I’m not alone…