Saturday 29 August 2009

Name of the Day

Here I am, hard at work at 8am on a Saturday morning. But my day has already been brightened by this announcement from The Times of Thursday 13 August:

Inglis-Jones. On 12th August 2009, to Arabella (Madam Kincaid of Kincaid, nee Lennox) and Giles, a daughter Kalula Charis Hope, a sister for Angus, Jessie, Isabella and Dominic.'

Firstly: 'Madam Kincaid of Kincaid'? What is that? 'Madam' always brings to mind brothels.
Secondly: Kalula? Do they mean Kahlua? Is that what Madam has been drinking?

6 comments:

  1. Every time to tell us about another bizarrely named child it makes me think of the kind of lives the parents are having – clearly they must live the most pretentious lives surrounded with equally pretentious people to get away with such ridiculous names – and these poor children won’t be going to the local comprehensive……

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  2. ahem, now for the educational bit - the Madam bit is a Scottish clan title - the rest is child cruelty in my book...

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  3. oh, have just discovered Kalula is an airline - Mile High club conception perhaps??

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  4. Well, what is wrong with Continental? Or JetBlue? I am going to have another kid just so I can name it Southwest! Too funny...

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  5. Surely if you're going to name your child after any airline it should be Virgin?

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  6. have also wondered if Kalula is a phonetic way of pronouncing the whisky Caol Ila - so possibly named after a drink - nice.
    Although I feel there may be possibilities for future Wilkinsons - Glenmorangie Wilkinson anyone?

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