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Suddenly liking baby girl name Gertie

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Forfrigssake · 05/11/2016 18:13

Love or hate it?

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peppermac · 05/11/2016 18:13

Not really, it sounds like nickname.

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peppermac · 05/11/2016 18:14

And rhymes with flirty and dirty Grin

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SpeckledyBanana · 05/11/2016 18:15

The only Gertie I can think of is a sewing book writing whose full name is Gretchen.

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DramaAlpaca · 05/11/2016 18:15

Hate it.

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OnceMoreIntoTheBleach · 05/11/2016 18:15

Sure the little girl in ET is called this?! Cute

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RiverTam · 05/11/2016 18:16

Dirty Gertie.

Little girl in ET.

Gertrude nn Trude or Trudy would be better, IMO.

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Monkeyface26 · 05/11/2016 18:17

If my sister or I were being stroppy as kids, DM would say 'stop being such a Shirty Gertie'

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 05/11/2016 18:32

Its cute sounding but it just conjures up a crabby old lady to me. Plus it makes me think of the poem/rhyme
." Dirty Gertie Macintosh never ever got a wash.".

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SausageSoda · 05/11/2016 18:33

It's a nn for Gertrude which I don't like.

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Manumission · 05/11/2016 18:34

The playground rhyming possibilities are worrying.

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YonicProbe · 05/11/2016 18:37

Don't like it, sorry

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/11/2016 18:46

Frigs, Gretchen is beautiful, Gertie for short.

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NavyandWhite · 05/11/2016 18:48

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CPtart · 05/11/2016 18:49

Hate it. Nothing redeemable about it at all.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 05/11/2016 18:50

I like it!

Needs to be short for something but not Gertrude.

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ErnesttheBavarian · 05/11/2016 18:53

I work with a lovely woman called Geertje. Pronounced ger-tye.

I automatically think of dirty Gertie from number 30 with Gertie but not Geertje.

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ErnesttheBavarian · 05/11/2016 18:54

Oh and Geertje is a name in itself not an abbreviation if that matters.

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SuperFlyHigh · 05/11/2016 18:56

Gertrude is better as have more options eg Gertie and Trudy. If she gets teased at school for being Dirty Gertie she'll never forgive you!

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SuperFlyHigh · 05/11/2016 18:57

Or Gretchen for Gertie

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neonrainbow · 05/11/2016 19:01

Is horrendous. Truly awful, as is Gretchen.

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SendARavenToRiverRun · 05/11/2016 19:12

It's a common Yorkshire term ( affectionate) for the missus 'Orr old Gert'. And yeah, dirty Gerty etc. Sorry!
Gretchen is nice though Smile

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AmyInTheBoonies · 05/11/2016 19:17

I think it's pretty awful. What about Greta?

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/11/2016 19:18

Flirty Gertie, where I come from 😄

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lljkk · 05/11/2016 19:32

it's the hormones, OP. Just slap yourself a few times & find something nicer.

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PoldarksBreeches · 05/11/2016 19:43

So bad

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