Posted by Robert Hill on July 27, 1998 at 17:21:16:
In Reply to: Re: Is it not a disgrace that the BBC changed Titty's name? posted by Roger Taylor on July 27, 1998 at 12:53:43:
Several of the names have potentially embarrassing meanings:
as nouns, not only Titty but also Dick and John; as a verb, Roger;
and as an adjectival prefix, Nancy. (If a tomboy is called Nancy,
does that make her a Nancy-boy?)