Be Excellent To Each Other

Yeah, that's why it gets to me. As if people aren't stressed out enough, worrying, adjusting, guilt tripping themselves about getting it right as it is, and then, one day whilst sat there bottle feeding baby, this ad comes on... As I said, I'm not a parent, but I think that would probably make me feel like crap.

Colonial Ozsmasher will be delighted, I'm sure. has she done it yet? Iw as in a train tunnel earlier and was woerried that I might miss it.

Is the magic baby here yet?

Not yet, still 'in labour'. They've said they're going to announce the traditional way by putting up the announcement on a framed piece of paper inside the gates of Buckingham Palace, so there could be some delay in actually finding out...

Brilliant, Breastfeeding discussions. Now Beex looks like my facebook feed.

Would anyone like to see a picture of my cute daughter doing something cute from the weekend?

YAY!

The facebook feed comment was about a number of friends on my facebook feed who are ultra-pro-breastfeeding, and their lack of consideration for people who can't when they are talking about it publicly is pretty awful.

I actually think it's a legal requirement or something. Like how you can't get loyalty points from Boots or wherever when buying formula.

I think it is a requirement that you can't advertise that it is an appropriate substitute, only that it can be for additional feeding (hence why they're all called supplements or similar). Doesn't necessarily mean that the phrasing has to be in that way though.

Thatcher Spitfire Gunboat should be teh name for the Royal Thunderstorm Baby

"Baldrick" or "Britney".

Josey.

Then a life of crime will surely follow.

Public vote results in : Khalessi

Hey, at least she'd be a hard-ass freer of slaves

I'm disappointed it wasn't Dovahkiin

And might possibly do something about reintroducing the common dragon back into the British Isles, seeing as the indigenous population has been extinct since at least the Middle Ages.

But her name's Daenerys.

Both the same, innit. http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Khaleesi

The royals will pick some traditional biblical boring name that, let's face it, will hardly be the parent's choice. Such an important decision, such as the name of the FUTURE KING/QUEEN OF ENGLAND couldn't simply be left to the parents. There's mindless tradition, pomp, and farce to perpetuate here.

The name of the baby doesn't necessarily = the name of the future monarch.

They can name the kid whatever they want, can't they? The pomp bollocks comes along when the child gets crowned, as they then get to pick their regnal name. There's been talk for years that Charlie wants to go with the name George when his mum finally carks it.

Edit: what GazChap says.

For instance, the last King (George VI) was actually called Albert.

The fact that Kate Middleton became Duchess Catherine infuriates me. If she wanted to be called Catherine she wouldn't have spent 20-odd years getting people to call her Kate.

The Fujitsu Subway CocaCola King of England, Channel Tunnel Lockheed Boeing

Really? My name is David, it's what I sign things as, it's how I introduce myself to people for the first time and it's the name I use to customers at work. Friends, family, people I work with, etc call me Dave. I appreciate I might be a bit odd in wanting to be called David at first, but I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

My missus has all her friends and family call her Kat, but she uses her full name Katharine at work or in correspondence.

I doubt it's that unusual.

Well, no, like that page says, Khaleesi means "Wife of the khal".

You do? How long do you have to know someone before you move them from 'Call me David' to 'Call me Dave'? Do they have to pass a test?

Should call it "Queenie"

I suppose you have a point there. Being Royal and all, they're at liberty to do whatever. They're still not going to call the kid Chardonnay or Toya though.

Indeed

Or just replace the entire royal family with Miranda Richardson.

Yeah, I'm the first to admit it's fucking odd behaviour.

All I can say is that I hate having letters addressed to me as "Dave" or people that I've never met (like customers for instance) call me it because it seems really common.

But then I hate people I know calling me "David" because it sounds too formal.

I should've just been a John or a Neil or something with just the one syllable really. Far less fucking about.

I'm quite the opposite.

Surprising things that are only known to people called Neil

a) Just how many people don't know how to spell Neil.

It reminds me too much of being in trouble at school.

I remember during Live 8 seeing Chris Evans interview David Gilmour from Pink Floyd and introducing him as "Dave Gilmour", only to have Gilmour retort "It's David. You don't call David Bowie 'Dave' do you, so why call me it?".

And I thought: fair play.

If I'm in a dodgy situation where I don't want people to know my first name (marketing calls or whatnot), I'll tell them to call me by my middle name. That way I feel less identifiable if I'm being google-stalked, but at the same time if I ever need to latterly declare my 'real' name I can just pass myself off as one of those people who goes by their middle name.

In all of my work emails I'm strictly formal. Every email begins with a 'Dear' and ends in a 'Best', or 'Regards'. I never break from this.

Yet always, within a couple of emails with whoever it is I'm talking to, they revert to replying a one liner 'cheers mate' or something as though we're suddenly best pals. Irksome.

Actually a total moot point that they're going to be the future king/queen, as they don't have to use their real name as their coronation name. Would be a bit daft not to just choose something suitable, but hey, you never know. And they've had a fairly "normal" run of it compared to all royal couple of past, so maybe they'll get what they actually want, which would be nice

Edit: what GazChap and Zio said!

Kathryn for work normally, Kat with friends. I don't think it's at all unusual to use your full name for formal / legal / work stuff

The whole point of being rich, is to be able to call your kids ludicrous names and it not matter. Anything suitable just isn't trying.

I'm not so keen on "Dear" when it's anything other than a formal letter (don't know why to be honest), but agree on the sudden best friend familiarity email style that people use from email number two. A little bit like the chuggers who act like your best friend.

I say call the child 'Fuck'.

"Fuck Wales" has such a nice ring to it.

If the royal baby isn't called Weedlord Bonerhitler, I'm going to cry.

Dear Kathryn,

What happens in 254 sleeps?

Best Regards,

EBG

This seems very different though. They're not now used when situationally appropriate, it's like she's been forced to abandon Kate entirely. I guess there's an argument that by joining the Royal Family her entire life is now 'work stuff', but I don't know. It seems like a snub, honestly. Like the shortform, clearly her preferred choice, just wasn't good enough.

Should have gone for Bob.

Not really... it is her name! If I got married I wouldn't want them to say Kat at the ceremony, for example. I've always had Kathryn put on any certificates or anything like that. I don't think it's a snub, it's just an official title so they've used her official name!

FEEX!

It's the number of sleeps until Cott4ge

Man, look at that totally informal reply. Sheesh.

Whereas I was grinding my teeth at the fact they insisted on calling me Nicholas (given that, as previously discussed, that only gets used when I'm being sent to the naughty step ). I should get it changed officially, really.

To my Mum, I'm Gareth.
To my Dad, I'm Fred.
To my brothers, I'm Gaz.
To most of you lot, I'm Gazchap (without the capital C, gnnnngh) or another word that starts with a capital C.
On my wedding certificate, I was gazchap (acceptable)