Kerry Katona weds in Chavs-ville on February 14th 2007

[Novice]

Gretna Green wedding for Kerry and Mark

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15 FEBRUARY 2007

It was an extra-special Valentine's Day for former Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona who married her cab-driver love Mark Croft in a low-key ceremony. The couple chose legendary wedding venue Gretna Green to tie the knot.

The I'm A Celebrity, Get Me out Of Here star and her 35-year-old beau, who became engaged in January last year and are expecting their first child together - a girl - in April, posted the wedding banns in the Scottish town two weeks ago. They said their vows on Wednesday at the local Mill Hotel - a former working mill dating back to 1740 and set in picturesque grounds. Couples can enjoy a legal ceremony in the Forge chapel, which instead of an altar has an anvil - the traditional symbol of Gretna Green.

It was an altogether different affair to the 26-year-old singer's first wedding to Westlife member Brian McFadden - with whom Kerry has two daughters. The pair married in County Meath, Ireland, in a lavish ceremony at Slane Castle, at a reported cost of £400,000.

Brian is now dating Australian singer Delta Goodrem.




Her face familiarly expressive and her bump already showing, Kerry hams it up for the camera with Mark last October. The couple, who are expecting a baby girl in April, have tied the knot in a Valentine's Day ceremony in Gretna Green
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The groom gave a thumbs up as he arrived at the hotel where the wedding took place
Photo: © Empics
Gretna Green wedding for Kerry and Mark

[pinkberry]

Can someone in England, finally tell me what a Chav is. I hear it all the time.

[LizaMarie]

Its' quite difficult to explain but I'll give it a shot.

Basically, it goes back to two rival private schools, both full of very wealthy pupils, and the nickname of one of the schools was ''Chav''. They would mock eachother and put eachother down, especially when they saw rival pupils with designer items and so forth. ''Look at that Chav'' kind of thing.

the term sort of developed to be a derisory name for someone who generally kits themselves out in designer clothes but is actually very common underneath, but it's origins come from the rival schools. think Paris, she is like Queen Chav. Britney was recently labelled as the perfect example of a Chav, wearing designer clothes etc but generally just being trash underneath. The term is used so loosely now as a coloquialism that generally it can be used to mock anyone.

[pinkberry]

^^ Thank You

[Rondette]

I always thought it stood for 'Council House And Violent'---in other words, somebody who is on benefits and leeching off the state, and quite happy to burgle their gran if she was looking the other way. Think that they have the right to act as if they are the only people who deserve anything, although god forbid they have to WORK for it! And yes, wear cheap knock-off designer clothes and lots of gold jewellry, bought from the market with money that the government have given them because they are claiming for 'depression' or whatever they can claim.

I hate these sort of people. I am also scared of them because they are becoming more and more prevalent over here in the UK. C

[scarlett]

i give it 6 months

[Bellatheball]

Who and who and what???

[enctpc]

She is trash

[A*O]

Chav = British poor white trailerpark trash (although not necessarily poor or white or live in trailers)

ChavScum

[Rogue]

I've got to admit I always knew the Council House and Violent meaning, rather than the public school element. It's the sort of person you look at and just know that they had sex this morning, then went out without washing, brushing their teeth or changing their knickers, wearing gold creoles, sovereigns on the fingers, and some 'designer' clothing or 'designer' knock-off. Think Vicky Pollard.

[A*O]

For our non-British posters here's the divine Ms Pollard. She's the Goddess Of Chav

[Rogue]

And that is the reason I am ashamed of my ever growing Bristolian accent

[Novice]

Originally Posted by Rogue

And that is the reason I am ashamed of my ever growing Bristolian accent

Hon, you'll be ok just so long as you don't wear too much burberry check!

Incidently to add to the defenition of "Council House & Violent"; it's not necessarily that they're in council houses (public housing/projects), the too much money to spend on designers gear (frequently knock offs), tattoos, lots of chunky obviously gold jewelry but the frequency of drunkeness/out of it-ness & a total lack of education & a lack of caring about it!

Jade Goody anyone?

This is quite funny! Chav - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


LisaMarie - where's your defenition from - I've never heard that either.

[LizaMarie]

I honestly cant remember, but that is definitely what i heard. That it started there and sort of filtered down into everyday language.

[Novice]

Originally Posted by LizaMarie

I honestly cant remember, but that is definitely what i heard. That it started there and sort of filtered down into everyday language.

ITs funny coz I've found 3 origins of it
1) "The precise origin of chav is a matter of debate, but most people agree on its geography, namely that it probably began in Chatham, Kent, where it was best known until it gained its recent high profile. It seems that the word itself began as a derogatory label for an older underclass, gypsies, many of whom have lived in that area for generations. (2) Language expert Michael Quinion surmises that chav may well come from the Romany word for a child, chavi, recorded from the middle of the nineteenth century. Later in the same century it was apparently used as an insult to an adult man, after which it fell into obscurity before its revival today. "


2) "Comes from Chavi/ Chava. Romany word for Boy or Man. Does not mean a Romany. Or Traveller. And is not Racist.
Chavi / Chava (Romany) comes from Chaval. Spanish for Young Man. NOT derogatory.
Chaval (Spanish) Comes from Chavalier - French for Cavalier , Gentleman or Horseman.
Chavalier (French) from Cheval or Horse.

It has NOTHING to do with chatham. Your mate (who invented it) or any other english town."



3)Cheltenham Ladies College calling Cheltenham inhabitatlnts "Cheltenham Average"



Having lived in Cheltenham around the time it becaome popular I'd vouch for it not being the last one - that would mean that the *cough* "ladies" would have had to speak to the general populace for it to get out & that ain't gonna happen!

Anyway - for Bella Kerry Katona was in a *cough* singing group called Atmoic Kitten (think Britney but there were 3 of them!). She marries a bloke in a boyband they divorced after having 2 kids, he took up with Delta Goodrum (having lost shedloads of weight) and she's been through other celebs' exs & rehab (a couple of times I think) to marry a bloke who drives a cab.

Good luck to her I say....


The Suns says:-

Kerry's rage at f*rting groom


By RICHARD WHITE
February 17, 2007

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FORMER I’m A Celeb winner KERRY KATONA spent her wedding night ALONE — after her new husband couldn’t stop parping. MARK CROFT broke wind uncontrollably throughout the Valentine’s Day wedding service in Gretna Green.
When cabbie Mark, 35, let rip again later in their hotel room, Kerry, 26, blew her top and gave him the boot for the night.
The heavily-pregnant ex-Atomic Kitten star was also fed up that their £300 bash wasn’t a patch on the glittering wedding she had with her first husband, singer BRIAN MCFADDEN.
The mum of two’s agent MAX CLIFFORD said: “Mark has been suffering from awful wind lately. He stayed in another room.”



The Sun Online - Bizarre: Kerry's rage at f*rting groom

Kerry Katona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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