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[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I work as a teaching assistant (in the UK) between 2 classes of 4-5 year olds, so here's their names!
I've put an * next to the names of the children who are ethnic, just so you know!


Girls
Jessica
Faye
Eve (x2)
Sofia *
Hafsah *
Sophie *
Amina *
Manpreea (She's mostly just called Prea though) *
Zahra *
Anna
Hannah
Millie
Sophya *
Jessica-Leigh
Megan
Lucy
Sarah
Zafira (zah-fee-ruh) *
Robyn
Poonam *
Zaneib *
Holly
Aiysha *
Faith
Sadie
Niamh
Amarni *
Aliza *
Ariana *

Boys
William
Rayhan *
Joseph (x2)
Naheem *
Abdullah *
Shakeel *
Ellis
Andrew
Benjamin
Zachary
Aaron
Bilaal *
Jake
Lewis (x3)
Wajaahat * (Wah-jar-hat)
Shakeeb *
Hyder *
Lennon
Nathan
Sukleen *
Ben

Comments

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

Poonam *- poo?lol i know it's a different culture but i dont like it at all

i need to comment on this 'cause i have a funny poo/poonam story! when i started at uni (in birmingham), we had this party at our halls/dorms so everyone could meet. anyway, after a few drinks, people started writing their nicknames on their foreheads with lipstick. one girl there was called poonam and she went by poo. a latecomer to the party, christine, wasn't aware of the lipstick thing and when she saw POO written on this girl's forehead she went over to her and tried to wipe it off! she was like, "i'm so sorry, somebody's written something rude on your head!", haha, before poonam could tell her it was actually her name. christine lived in a really 'white' area in the north-west and had never heard of any poonams- when she started uni she couldn't even tell the difference between black people and asians/indians, she was THAT bad...but that's a different story to tell.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

oh lord that's hilarious! im starting uni (nottingham) this sept, move into my halls on the 29th. im nerrrrvous! Trying to sort ot my room as we speak, i have far too much stuff im not sure where to start.
A friend of a friend sounds like Christine. She lived in a village & wasnt particuarly well travelled, started at manchester uni last year & met a black person fo the firt time o_O

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

My cousin goes to Nottingham. :P

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Really, does he/she like it there? I'm sitting on the floor in my room absolutely bowled over about the amount of stuff i have. ive been tidying & sorting stuff out all evening & nothing seems to have moved! It's all seems far too much for me right now.
(heh little off topic!)

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

Re: Poo - I think it's fine if people want to go for an ethnic name...but if they're living in America or someplace else, they should consider the possible ramifications of a name that sounds like something else in that country's language :-/

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

Aww you'll be fine! Yeah she likes it there a lot! She graduates in '08, so maybe when you go you should look for her, since she's only a couple years older than you. Where do you live now? She's from Harpenden (just north of London). I last saw her at my sister's wedding in June. I hate living so far away from her! She's tons of fun-- let me know if you want me to hook you two up!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

ahhh cool! Im from Bristol, where are you? im hoping to meet some fun people lol.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I'm in New Jersey (USA). =\

lol I spent last summer in London... i missssss it so much. wanna go back!!