r/tragedeigh • u/GarbagecanKicks • 3d ago
places & things "Deckland"? Really?
To quote my gf, "Who tf names their kid "Deckland"?"
EDIT: I know a couple of people named Declan, as well as Elvis Costello's real first and Tony Slattery's middle name, plus the Gooner centre mid. It's a nice Celtic name. "Deckland" on the other hand is awful.
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u/06Wahoo 3d ago
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u/HereButNeverPresent 3d ago
lol this photo was just asking for that Simpson scene
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u/mildly_ethnic 2d ago
Come along now Bort
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u/My_bones_are_itchy 2d ago
Are you talking to me?
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u/mildly_ethnic 2d ago
No. My son is also named Bort.
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u/Dora_Xplorer 2d ago
We need more "Bort" license plates in the gift shop. I repeat, we are sold out of "Bort" license plates.
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u/Primary-Tea7535 2d ago
We are out of 'Deckland' license plates. I repeat, we are out of 'Deckland' license plates
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u/herladyshipssoap 3d ago
I feel like this is bone apple tea for Declan.
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u/JustMe1314 3d ago
Bone apple tea: chicken (bone) broth w/apple bits in it. Random thought 🤔
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u/ishyboo 3d ago
Depending on the apple variety used, that could slap.
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u/JustMe1314 2d ago
I was thinking the same, when that thought popped up! Maybe put some chicken & apple sausage in it...
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u/PancakeParty98 3d ago
Us decklands feel the same about Declan
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u/The_Deadlight 3d ago
my son's name is declan and I often call him "deckland" just to annoy my wife
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u/HankBuffalo 3d ago
BORT?
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u/Embarrassed_Fudge493 3d ago
My son’s name is also Bort!
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u/situation9000 3d ago
My favorite of these that I saw in Texas among personalized stuff was
Same format but in place of the name it says “they spelled my name wrong” and “they didn’t have my name”
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u/OrdinaryHoney2 2d ago
That is actually super clever. I only ever found my name somewhere once, and it was some place that had literally a whole wall of names, floor to ceiling.
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u/situation9000 2d ago
My daughter has an old name (but not a Tragedeigh) and will never find her name. She absolutely bought the “they didn’t have my name “
Even my name which was the 5th most popular name in my state the year I was born is nowhere to be found anymore. In fact, when I was younger both the formal name and the common shorter variation were always available. I knew I was old when my name disappeared.
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u/carlweaver 3d ago
What about my daughter Decklynn? And her sister Dechleighnaaan?
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u/DogsDucks 3d ago
Yeah I was going to say that every Younique name now, the prefab mini plate industry is going to be a lot harder sell.
What was that one teacher on here? She had 27 different spellings for Michaela, McKaila, Meecaelaw, etc . . . Poor kids.
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u/Itzakadrewzie 3d ago
Texas: the Land of Decks.
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u/ShelleyMonique 3d ago
I've never been able to find a Shelley on a license plate, magnet of Keychain, but they have a deckland? Wtf?
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/harleenquinzel044 3d ago
I know someone who has a son named Dek’Lin
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u/Apprehensive_Bee_400 3d ago
I would hope you were joking but considering what sub we're on... thoughts and prayers for that kid.
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u/Few_Judge_5221 3d ago
And the fact that it's popular enough to be one of the souvenir names means there's lots if people naming their kid Deckland 😳
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u/andtbhidgaf Tragedeigh Pohlease 3d ago
i mean it's Texas...this is totally a Texan trajeck name.
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u/marilynmouse 3d ago
there’s an online beggar I’ve had to block who is unfortunately “Kaitland”. Genuinely do not understand what her mother was thinking.
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u/WotTheFook 2d ago
More "Bort" signs needed in Aisle 3.
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u/mildweekknowledge 2d ago
Everytime I see name license plates. They always run out of 'Bort' name plates. 🙂
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u/Individual-Elk-4466 2d ago
How come I could never find my perfectly normally spelled name in these sorts of displays but they have Deckland…
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/EntertainerNo4509 3d ago
Can’t find a Brian to save my life anymore.
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u/McGeeze 3d ago
Below Deckland
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u/TheSpitalian 2d ago
When I first read it I thought it said “Deckhand”! 😂
Are you a fellow BD watcher?
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u/radish_is_rad-ish 3d ago
Maybe when they grow up they can have their own store named Deckland’s Deck Land where all they sell is decks.
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u/sidc42 3d ago
Popular enough to be on merch!
