Have you suffered 'Kevinism'?

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05-08-2022, 04:54 PM
Keith_M

Have you suffered 'Kevinism'?

Apparently, in some countries, it's a real problem being called Kevin.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tional-mockery

Any Kevins on here suffered such prejudice?
05-08-2022, 05:05 PM
Hibernia&Alba

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith_M

Apparently, in some countries, it's a real problem being called Kevin.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tional-mockery

Any Kevins on here suffered such prejudice?

Kevin must be French version of Wayne or Darren, considered common and rather vulgar. Kevin always sounds like a little boys name to me, like Timothy, and not for a grown man. That must be my prejudice :greengrin
05-08-2022, 05:08 PM
Stairway 2 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith_M

Apparently, in some countries, it's a real problem being called Kevin.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tional-mockery

Any Kevins on here suffered such prejudice?

Karen gets it in the uk now. Think chantelle and chanelle used to get the snobbery remarks
05-08-2022, 05:19 PM
Torto7

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Originally Posted by Stairway 2 7

Karen gets it in the uk now. Think chantelle and chanelle used to get the snobbery remarks

Folk just copy American patter now and it's nauseating.
05-08-2022, 05:23 PM
Bostonhibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith_M

Apparently, in some countries, it's a real problem being called Kevin.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tional-mockery

Any Kevins on here suffered such prejudice?

Yeah, I get stick, but only from fat bald guys in ill fitting england tops usually named Baz & Nige, who couldn't find France if you put them in a dinghy at Dover and fixed the motor so they had to land there[emoji16]

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05-08-2022, 05:30 PM
Hibrandenburg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith_M

Apparently, in some countries, it's a real problem being called Kevin.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tional-mockery

Any Kevins on here suffered such prejudice?

Definitely the case in Germany, along with the name Dennis.
05-08-2022, 05:34 PM
hibsbollah

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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg

Definitely the case in Germany, along with the name Dennis.

must be an ‘Auf Wiedersehen Pet’ thing.
What about Oz?
05-08-2022, 05:53 PM
Ozyhibby

Sharon used to be mocked in the 90’s, I think due to a viz comic.

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05-08-2022, 05:55 PM
Glory Lurker

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Originally Posted by Torto7

Folk just copy American patter now and it's nauseating.

It is.
05-08-2022, 05:57 PM
Glory Lurker

McKee, McAllister, Nisbet, Dabrowski.

No problem with any of those boys. Any Kevs I've missed?

Edit - Harper! Harper! Kent I'd missed someone. Sorry, Kevin.
05-08-2022, 06:50 PM
Keith_M

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

Yeah, I get stick, but only from fat bald guys in ill fitting england tops usually named Baz & Nige, who couldn't find France if you put them in a dinghy at Dover and fixed the motor so they had to land there[emoji16]

Is that something you do a lot?

:greengrin
05-08-2022, 07:13 PM
heretoday

This thread hits a new low for Hibs net.
05-08-2022, 07:15 PM
CropleyWasGod

I've got a cousin called Kevin.
05-08-2022, 07:17 PM
Keith_M

Quote:

Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod

I've got a cousin called Kevin.

Funnily enough I was thinking of that song when I read the article.

And because I actually have a cousin called Kevin (seriously)
05-08-2022, 07:19 PM
Bostonhibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith_M

Is that something you do a lot?

:greengrin

[emoji16]

If only......

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05-08-2022, 07:25 PM
brianmc

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Originally Posted by heretoday

This thread hits a new low for Hibs net.

Not even close!
05-08-2022, 08:16 PM
Kato

Quote:

Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod

I've got a cousin called Kevin.

Hasn't everyone.

For me it's like the change in attitudes of bald geezers. The urge to camouflage has been replaced by a pragmatic razor routine. People's names? Who cares. The whole Karen shtick is well out of order.

PS I'm not bald and I don't know anyone called Karen.

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05-08-2022, 08:46 PM
hibsbollah

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Originally Posted by heretoday

This thread hits a new low for Hibs net.

Disagree, you can’t have read the other threads:greengrin A welcome return of siliness.
05-08-2022, 08:58 PM
Smartie

I have a cousin Kevin.

Pretty sure he was at Hibs for a while, if the Thornton variety counts.
05-08-2022, 09:05 PM
Bostonhibby

Bizarrely I once worked in a team of Kevin's, 4 of them. Surnames began with A,B,C & D.
Wayne, Keith & Nic were the 3 unpopular outcasts....[emoji16]

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05-08-2022, 09:14 PM
Moulin Yarns

Quote:

Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod

I've got a cousin called Kevin.

Sounds perfect.
05-08-2022, 09:17 PM
Hibrandenburg

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Originally Posted by hibsbollah

must be an ‘Auf Wiedersehen Pet’ thing.
What about Oz?

:greengrin
05-08-2022, 09:21 PM
Hibrandenburg

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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns

Sounds perfect.

Born in 1965 and called Paul, I was one of about five Pauls in my year. The others were all called John, George, Ringo or Keith. :wink:
05-08-2022, 09:23 PM
Hibrandenburg

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Originally Posted by heretoday

This thread hits a new low for Hibs net.

I'm not so sure about that Kev mate.
05-08-2022, 09:26 PM
Bostonhibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod

I've got a cousin called Kevin.

