Things you were shockingly old when you learned

Wait, Billie Piper was married to Laurence Fox for nine years??

poor lass doesn't half pick 'em!

You've got to wonder about someone whose choice in partners is that appalling.

Not really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJoe58pO8g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84oRwX0yEco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV12iHvpDTM

Shockingly old when I learned how popular that song has been

Actor Bruce Glover (James Bond films, Walking Tall, dozens of tv appearances) is the father of Crispin. Obvious if you look at him though

also "Trey" is almost always a nickname meaning "the third" and there are probably very few people actually named Trey. Not only was I shockingly old when I learned this, but I think I may in fact be the only person on Earth who didn't realize this, at least based on my real life experiences trying to pitch this as some sort of trivia and being met with pitying and or baffled expressions

Not only was I shockingly old when I learned this, but I think I may in fact be the only person on Earth who didn't realize this

Maybe the only person in the US, I don't know, but not on Earth.

See also: “Trip.”

I didn’t know this stuff until adulthood, it being kind of a class thing.

also "Trey" is almost always a nickname meaning "the third" and there are probably very few people actually named Trey. Not only was I shockingly old when I learned this, but I think I may in fact be the only person on Earth who didn't realize this, at least based on my real life experiences trying to pitch this as some sort of trivia and being met with pitying and or baffled expressions

It's news to me

I think I knew Trey but not Trip. Which, as James Redd said, is a class marker, at least in the US.

Class marker in what way?

woah had no idea about Trey or Trip, but makes total sense now in a "i feel dumb for not working it out by myself" way
similarly Ichiro is Japanese for "first son"

Class marker in what way?

In elementary school it was all JR and Johnny Boy and such.

There are also those upper class baby talk nicknames.

You mean people with III or IV at the end of their names?

That's definitely one for the American Things thread.

I believe having a III in your name was a prerequisite for being a Trip/Trey kind of guy.

was/is

Trey and Trip are news to me.

Where do you live, OL?

IL, US. Don't mix much with the upper crust tho. Never met a Trip or Trey irl.

So no Chip either then.

I once met a guy who's a IV and went by Ivy.

Which was weird for me because at the time, my daughter was named Ivy.

Never knew a Chip, never met a Muffy, never ran into a Thurston or a Lovey

Y'all know I'm a Tre. I'm also a III. But trust me, we don't have any class.

I did recently mention something to a co-worker about my actual government name, and she was all like "Waaahhh? Tre's not your real name?" And I was all, Why would anyone name their kid "three" in the first place?

It's kinda like being named Junior, Jr. I dunno. You all can just keep calling me plains, if you like.

Heh, was trying to remember if there was somebody with that name on the borad but couldn’t. Another Senior Service moment!

I have met people literally named Junior before, so there's also that.

Technically I'm a III (at least), so am considering a name change to Trip D.

Wait, so Trey Cool from Green Day is actually Trey Cool III?

I have met people literally named Junior before, so there's also that.

I was one acquainted with a Quint. And yes this was in Virginia.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/816XJe-jzZL._SL1500_.jpg

Wait, so is Quint the nickname for someone who is Something Something the V?

I was one acquainted with a Quint. And yes this was in Virginia.

Keep going until you get a Sext or just don't even bother

Tré Cool = Frank Edwin Wright III

Picturing a version of the Pixies led by a guy named Ivy Thompson.

I've also mentioned this before: most of the other Tre's I've run into have been African-American. Not sure how much of a class marker those dudes are pulling.

My paternal grandparents started a thing that I don't know is an actual thing outside of my family where the first-born sons inherit the initials of their father, so I guess I'm sort of a Trey in a way that no one else would ever consider valid.

My initials share my father's (obv.), but so does my sister's!

Also knew these two brothers back in the woods who had the same middle name — their dad's first name.

I knew that pplains was a Tre but I didn't realise that was a nickname!

You really don't want to get into Sixtus territory, mind you.

Wow condolences to the baby.

I had never heard the Tre thing before either! But, yeah, Trey Anastasio = Ernest Joseph Anastasio III. I knew his full name, but never put that together.

two r&b singers from different eras came to mind: Trey Lorenz - real name Lloyd, so maybe; and Trey Songz - he’s a Tremaine

Randolph Severn Parker III

Trey Azagthoth's real name is George Michel Emmanuel III

in the US “Trace” and indeed “Tracer” also means III, fact fans