Pinot No!
April 9th, 2006Reading an article by the Grauniad’s Art Critic, he states that his daughter’s name is Primavera.
In light of the recent trend for naming children such things as Chanel, Chardonnay… even, in the US at least “Chanel (269 girls), Timberland (six boys), Porsche (24 girls) and Armani (273 boys and 298 girls).
Parents named their children after everything from bottled water (Evian) and soft drinks (Fanta) to Western hats and cologne (Stetson), wine (Chardonnay) and beer (Guinness)”
… even with these bizarre choices, Primavera struck me as the most pretentious of the lot. I imagine Mr Jones sneering at the hordes of Chardonnays in Essex from his oh-so-chi-chi Islington terrace, while smug over his choice of pasta dish (or season – take your pick).
Maybe it’s just me.
In the future, perhaps all children will be named after a favourite vegetable. I know in many cultures names have specific meaning – Aslan is Turkish for lion, for example – but Primavera Jones…
I’ll get my coat.
April 9th, 2006 at 11:08 am
April 10th, 2006 at 9:22 am
> Porsche
Let us not forget that Mercedes Benz was named after Herr Benz’s daughter, and the (Ford) Edsel was named after Ford’s son – some slippage the other way had to come.
Fanta on the other hand is despeechifying but seems to have precedent (Pepsi Cola Atom-Bomb Washington)
As far as odd names go look at ye olde England:
If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebones, London, England [Set up first the fire insurance office in Britain. Changed his name to Nicholas Barbon].
April 13th, 2006 at 3:36 am
Fanta is also a name (for humans) in some part of Africa, that appeared most probably long before the drink.
April 13th, 2006 at 10:23 am
There is no such place as ‘Africa’. There are many different COUNTRIES in the continent of Africa, full of unbeliveably different people. Those people (normally females) called ‘Fanta’ are SPECIFICALLY from Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire.