Fashionable Names

Silly Names

Read and Discuss.

Retell the text as if you were an expecting mother.

Explain the title of the text.

D Maria

Everybody keeps asking me what name I’m going to give my baby and I just don’t know what to do. Practically everyone I know has suggested a name to me, except Steven! He’s as worried as I am. Originally, I was worried because our plan was to live in Britain and I was worried that the baby wouldn’t know about his own culture. Luckily, Steven has just found a job in Athens and I now know our child will grow up here in Greece. So, I think it would be fine for him to have a British name, if we can think of a nice one. I have told Steven though that we must give the baby Aristotelos as a middle name. That’s very important for my family.

2) Read the text and find words that mean the following: pregnant, a difficult decision, the history and culture of a nation or people, very please or excited, to other countries, when people attack or laugh at someone in an unkind way, almost, become an adult.

What’s in a Name

Most names have a meaning. My name – Melanie – means black. My mother called me that because I was born in Africa.

Not everybody chooses their child’s name because of what it means. Many people call their children after friends or relatives. The American actress Cybill Shepherd was named after her grandfathers: Cy and Bill. Other people call their children after pop stars or film stars. Other people just choose names because they sound nice. But one thing is certain – everybody has a name.

A friend of mine has the surname “Tree”. Having a surname like that can be a problem – when she was a child she was called “Woody”. But that is nothing to the problems her cousin has. His parents decided to call him “Christmas” – Christmas tree. Some parents are horrible! Here is a list of silly names that parents have given their children (they are all true).

John Will Fail.

Dorothy May Grow.

Wava White Flagg. (Wave a white flag).

Be careful Macgee.

Merry Christmas.

January February March

Ima June Bugg. (I’m a June bug)

Pink Green.

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What are the most silly names in your country at the moment?

Like everything else, names come in and out of fashion. A name that was very fashionable in grandmother’s time can sound very old-fashioned to us. But very often they come back. 100 years ago, ‘Emma” was a very popular name for girls in Britain. Then it disappeared. Now it’s fashionable again.In factit was the most popular name for baby girls born in 1981. When my cousin called her daughter Emma my grandmother was very surprised. She thought it was very out-of-date.

What are the most fashionable names in your country at the moment?

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