ditsydoll
Mon 19-Nov-12 18:42:03
Thoughts on the name penny..
hjtunny
Fri 23-Nov-12 01:15:50
My friend's mum used to use Penny to refer to our lady bits when we were little girls so it is a no-no for me. The same friend's mum now has a dog called Penny and was mortified when I pointed out her dog is called "Lady Bits"
IHeartKingThistle
Thu 22-Nov-12 00:19:08
I love it.
I also have to tell you this, though it may out me. For several years I taught a quite angry teenager who was genuinely called Penny Lane. She hated it, bless her.
Complicated24
Thu 22-Nov-12 00:12:11
I'm called Penelope and I do like it. Am not in PTA (expecting first baby next month so maybe one day) do have a decent job and am only a little bit mad but am blaming pregnancy hormones! My family call me Penel which I love, friends call me Penny, Penn or Pen. Have lived overseas and works well in Europe too.
gobbin
Wed 21-Nov-12 22:39:09
Dog's name, sorry. Penelope is good though, just don't like the shortening.
chocolateicecream
Tue 20-Nov-12 21:00:33
It is a sweet gentle name.
Rhubarbgarden
Tue 20-Nov-12 20:56:12
All the Pennys I've known have been mad as a box of frogs.
It's a good name.
MulledWineOnTheBusLady
Tue 20-Nov-12 20:44:38
Love Penelope, but I just can't seem to like Penny. I get all the head girl/PTA woman associations too. And Penny Crayon, who was a right tit.
janey68
Tue 20-Nov-12 19:12:39
I would choose Penelope as the proper name though. It's so elegant and classy. If its PTA mumsy it would definitely need to be a grammer school. Penny/ Pen are very cute as a nickname
Jusfloatingby
Tue 20-Nov-12 14:01:38
I like it. It has a kind of Enid Blyton vintagey feel to it. (Definitely not a bossy PTA type at all.)
PurpleGentian
Mon 19-Nov-12 22:10:12
Agree Penny is better as a nickname for Penelope.
And I could never think of Penny as a jolly PTA mum after watching all of Big Bang Theory many many times.
YDdraigGoch
Mon 19-Nov-12 21:20:55
Agree with TidyDancer. I love Penny as a nickname, but it is a nickname, not a name. Would go for Penelope and shorten it. I also know a grown up Penny who is very head girl-ish, though lovely too!
Kelerina
Mon 19-Nov-12 21:17:29
Find a penny, pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck
MaryAstor
Mon 19-Nov-12 20:53:20
Penny is a jolly PTA mum with a sensible bob and a mock-wrap top from Next who always has a handy-pack of tissues in her bag.
I think it is quite wrong for a little girl. And also horrid.
Penelope is ok.
It's really sweet, but I think I would go for Penelope and use Penny as a nickname.
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