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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: Pennyfarthing on February 09, 2019, 05:42:47 PM
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My friend came round the other day and brought her small grand daughter called Molly. Her sister is called Rosie. i know old names like this have been popular for several years and I also know small girls called Maisie, Ruby, Olive, Ivy, Flora and Martha.
Makes me wonder when names from the 50s and 60s will come back into fashion. i'm thinking of names like Karen, Sharon, Anne, Marian, Shirley, Jane, Deborah, Janice, Christine and so on for girls and boys names that you never hear now like Kevin, Shane, Alan, David, Brian, Keith, Paul, etc.
A carer at Mum's home has just gone off on leave and is expecting a son and is going to call him Peter. That's another name you seldom here nowadays.
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A cousin twice removed called her daughter Ivy - born in November. That's too old fashioned :-(.
10 years ago I called my chickens Maude, Mabel and Martha ........
My middle name is Olive :-X
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When I gave birth the first time my GP said, what ever name you pick make sure it's one that will look good on a CV.
Very sensible advice.
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I love molly,my middle name (thanks dad🤨) is Morag,properly Scottish,could be worse,could be my first name.
You don't much hear of Arthur these days
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One has to remember too that the name should be easy to spell and if in a line: C[atherine]R[uby]A[melia]Percival........ be careful what you wish for ;)
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My hairdressers helper, had a baby girl.
She called her Elsie May...
I just love it.....
My nans name was May.....I'm not telling what my middle name is...it's just awful, Christ knows what my mom was thinking......😢
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Oh come on Jill,you trying to tell me it's worse than Morag?😄
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Oohhh yyeeessssss.
To me, your middle name is a good old fashioned Scottish name. That's good.....
Mine however , has always embarrassed me. I hate it....🙀👎
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My theory is names do an 80 year cycle before coming back. Arthur is one of them, Pippa Middleton has called her son Arthur so watch this space for lots more.
My middle name is Marie, I've always hated it x
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Oohhh yyeeessssss.
To me, your middle name is a good old fashioned Scottish name. That's good.....
Mine however , has always embarrassed me. I hate it....🙀👎
Matilda,jemmima,Ethel,Gladys,you've got to tell,Peter?😆
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Pennyfarthings list of names sounds like a teacher calling my school register ;D
I've often wondered what it's like to have a name that's not pronounced as its spelt, a few years ago it was very popular around hear to have Irish girls names, to me I cannot read the name and understand how it's pronounced, Caoimhe is one that I would be totally wrong trying to pronounce, (it's prounounced Keva).
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I'd love that Two Hoots, although, it would be funny how it got spelt sometimes...🙀
Ok, ok, Jaypo, my middle name is............oh gotta run, potatoes boiling over..........🙀
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JILL!!!!!!!!😡 Florence?eugenie?fanny?😂🤣😄😆
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Fanny cradock......👵🏼
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Right,you've saved your potatoes,tell us all you middle name,I'm soooooo embarrassed of mine,everyone used to call me Morag the torag 😏 can't understand why, I was an angelic child hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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As a child there was a family: Dolores, Dorinda, Deliah ....... there was 8 girls all beginning with 'D' ::)
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Haha, CLKD, your on the right track.....
Begins with D........🤭
Whoever guesses it wins a free weekend in Jaypo holiday cottage in Isle of Skye......
Yeeaahhhhh..... :rofl:
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Dora?
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No......😆
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Bugga ;D
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That's fine by me cause my cottage is near Dunoon 😂🤣 Deirdre,davindra,dollop
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dollop of cream :D
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Delilah (my husband is from Skye,clarified now😊)
Donaldo,my friends sister is called davida
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Wanted a boy then ;D
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Dollop!!!! :rofl:
Oh well, I was close......🤣
Dollop...🤣😂🤣 I cant cook for laffing! 🤦♀️🤷♀️
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Yep,clkd,like nigella,I also went to school with a girl called andrewina 😳
Has a ring to it,Jill dollop Smith (for instance)😂
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i'm guessing Deirdre!
i have an older cousin called Deirdre and one called Marigold .... poor thing!! Marigold has sisters called Shirley Poppy and Pamela. All names you don't hear now.
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Love poppy....
But no, not Deirdre....😁
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It is always obvious when a child is first born: Adam or Evie ::)
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I'm thinking opposite,devil,that's it isn't it Jill 🤣
Desdimona
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Errrr, NO!
I could be though.......😤👿👹👹👹
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Jillydoll .... is it Denise or Daphne?
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No, Penny.....😁
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Jillydoll is it Dorothy ?
Lanzalover x
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No, Lanzalover....😃
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Dior,Destiny,dipsylalaandpoh 😂
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My mother is known by her middle name but when we go on a family cruise holiday the crew always call her by the first name on her passport - Dorothy, she hates it, the rest if us think it's funny ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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:lol:
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NO Jay......😉
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Dawn ?
Lanzalover x
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No, Lanza......😉
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It's nothing special.
I just hate it......but I think I hate it so much because people used to laugh at it....
Why couldn't she have called me Samantha , or Clair, or something less laughable.
There was an advert, on tele years ago, and the barmaid was called this name...
So everyone used to say it like it was in the ad......a bit sexist.......but then everything was in the 70s/80s.....👎
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What was the ad for?
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Beer, I think.....but don't quote me on that.
