Comments on: #13 – Misspelling Their Kids’ Names

By: Carmine

Carmine — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:32:47 +0000

Another name I like the sound of. Maybe a little strange given its intended relation to ANZAC. But nice enough name without that association.
I had an Indonesian friend who while studying in Australia had her daughter and named her a mix of Australia and Indonesia: Austraesia, or something like that. It was so hard to pronounce I gave up trying to remember it and just nicknamed her Oz lol. But she wanted to give her a piece of where she was born and her family home. I was thinking she should have just given her a middle name of Adelaide or something. But that is what she liked. Good luck to the child trying to explain that one.

By: Carmine

Carmine — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:24:18 +0000

These are Australian terms.

ANZAC = The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Bogan = if you are American you would know them as maybe hillbillies, red necks, trailer trash etc. People of lower class or unsophisticated people.

By: Carmine

Carmine — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:17:51 +0000

You know what, I actually like that name pronunciation lol but of course the spelling is stupid. Maybe Abesede, Abecede… kind of sounds like like absence, obesity, obscene so I guess there could be some cruel nick names but I like the name as a work in progress maybe.
I assure you I am not a bogan… I hope not…

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:31:06 +0000

Here you go:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+a+bogan

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+ANZAC

By: NaomiS

NaomiS — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:12:24 +0000

I work in property…recently i had a transfer to a “Kay-T”, which for some unknown reason was pronounced “kite”- go figure??

By: Alyssa KT

Alyssa KT — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:38:41 +0000

We call that a Cashed Up Chav. It’s still a Bogan.

By: David L.

David L. — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:59:31 +0000

Not just bogans. I knew an extremely posh Englishwoman, whose parents had named her Frisbee (as in the round plastic object) Candida (as in the fungal disease) Cheyenne. The stupidity of parents is not confined to Australians with a taste in dodgy shirts and worse cars.

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:38:12 +0000

I teach a girl called Daytona! When I first met her she said, ‘guess what my dad’s picking me up, he likes car races!’
Hmmm you don’t say??

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:55:09 +0000

Symantha – the Y says everything

By: Elli

Elli — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:55:58 +0000

Hah! If she’d checked the dictionary she might have realised what she was setting Harlotte up for o.O
Leif however isn’t a bogan name. Just European.