We could be related, I've got a long lost cousin called CropleyWasGod.

He was the black sheep of the family my old auntie Kevin always used to tell us back in the day.

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05-08-2022, 09:58 PM
CropleyWasGod

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

We could be related, I've got a long lost cousin called CropleyWasGod.

He was the black sheep of the family my old auntie Kevin always used to tell us back in the day.

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Are you the wee **** that always used to beat me at Subbuteo?
05-08-2022, 10:05 PM
Bostonhibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod

Are you the wee **** that always used to beat me at Subbuteo?

No, that was cousin Kevin.

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05-08-2022, 11:08 PM
Peanut Shaz

I've no chance. I'm Sharon,a husband Gary and a cousin Kevin.🤣🤣
06-08-2022, 02:31 AM
SChibs

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba

Kevin must be French version of Wayne or Darren, considered common and rather vulgar. Kevin always sounds like a little boys name to me, like Timothy, and not for a grown man. That must be my prejudice :greengrin

My dad has one of those names and his brother the other so your comment made me chuckle
06-08-2022, 05:49 AM
Keith_M

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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg

Born in 1965 and called Paul, I was one of about five Pauls in my year. The others were all called John, George, Ringo or Keith. :wink:

I often wonder what became of Ringo... the least popular guy in our year
06-08-2022, 06:49 AM
Colr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba

Kevin must be French version of Wayne or Darren, considered common and rather vulgar. Kevin always sounds like a little boys name to me, like Timothy, and not for a grown man. That must be my prejudice :greengrin

I always thought my name sounded way too young for an old buffer like I have become. In gaelic it means a young dog or wolf but now if just means a chocolate caterpillar so I can’t see a revival.

Don’t think it has a particular class association in England as its not that common. Was in west Scotland, though. Can’t say if it had class assciations north fo the border. That’s for others to tell me.

When I was a kid, there were lots of Marks and Jackies.
06-08-2022, 06:52 AM
Colr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ozyhibby

Sharon used to be mocked in the 90’s, I think due to a viz comic.

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Sharon and Tracey, yeh? The fat slags?

Choosing kids names can be a mine field. I like Irish and Scots names. There’s lots of really good strong girls names available.
06-08-2022, 06:57 AM
Keith_M

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colr

Sharon and Tracey, yeh? The fat slags?

Choosing kids names can be a mine field. I like Irish and Scots names. There’s lots of really good strong girls names available.

Kevin is Irish.

😏
06-08-2022, 07:00 AM
Colr

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

Kevin is Irish.

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I know. I only recall one in my class at school.

He was a hibby. (But his surname was Welsh)
06-08-2022, 07:26 AM
Hibrandenburg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith_M

I often wonder what became of Ringo... the least popular guy in our year

I'd heard he'd fulfilled his lifetime ambitions of becoming a policeman and Tynecastle season ticket holder.
06-08-2022, 07:37 AM
CropleyWasGod

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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg

I'd heard he'd fulfilled his lifetime ambitions of becoming a policeman and Tynecastle season ticket holder.

It don't come easy
06-08-2022, 04:15 PM
LewysGot2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torto7

Folk just copy American patter now and it's nauseating.

Its lazy, usually sexist and often ageist.

And in the UK some of these stereotypes down the years are also classist.
06-08-2022, 04:20 PM
HUTCHYHIBBY

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torto7

Folk just copy American patter now and it's nauseating.

I've noticed a few folk on here using "I could care less" which I believe has its roots in America, the phrase makes no sense within the context it's normally used.
06-08-2022, 06:34 PM
Pretty Boy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colr

Sharon and Tracey, yeh? The fat slags?

Choosing kids names can be a mine field. I like Irish and Scots names. There’s lots of really good strong girls names available.

I wanted Scots names for both my kids.

My son is Ruairidh which hits the mark. I wanted Flora for my daughter (which would have fitted quite nicely with me being Stuart) but my English wife said that was just fake butter as far as she was concerned so vetoed it😅
06-08-2022, 06:53 PM
greenlex

My 4 month old granddaughter is thankfully called Hannah. It was a two day worry before they settled on that tho.
06-08-2022, 07:59 PM
The Modfather

Some of my best friends are Kevin’s!
06-08-2022, 08:27 PM
Bristolhibby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hibernia&Alba

Kevin must be French version of Wayne or Darren, considered common and rather vulgar. Kevin always sounds like a little boys name to me, like Timothy, and not for a grown man. That must be my prejudice :greengrin

I was the same with my girl names when my missus was pregnant. We both liked Maisie or Daisy. But I couldn’t get it out of my head either of those names in a high powered job. Again, probably an ageist thing for me, in that names rise and fall all the time.

Did I read that Darren is now a dead name?

J
08-08-2022, 03:26 PM
Keith_M

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenlex

My 4 month old granddaughter is thankfully called Hannah. It was a two day worry before they settled on that tho.

I bet you had no fingernails left.
08-08-2022, 04:34 PM
Bostonhibby

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Originally Posted by Keith_M

I bet you had no fingernails left.

To be fair, the prospects of her being called Kevin were pretty remote.

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09-08-2022, 08:18 AM
Keith_M

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bostonhibby

To be fair, the prospects of her being called Kevin were pretty remote.

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