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  • Nairn-2

    On the walk into work this morning, I heard a white middle class-looking father call out to his young daughters Ruby and.. Beyoncé.

    • clearly not middle class thenhans_glib
    • It's a very middle class area/school and he sounded so - hence my surprise. Thanks for chiming in, btw, you got exactly where I was coming from..!Nairn
    • Beyonce is upper class. Are you saying they're not high class enough to name their daughter Beyonce? Or surprised because they're white?monospaced
    • ^^OBBTKN
    • nooo... I had the same opinion as Nairn, not mono'sOBBTKN
    • I didn't share an opinion, though. Nairn only implied an opinion that either white people, or middle class people can't use the name Beyonce.monospaced
    • Mono's gotta mono.Nairn
    • "Beyonce is upper class"

      Thanks, mono - that's probably the funniest thing I'll read this week.
      Nairn
    • Mono's daughter's called Shaqria-La-Presley Mono.Nairn
    • Got it. So you really do believe white people can't use the name, and that only what ... lower than middle class black people can?monospaced
    • Nothing funny about me saying I didn't share an opinion, or about clarifying yours. This whole weirdness is on you, not me.monospaced
    • It is somewhat out of the ordinary that middle class English people would name their daughter BeyoncĂ©, yes.Nairn
    • I'm not disagreeing with that, btw. I'm just asking about why you think that. Is it because they're not black, or not high/low class enough? Or both?monospaced
    • What if it were stinking rich black people? What about if they were absolutely dirt poor black people? What is it about middle class white that's the issue?monospaced
    • fyi mono: in the uk, chavs (of any colour) like to name their sprogs after slebs (of any colour)hans_glib
    • @hans, thanks? ;)monospaced
    • Maybe he's upper class but his wife (who chose the names) is a hot skank?microkorg

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