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☹️ tried to find advert but couldn't,found Diana or double diamond,I'm guessing your mum wasn't that cruel 😆
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Delores, Deborah, Demelza, Diana, Dinah. ???
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It used to go........'have you seen that .............' who was the barmaid,
Which was a man talking to another man and they went phurrr or something.
She was big busted gal, like I say, only in the 70s/80s....lol.
Ok I'll tell..............it's just horrible, apologies to anyone else called it, (doubt it though)
Doreen.........there! I've said it!!......🤮
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I was surrounded by Debra's, Sharon's and Tracey's at school, I think the 1960's, when I was born, were awful for names, mine isn't one of those but I have always hated it as I always thought it was a bit old lady, I have probably grown into it now though ;D
I had a friend who called her daughter Mabel, when I had my son in 2001, but I have noticed there are more of the old fashioned names around, heard of an Edith recently.
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Aaaaaaaaaaarrggghhhhhh Jill,that was my sisters name and my aunts and my husbands mums name,what was the advert though?
You're right tinkerbell,there was Shirley,Sandra and Wendy,if my dad had his way my FIRST name would've been Morag,don't think I'd have ever lived it down
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Really? Jay.
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Can't remember the advert, I've had a look on you tube, but can't find anything.
There's that many tho.....
I'll have another look......👍🏻
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Yep,that's why I didn't mention it,cause I quite like that name,must hunt down the ad now 😄
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I have a friend called Doreen .......
I was almost Margaret :o :-X
I wanted to be various names over the years: Tracey, Della, Tabitha
We had a commune near us and the baby was called Dandelion ::) - another was Willow .......
What would have sign yourself off as these days?
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We had Jackie's and Pamela's at school
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I had a friend called Anita.
Thought it ever so trendy....
Oh, and one called Marcella.....(like the tv program)
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Oh yes we had an Anita
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And a Julie, June and Lorraine
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It used to go........'have you seen that .............' who was the barmaid,
Which was a man talking to another man and they went phurrr or something.
She was big busted gal, like I say, only in the 70s/80s....lol.
Ok I'll tell..............it's just horrible, apologies to anyone else called it, (doubt it though)
Doreen.........there! I've said it!!......🤮
It's not that bad! i have heard it pronounced D'reen which sounds better than the drawn out Dooooreeeen.
In my year at school we had about 6 Janes, a couple of Janices, several Annes, loads of Susans and Christines. We had names like Monica, Marilyn, Glynis, Janet, Joan and Heather.
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Two sets of twins in different years .........
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My friend and her younger sister were in the same school year, but they weren't twins :o
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My friend and her younger sister were in the same school year, but they weren't twins :o
We had brothers like that at our school. One is now a GP and the other has just retired from a career in the Police. It's very sad because they haven't spoken for years due to the usual falling out over family inheritances. They were like chalk and cheese at school.
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Not that close then PF ;)
We had a Margaherita in school, couldn't spell it then ::) : often wondered what happened to her. Her Dad was Italian.
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Yes Penny, that's how my mom used to say it.
But most people say it the drawn out way.... when ever I've had to put it down on paper, I've always said to OH, NO! Don't put it down, but he says you have to, it's your name....I don't know wheather it's true or he just likes winding me up.....lol
We had Julie's, Janes, one called Jeanette, carol n Kim, who were my besties....
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Aww Jill, I love the name Doreen, I have fond memories of my sister and my aunt 😊
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That's lovely Jay....
Glad I've brought back memories for you....😊😊😘
Still hate it though........😂🤣😂🤣😂
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I had a friend called Gladys and she hated her name, most days she would complain about it but whenever anyone suggested she used her middle name or officially changed Gladys to something she liked she was quite defensive. She was a lovely person a name is just that a name. However another friend who worked in a kindergarten was frantic when she was expecting her own children as she said all the names she liked reminded her of the naughty little ones she cared for as part of her job. She found it difficult to name her own children without getting into a panic, eventually she and her partner chose names they both liked. It is a big responsibility giving a child a name.
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Such a shame for famous folks kids,there's some terrors out there,Bowie's son was zowie!!(which he changed) and Marc bolans son was called rolan, I rest my case😆
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Duncan now if you plz......😂🤣😂
Apple, Paltrows daughter,
North, Kanyes daughter,
The list goes on..............
Them two out of Emmedale called their son Bowie, out of respect for him.......👍🏻👌🏼
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Think he's a director now isn't he?
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Have you looked up Alex James from blur? His kids names are properly mad,think one is called geronimo😂 but the rest are just as bad,poor mites
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Yeah, have you seen his film, the space one, can't remember it's name,
only saw bits of it, but it won loads of things. It's called Moon. Just googled..lol
Did you see Angie in big brother when she did it?
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I personally think she got a raw deal.
BUT, I suppose, we'll never get to know the truth about what went on between them...
Behind closed doors , n all that.....
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Oh yes,of course,moon,I love the actor in that,can't remember his name now 😏 he was fab in the green mile.no,I didn't watch BB but did see clips of her.
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Sam Rockwell 😊
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I'll have to watch that....properly...
It had rave reviews.....
I love films....when I can sit up and watch one that is, I'm always too knackered...😴😴
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Have you not seen green mile?one of my favourite films,you laugh and cry and of course Tom hanks is my favourite actor,you MUST watch it