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Help[Opinions] it's pronounced HAY-mish not HAM-ish
in reply to a message by lilah
so i don't see where the ham nickname comes in as others have commented. My Dad wanted me to be Hamish, had I been a boy, but my mum would have vetoed it, and I'm kind of glad since it would have got me teased at school. I don't think it's ever been considered a fashionable name here. I've seen at least one in bas recently though. I think the trend for very Scottish names might mean I see more.
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Where do you live? I wouldn't have thought it was a strange enough name to get you teased at school.
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I live in Glasgow, Scotland, i.e. not in the Western Isles or very North where I guess you might see more Hamishes. Here I've never encountered one. It's not just that it would be strange, I had a teddy bear called Hamish, I was aware of the name, but it's linked a bit with the stereotypical image of a highlander.
As I said though very Scottish names like Archie, Lachlan, Finlay, Fraser, Murdo, even Jock, is the new trend among a certain group in society.
As I said though very Scottish names like Archie, Lachlan, Finlay, Fraser, Murdo, even Jock, is the new trend among a certain group in society.
This message was edited 8/21/2008, 9:53 AM
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