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Could we honestly pull off the name Venus

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misdee · 05/07/2008 13:47

Grin
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Carmenere · 05/07/2008 13:51

Yes and they could do intensive tennis coaching from pre-school and have a world class rivalry whilst still remaining great friends

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Collision · 05/07/2008 13:53

No as I think you have a Serena already!!!!

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Collision · 05/07/2008 13:54

But I do have a friend who's surname is Jackson and her kids are called LaToyah and Micah!!!

Am not joking!!!!

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nooka · 05/07/2008 13:56

Makes me think of Bananarama, and not in a good way

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FabioTheWhisperingCat · 05/07/2008 13:59

OooooOOOooOOooh is it girl?

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misdee · 05/07/2008 14:04

no idea yet fabio. scan is monday.

ok how about venus for a middle name lol

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FabioTheWhisperingCat · 05/07/2008 14:17

Venus v gd for middle name. She will have unique bond with dd3.

First name Billie.
Or Robbie.
Or Wimbledon-Champion.....

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melpomene · 05/07/2008 14:20

I would be more worried about children at school making up rhymes about her...

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misdee · 05/07/2008 14:22

lol mel true. that is whats putting me off.

my mum is called virginia, you can imagine the teasing she got

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SoupDragon · 05/07/2008 14:23

Absolutely not!

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misdee · 05/07/2008 14:24

looks like it will be called Frogmella then

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FabioTheWhisperingCat · 05/07/2008 14:26

...or Spudulika...

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SoupDragon · 05/07/2008 14:27

Frogmella is beautiful. far easier to pull of than Venus (due in no small part due to the lack of rhymes for it. Oh, other than "Smell her.")

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beforesunrise · 06/07/2008 14:48

i think Venus Williams is so awesome that she deserves to have a generation of little girls named after her! but i didn't have the nerve to call my own that, admittedly...

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ProfessorGrammaticus · 06/07/2008 14:58

No. You couldn't. Apart from anything else, it rhymes with "penis"

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