Did you go to school with anybody named Ralph?

Just me then?

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We had a Ralph.
He couldn't pronounce his Rs.

He called himself Walfy.

We had a boy named Ralph in junior school (1959-63)

Sorry to hear about this cmat, hope his parents coped after losing him at such a young age.

RIP Ralph Wilson

Nobody at my school called that, bit of a woosies name imo.
Rafe is deffo better sounding.

Ralph Cohen, he was a good bloke and not a bad rugby player.

pronounced RAVE

This Ralph had stand up and read a passage from a book.

He stood up and read ''the servant was afraid to contradict his master lest he fell foul of his masters woff.

''His what?'' boomed out our teacher.

''His woff Ser'' came Walfy's reply.

Howls of laughter from the rest of the class.

I knew the bloke in kraftwerk was called Ralph, but I did't go to school with him though.

Teachers in those days had carte blanche to do what they wanted Dr.C. One was going to give me a dry shave with a cut throat razor in front of the entire class because I never had time to shave most mornings. I said that's not going to happen Sir (he was an ex RAF officer and old school). Fair play, he pulled out a cut throat and called my bluff. I disappeared at mid morning break and went home to get rid of my whiskers. I always respected him as did everyone else.

We had one. We pronounced his name as 'Rarf' (as in half). I believe some pronounce it 'Ralf'.

I hope you mean facial hair

My brother had a friend named Ralph and there was someone at my senior school named Ralph (although I didn't know him personally).

Both were called 'Ralf' - as they always should be.

'Rafe' is for affected nancy boys.

we had a ralph who wanted to be known by his middle name james -so we called him randolph .

Tommy. What about 'Rarf'?

The name  Ralph always reminds me of Harrys next door neighbour in 'Wait till Your Father Gets Home', you know that early 70's  children TV program.

I love my mom and dad and my brothers too, And the groovy way we get along
But every time the slightest thing goes wrong, Mom starts to sing this familiar song..

Just wait till your father gets, until your father gets, wait till your father gets home.

I agree with akabula. Definitely a hint of la-di-da about the name.

If the Assyrian came down like the Ralph on the fold, it wouldn't scare anyone, would it?

On the other hand, if he came down like the Rolf on the fold ...

Were we wrong, because they seem to pronounce it 'Rafe' these days?

And in those days, Vaughan Williams having snuffed it the year before you started school.

No he didn't.

I started school in 1955.

The dates in the OP refer to junior school.

I went to school with a Rolph.  He pronounced it as Rolph.

Did you go to school with anybody named Ralph?.... no chance of anyone called Ralph were i came from........


the first Ralph that i ever heard of was a Ralph Coates the footballer.....................

No, only a Rilphogg...Ralph a super-rare name where I exist.

Tommy Toes    20 Oct 14 01:34 
My brother had a friend named Ralph and there was someone at my senior school named Ralph (although I didn't know him personally).
Both were called 'Ralf' - as they always should be.
'Rafe' is for affected nancy boys.

Quite right, Tommy.

Only posh twats call it Rafe. Quite like Ralph pronounced correctly but the only one I ever knew had it as his surname. We liked him though as he was smashing an absolute milf at the tennis club.

We were thinking about calling our recently born kid Ralph if it was a boy, but because back in the day we used to call being sick "ralfing" we cancelled that in case the term was widespread and still in operation and had Hector lined up instead. Kid is probably quite lucky it dropped out as a girl.

I always thought Rafe was a completely different name !

There was a partner called Rafe when I worked for a firm in Berkeley Square.

When I was in the first form there was a friend called Ralph whose name appeared on some albums later as the sound engineer.