Gross Superstition

[damian1986 142]

The Times, 6th January 1854.

[Nordle11 564]

Have you a larger picture Damian? It's really hard to read!

[Peckris 579]

Have you a larger picture Damian? It's really hard to read!

I zoomed the screen on my Mac and could just about make it out - never mind that the coins were converted into low denominations, just think what they'd be worth now in UNC! Mind you, the silly girls would have been long dead...

[damian1986 142]

Have you a larger picture Damian? It's really hard to read!

I zoomed the screen on my Mac and could just about make it out - never mind that the coins were converted into low denominations, just think what they'd be worth now in UNC! Mind you, the silly girls would have been long dead...

A truly excellent feature of the operating system!

Sorry yes there is a larger photo didn't realise it had been scaled down.

[Debbie 58]

I had never really associated the name Tracey with the Victorian era!

[bagerap 706]

Irish surname. In fact, they both are.

[damian1986 142]

I thought the same about Tracey. I'd like to see Boley brought back, in place of Chardonnay, Rainbow or Peaches (now is this last one going to cause offence?)

This came about as a result of some research I was doing around the half farthing - trying to gauge public opinion on them when they became legal tender in Britain. Apparently the public thought them unnecessary and letters were written to The Times but I haven't been able to find anything.

In fact, what I did find is a letter from A Friend of the Working Man championing the coinage of the labouring classes, at least insofar as it was "of importance to the labouring man this his shilling should be divisible into many parts" (February 1st, 1845). He goes on to propose a decimal system based on the French franc - one where the base unit, in this case he suggested the shilling, be divided into 100 parts. They got to this... in 1970.

There are many other calls for a decimal coinage at this time.



(17th of September 1853).

[damian1986 142]

Ah the name-bashing is maybe a little harsh on second thoughts, except since no one had the bright idea of naming their daughter Rainbow in the last 500 years, which I estimate is about as long as we've been actually referring to rainbows as 'rainbows', why start now?

Incidentally, in case you weren't already aware, Rainbow Aurora celebrated her first birthday last month. This one didn't make it into The Times but thankfully E! Online picked it up.

[Nordle11 564]

The worst name I've ever heard of? - Number 16 Bus shelter...

I'm not even joking either..

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/02/new-zealand-reveals-a-list-of-banned-baby-names-4real-was-one-of-them/

[damian1986 142]

The worst name I've ever heard of? - Number 16 Bus shelter...

I'm not even joking either..

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/02/new-zealand-reveals-a-list-of-banned-baby-names-4real-was-one-of-them/

That's brilliant! They actually accepted that one?

Full credit to whoever named their twins Benson and Hedges.

[Nordle11 564]

It's just getting silly isn't it? There was a news article recently about a 3 year old who'd caught a something from her cat in the UK and when I read on it mentioned her name was Sparkle

Good work at giving your kids a head start in life..

[Debbie 58]

I see lots of Victorian love tokens with lovely old names such as Dotty, Flo, Hattie, Agnes, Harriett…..

[Nordle11 564]

I see lots of Victorian love tokens with lovely old names such as Dotty, Flo, Hattie, Agnes, Harriett…..

Much nicer names than the above!

[Peckris 579]

I see lots of Victorian love tokens with lovely old names such as Dotty, Flo, Hattie, Agnes, Harriett…..

Much nicer names than the above!

Agnes and Harriet (and probably Florence too) have made a big comeback in the last decade or so.

[copper123 1,352]

name always change you just look at the names of the roman emperors in the first second and third and fourth centuries they were changing pretty rapid back then . look at the popular names 100 yrs ago and compare them to now heeps of difference .

I would emagine in another 100 years exactly the same thing will happen again.

in other words savanah , sky, peaches fifi trixabell or chantel will have died out and newer ones will have arived instead

Edited April 22, 2014 by copper123

[damian1986 142]

name always change you just look at the names of the roman emperors in the first second and third and fourth centuries they were changing pretty rapid back then . look at the popular names 100 yrs ago and compare them to now heeps of difference .

I would emagine in another 100 years exactly the same thing will happen again.

in other words savanah , sky, peaches fifi trixabell or chantel will have died out and newer ones will have arived instead

Yep I was being a bit of a bell-end.

I'm actually not a huge fan of the supposed defenders of the language who get on their high horse on radio 4.. language evolves. But I do begrudge undeservedly-famous cretins naming their daughters Rainbow presumably for a bit of press coverage. Gotta keep up the profile.

[richtips86 24]

It's just getting silly isn't it? There was a news article recently about a 3 year old who'd caught a something from her cat in the UK and when I read on it mentioned her name was Sparkle

Good work at giving your kids a head start in life..

You're sure that wasn't the cat? ?

[Gary1000 41]

In my wife's culture names like Bambi and Princess for girls with Rolex for boys plus many more that we would consider odd that I can't think of at the moment are very common. My son was very nearly called Ariel after his Grandad but Ronald was eventually settled for. There's an old name for you.

[Peckris 579]

In my wife's culture names like Bambi and Princess for girls with Rolex for boys plus many more that we would consider odd that I can't think of at the moment are very common. My son was very nearly called Ariel after his Grandad but Ronald was eventually settled for. There's an old name for you.

Rolex? ROLEX?? What a name! There's a young man who will do.. Her Majesty's Pleasure.

[Accumulator 52]

In my wife's culture names like Bambi and Princess for girls with Rolex for boys plus many more that we would consider odd that I can't think of at the moment are very common. My son was very nearly called Ariel after his Grandad but Ronald was eventually settled for. There's an old name for you.

Rolex? ROLEX?? What a name! There's a young man who will do.. Her Majesty's Pleasure.

…TIMEX!

[copper123 1,352]

I remember in the betting for a name for prince George , "Bradley" was a 100/1 shot , prob. after Bradley wiggins

[Gary1000 41]

One of my neices is named Lovelyjoy ...... and another is Ferdilyn which is an amagination of her mother Lyn and father Ferdie.

[Peckris 579]

One of my neices is named Lovelyjoy ...... and another is Ferdilyn which is an amagination of her mother Lyn and father Ferdie.

She'll be the antiques dealer, then?