I hesitate to post, and ^please^ nobody pregnant read this, but I met a..........

[curlew]

......Dulcimer today!

[MrsMcEnroe]

Jesus

[GoshAnneGorilla]

Noooo! Why?

[EldritchCleavage]

Love it.

[squoosh]

Oh dear. Sounds like a measurement of energy in a nuclear power plant.

'Once it reaches 10 dulcimers we're doomed!'

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Sister to Viola?

[Alisvolatpropiis]

That's hideous.

[ChippingInNeedsSleepAndCoffee]

squoosh

Is it even a real name? Would you say it Dul - sea - mur?

Male or female?

Poor kid.

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

I only know it as a musical instrument

I suppose it's quite a pretty sound though, poor thing could have been called Clarinet if they'd liked the nickname Nettie

[NoComet]

According to wiki the it's a family of string instruments some plucked and some played with small hammers and the name means Sweet Song which is pretty, I guess.

It's their siblings Harpsichord (NN Harp) and Sitar I feel sorry for.

[TruJay]

I know of someone with the name in her 20s, never ever heard of it before then.

[pinkthechaffinch]

theres a baby dulcimerin 'at the back of the north wind'. Ithink its lovely.

[Rooners]

I nearly called ds 'Diamond' after reading that book

[MortifiedAdams]

The mother will be a bloody MNer who has read countless threads on NOT using a nickname, abouthaving to have a longer version.

She clearly wanted Dulce.

[Sparrowfarts]

What would her brother be called (I'm presuming it's a girl)?

Bassoon
Oboe

Organ

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

:)

A damsel with a dulcimer, in a vision once I saw...

[curlew]

I think her sister would have to be Zither.

And they have a wicked Greek uncle who takes them on unsuitable treats called Bouzi.....

[perplexedpirate]

Ach, Remus you got there before me!

It was an Abyssinian maid and on her dulcimer she played, singing of Mount Abora.

I like it, actually.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

:)

Could I revive within me...

Love it and love the man from Porlock story too.

[ShadowSummer]

I'm pregnant, OP.

Were you worried that I'd think "Oooh, must add Dulcimer to the shortlist for DC2"?

[EnjoyEverySandwich]

There's a Dulcibella in my family tree.

[mouseymummy]

Still not as bad as Peppa... :) not pippa or any other derivative, just Peppa.

I can't say as I like dulcimer or dulce but everyone has a different view on baby names.

[curlew]

ShadowSummer- I have good cause to be worried.. i seriously considered Halcyon when pregnant with dd.....!

It's the hormones.

[perplexedpirate]

Dulcimer for a girl, Porlock for a boy. Or Kubla, of course.

[curlew]

Honey-Dew?