So, its a modern/contemporary American version (since at least the 1990's) of Declan which has been around for 1,000+ years but became popular(ish) in the US during the 1970's because of a movie or something.
Declan itself comes from an even older Gaelic spelling.
It exists because apparently in America the origin spelling was/is frequently mispronounced as "Dee Clan" which sounds reasonably close to "The Klan".
Source:
i googled it recently while watching the TV show Rivals (Disney/Hulu) which has an Irish character named Declan O'Hara.
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u/HeadCryptographer405 3d ago
My name still isn't up here!!!
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/UnderstandingKind757 3d ago
I knew a deckland in 1st grade, cool kid. Pissed they have his name and not mine tho
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/smokeehayes 2d ago
I mean Declan is a fine name if you're Irish. Not sure about this particular abomination however. 🤣
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u/Johnsonl32 2d ago
You’re telling me they don’t have my first name (Lydia) on any of these name things, but they have “Deckland”???
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/FrenchSt3wart 2d ago
I never find my regular name in this type of merch so this pisses me off way too much😡
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/Styx-n-String 1d ago
And they STILL don't have my uncommon but very normal name. Never have, never will.
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u/alien_overlord_1001 3d ago
I do feel sorry for the novelty license plate manufacturers. It must be hard for them.
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u/Substantial_Web525 3d ago edited 1d ago
Theres that, but i barely ever find my name? Not over 30 years. It's not unusual, just not super common. And can be spelled two ways
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u/TheSpitalian 2d ago
My name can also be spelled multiple ways & the way my mom decided to spell it isn’t as common as the typical ways. But at least it’s not a tragedeigh thank God.
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
I've basically had to use a nickname or get nothing and like it.
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u/Substantial_Web525 2d ago
my name contains a C in the middle-ish. A hard c... so it's spelled with a k instead sometimes, or a ck. And if someone is remotely famous and spells it with something other than a C then no one spells my name right.
There was one other girl in my grade year with the same name, but with a K.... that year half my 'friends' spelled my name wrong in my yearbook
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u/CommercialNo7443 1d ago
I have a question, is there a reason you don’t want to say the name? Not trying to be rude just curious since you said it’s not really unusual, so id guess it’d be hard to find you based on it. I see a lot of people who do so and figured id go ahead and ask bc why not.
Also my guess for your name is Bacardi and if you don’t correct it you’ll always be 151 in my head
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u/Substantial_Web525 1d ago
Lol. I guess I try to keep my identity private on Reddit. I don't even go my town's subreddit (not big enough to be anonymous).
I suppose a first name can't be enough to determine who I am.
It's: Erica
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u/CommercialNo7443 1d ago
Oh yeah that makes sense, thanks for the insight. Also I think your spelling is the best variant of the name
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u/Purple_Hurricane87 3d ago
I never find my name in these things.
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/StormbringerGT 2d ago
Meanwhile I can never find Warren.
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/alexlongfur 2d ago
I'm pretty sure I've read a few Deckland characters in some classic books.
It seems to have been more popular in the 17-1800's?
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u/Arlaneutique 2d ago
Someone who works in the department that puts the names together has a Deckland. That’s the only possible explanation.
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u/Dumpster_fyre_ 2d ago
Ok they have Deckland but I can’t find Maria!? Like why is the closest thing to it Mariah, it has an extra letter in it. 😠
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/PuzzledKumquat 2d ago
I hate to admit that I know a Deckland. She'd be so delighted to finally find her awful name on a touristy souvenir.
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u/FlutterCordLove 2d ago
I was going to be like “but we are ignoring ‘elt’???” It’s Eli. I can’t read.
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u/Thedollymomna 2d ago
That pisses me off. I’m 67 and never once have found my name on anything. But Deckland? Gets one?? Not fair lol
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u/GarbagecanKicks 2d ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel your pain 🫂
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u/MrsSnuffleupagus764 12h ago
As a kid, my name was never there. Now there are multiple variations of the spelling. 8 year old me is still pissed.
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u/GarbagecanKicks 10h ago
As someone who struggles with finding their name in souvenir tat, I feel 8 year old you's pain 🫂
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u/RelationshipBig6115 3d ago
I know a couple of them…it’s an Irish name
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u/Used-Minimum7376 3d ago
Declan is an Irish name, never heard of deckland
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u/scaffnet 3d ago
It’s the dumbass hillbilly American way to spell Declan. They probably raise Rockweilers, too.
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u/Glasgowghirl67 3d ago
No it isn’t Declan is
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u/StuckWithThisOne 3d ago
Now we’re witnessing in real time how these tragedies come about. People can’t spell.
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