There are definite downsides to having a Tim, Timmy or Timothy as a character name in the UK.
Basically, you'd be giving a character name shared with Timmy Mallet (one of the most loathed tv presenters in the UK), Tim Henman (Britain's most successful tennis player who didn't really win anything), and Timmy the Dog from the Famous 5 books.
In fact, I think that the reason why the UK version of The Office had a character called Tim was to partly identify him as being a bit of a nice-but-loser-sadsack (he became Jim in the US version).
I do however like Thomas. It's a good strong name, Tom works just as well and you see a lot of kids nowadays who are called Tom or Tommy (which you don't get with Tim).
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Date: 2009-05-12 11:45 am (UTC)Basically, you'd be giving a character name shared with Timmy Mallet (one of the most loathed tv presenters in the UK), Tim Henman (Britain's most successful tennis player who didn't really win anything), and Timmy the Dog from the Famous 5 books.
In fact, I think that the reason why the UK version of The Office had a character called Tim was to partly identify him as being a bit of a nice-but-loser-sadsack (he became Jim in the US version).
I do however like Thomas. It's a good strong name, Tom works just as well and you see a lot of kids nowadays who are called Tom or Tommy (which you don't get with Tim).
So yes. My vote is for Thomas.