Wow, what a bitch. I guess a child's name can indicate that parents aren't too clever though... anyone whose child's name rhymes with aden/aiden (Aiden, Jaden, Kaden, Maden, Raden, etc..) for example. Or parents who deliberately spell their child's name differently (e.g. Jackson vs Jaxon vs Jaqson) so that they'll be "unique". Doesn't make the kid dumb...

actually there is some science to this. Obviously not ALWAYS is it a clear indication of one's intelligence. A name could explain a background, social class, area they were born and over all intelligence of the parents.

Yeah judging people is bad hurr derp durr.

*british

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I couldn't get through the whole thing but this reminds me of Jerry Springer or other day time American crap TV. At least that's the type of audience it attracts. The only reason you would have someone like this on is for ratings. It's surely not for an informative interesting debate. Absolute garbage TV. IMO

My background: I come from an upper middle class background in the UK. I went to a normal primary school, did very well and ended up passing the exams for the local private school. I was from a pretty well off family but my parents never stopped me being friends with anyone and I had friends from all walks of life. When I was in a normal school with lots of normal kids I got on well with most of them and it was all good.

I was thrown out of the posh private school after a year and a half because it was full of the sort of little fucking shits that bitches like this drag up. Every time one of them started braying all I wanted to do was shut them up. I had a lot of fights and was gotten rid of.

After that I went to the only school in the city that would take people who were expelled from another school. The friends I made there, in the shit hole school, are some of the best people I know. Good, honest, successful people.

This bitch makes my blood boil. I'm sure in her circles she's celebrated for her honesty, because everyone knows you shouldn't let your children play with 'common' people.

I've dipped a toe in both worlds at school, and since then I've been a keen dinghy sailor, which is a scene that attracts people from all backgrounds. I know lawyers, doctors, teachers, directors, lorry drivers, sound engineers, metal workers, mechanics, beach bums and stoners who all sail and I know for a fact that the money in the bank has nothing to do with what you're like as a person.

I certainly wouldn't want my kids hanging around with hers.

Fucking hell I'm angry right now!

What an insufferable moron.

Did anyone get what that last sentence she said was before the tv presenter told her to stop and moved on? I really can't make it out.

Wow.

Sweeping generalisations sure are a fast way to make decisions! Somewhat lacking in accuracy though. She could make similar judgements based on, idk, say skin colour. I think we have a word for people who do that.

I'm not sure she really means this. If it's not her actual opinion (I reckon it isn't) it's basically just viral advertising for the programme. The media do this constantly. Remember that Samantha Brick woman who whipped up a storm last year by writing a column in the Mail about how all other women hated her because she was beautiful? She was a troll, and the Mail's website benefited from all the increased banner ad viewings. This is just the same: making controversy for the sake of pageviews, advert clickthroughs and logo placement. The watercooler effect.

I had kind of a similar experience... I went from a small town where my family was considered well to do. We moved to a different part of the state into a rich community where we were now considered poor (relatively speaking even though my dad had taken a promotion). I learned from that and feel I'm more well rounded. I too have friends from all walks of life and I'm proud of that. Classism / egotism yuck. I look at the pro classist woman and find her repulsive. And the woman she's debating seems warm in the video.

"I hate geographical names"
"Your child's called India"

/argument

@dag was talking about the lack of class system in the US. Here, my good people, is a prime example of everything that is wrong with the class system in the UK. People who equate money and family with worth and intelligence while frequently possessing neither.

So does the name Katie mean they are all insufferable cunts?

I have so many friends named Katie (or infinite variations of spelling)

...but dear god I hate that name. Would never name my daughter that...so fucking overused.

slapping an idiotic name on your kids can affect them for their entire life,

"A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet." :- Shakespeare.

My name is mud.

Answer: A politician in the parlance of our times.
Agree whole-hardheartedly with your synopsis, though perhaps subtracting CPS and adding to this possible equation's outcome saaaaay, a dragging by the hair approach into the public square naked to suitable stocks with a generous, rotten-vegetable-throwing 290-degree vantage??

oh yeah, ANNND the biotch ugly!

Guilty:

My own first child's name has infamy written all over it....

Well hey, I doubt her children now have any friends left at all, so that'll save her even more time!

As a Tyler, I feel qualified to say that this woman can kindly go fuck herself.

If I'm completely honest with myself, I realize that I make similar snap judgements of people based on their names. I think it's inevitable that you associate certain names with certain types of people based on your past experience (having dated 2 crazy girls named "Crystal" I know that I would jump to a conclusion if my son brought a Crystal home.)

That said, I do believe that it's my job as a parent to not put any of my preconceptions into the mind of my child. He's got an entire life to develop his own preconceptions ahead of him.

Also, I had a great time with both of those Crystals.

What a cunning stunt.

It's a bit narrow minded, no? or maybe inexperienced. you would expect a person who is aware of other cultures to know of names that do not correspond to what he or she deems as related to his own culture. when you hear a persons name to be OSAMA, you know exactly what comes up to mind. I guess prejudice comes in many forms

I don't think sifters are being honest with themselves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaAn48eX9SM

Moon Unit Zappa has to be the greatest self-aware child naming in the history of the sport.

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wow, i love here, all my brith myth right in one pack

"She's more of a Black Tower or Blue Nun" -- those are 2 wine brands that tend to have a poor reputation.

This type of person is pretty common in Britain. They mistake self satisfaction for happiness.
The illusion falls apart when they get to around 50.
It won't be long before she'll be sitting at an Italian marble work surface in her bespoke kitchen drinking Pinot at nine in the morning, calling her blind twelve year old Labradoodle “Darling”