tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post1139075716100707488..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: There's nobody in the magazine business called Janet or John anymoreDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-88661221224373834122014-03-15T11:45:26.679+00:002014-03-15T11:45:26.679+00:00Godless, eh, Andrew? Isn't the UK's most p...Godless, eh, Andrew? Isn't the UK's most popular boy's name Muhammad? Something like that anyway. David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-81000754935432137782014-03-12T14:55:45.299+00:002014-03-12T14:55:45.299+00:00Surely it's the Biblical names that have gone ...Surely it's the Biblical names that have gone out of fashion? None of my friends' parents were particularly religious, but most of them had names out of the Bible: Andrew, John, Simon, James, David ...<br /><br />We now live in a Godless universe and the kids' names reflect that.Andrew Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968231919253150433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-11179416790445034042014-03-05T22:15:53.831+00:002014-03-05T22:15:53.831+00:00my class at school was full of Susans, Lindas and ...my class at school was full of Susans, Lindas and Christines. Boys were Terry, Roger and Alan. The odd Derek and Bernard. Names that barely exist todayPatPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143953355937225849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-57452655816092630402014-03-05T16:59:34.215+00:002014-03-05T16:59:34.215+00:00I think that's true but it would be a mistake ...I think that's true but it would be a mistake to assume that everyone with a genteel-sounding name comes from a genteel background. The youth of today are in every respect a lot more polished than my generation. They were named by parents who wished to project some of that polish.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-28576040134677629962014-03-05T13:37:26.001+00:002014-03-05T13:37:26.001+00:00When you joined the magazine business, it was less...When you joined the magazine business, it was less middle class than being a doctor. Now, bizarrely, it is more middle class than being a doctor.trail of breadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07404750750499578001noreply@blogger.com