[Vivienne]

Nihal was discussing listeners' names on Brekkie yesterday - i.e. where their names originated from.

Where does your name originate from? Are you named after a character in a movie? A pop-star? etc., etc.

(I'm named after an actress who, I believe, wound up in a "looney bin"). Great, I don't think.

[Vivienne]

That's slightly spooky... I like it tho'

[scamp88]

Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the Greek meaning of "my God is an oath" or "my God is abundance."

I dont know why my mother n' Father picked it

To see me suffer?

Liz xx

[Vivienne]

Your name's nice, Liz, and the meaning is nice too

My name Vivienne = full of life.

[scamp88]

Your name's nice, Liz, and the meaning is nice too

My name Vivienne = full of life.

School Children can be so cruel thou

Liz xx

[Vivienne]

Yep, they can be cruel, but your name is hardly something to laugh at. Now, if you'd been a "Beatrice" (or something equally horrid), it would have been laughable.

My biology teacher always used to tell me my name didn't suit me! What he didn't realise was that out of Science/Maths classes, I was "full of life". Only when I was in science/maths classes did I want to die!!

[claradooblue]

I've always had people saying that my name sounds like something out of Victorian England. In some other countries, Clara doesn't seem such an unusual name - luck of the draw i suppose.

[Vivienne]

It does sound old-fashioned. Nice tho'.

[claradooblue]

Why thank you.

[MK Chris]

I am named because my mum liked the name.

Thank god my dad didn't get his way.

[S4B]

What did your dad want to call you then?

[MK Chris]

What did your dad want to call you then?

Morris.

[S4B]

Ooooh that would not have been pretty - nor would it have suited you!

[S4B]

OOh Lottie's on the ball today!

[claradooblue]

It's a good name, Morris. It conjures up images of chipy * moaning about the rationing during the Blitz.

[claradooblue]

Chipy Londeners even.

[MK Chris]

Shame really you weren't called that. With the descriptions you have given of yourself Morris Minor would have been a good nickname.

You're a bit slow on the uptake; that's been mentioned to me several times. In fact it's been lengthened to Morris Minor Pickup:

It's a good name, Morris. It conjures up images of chipy * moaning about the rationing during the Blitz.

No, it's not.

[MK Chris]

This board is full of hypochondriacs.

[S4B]

I'm not well either but I'm not a hypochondriac! I hate being ill.

[MK Chris]

You're always 'ill' Miss Lalottie, you seem to fit the hypochondriac profile like a glove.

I bet, when the doctor sees your name written down as one of his patients for the day, he rolls his eyes; hell, I bet you're on first name terms with your doctor.

[Ballbag]

Where as I bet that you've actually got a proper illness.

[MK Chris]

I can't remember the last time I was ill. Actually, that may be a lie, the last time I was properly ill was when I had chicken pox. That was when my brother was born (I know this because I wasn't allowed to go into hospital and see my mum and new brother at the time); my brother is now 18. I've had colds since then, but they don't count as proper illnesses. I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've been to the doctors.

[MK Chris]

Nope, I wouldn't due to the fact that I've just said:

I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've been to the doctors.

[Yudster]

I'm on first name terms with my doctor, not so much because I am ill very often, more because she is a really good friend of mine and I've known her since she went out with my brother when they were both still at school.

[Johnny Karate]

I thought I was on first name terms with my doctor, Dr Allan, but it turns out it's his surname that is Allan..... I thought he was just informal.