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Pendle?

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pippylongstockings · 19/11/2008 21:29

Help...
What do I say some friends have just named their baby PENDLE.

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nickytwotimes · 19/11/2008 21:31

"Oh, that's lovely."

What else could you say (to their face)?

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TsarChasm · 19/11/2008 21:31

Gosh. That's er different.

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simpson · 19/11/2008 21:32

"Is it a family name?"

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girlandboy · 19/11/2008 21:32

Did you say Pendle??

Oh my!

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girlandboy · 19/11/2008 21:33

Don't suppose it really matters, but is it a boy or a girl?

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PendlesMummy · 19/11/2008 21:34

How could you ?

I am gutted

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PendlesMummy · 19/11/2008 21:34

Arse forgot my

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chunkychips · 19/11/2008 21:34

it's a town in cumbria. Strange choice.

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Heated · 19/11/2008 21:35

You don't. You comment on everything else but!

Or if forced into a corner, smile brightly and say sagely, "Well, you've got to choose a name you love."

But it is god awful

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cyanarasamba · 19/11/2008 21:35

Aren't there witches on Pendle Hill??

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fourlittlefeet · 19/11/2008 21:35

maybe they are related to the pendle witches

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MeAndMyMonkey · 19/11/2008 21:36

They must be massive Jilly Cooper fans... oh gosh, I think it's from Prudence?

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pippylongstockings · 19/11/2008 21:37

He's a boy - if that helps at all or makes it worse ??

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biskybat · 19/11/2008 21:38

I remember as a teenager, reading a Jilly Cooper romance which had one of the dashing heroes as being a chap by the name of Pendle...perhaps your friend has the same shocking taste in literature

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fishie · 19/11/2008 21:39

pendle mulholland. which was the one she ended up with?

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biskybat · 19/11/2008 21:41

Ace? Not sure that was his real name...they were nicknamed after pack of cards

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biskybat · 19/11/2008 21:43

If only men like that existed in RL

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PeppermintPatty · 19/11/2008 21:45

Oh dear.
Makes me think of the Pendle witches too.

My mum used to live near Pendle Hill were the witches were suppossed to meet.

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pippylongstockings · 19/11/2008 21:47

No? he has a brother called Ace in the book - some other friends of ours have a son called Ace!!

Time to make some new friends......

Must read the book tho'

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ScummyMummy · 19/11/2008 21:50

Gosh! Um, will you definitely have to offer a verbal response?

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ScummyMummy · 19/11/2008 21:51

Penfold would be better...

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moondog · 19/11/2008 21:53

It sounds like something a Victorian shoe maker would use.

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MeAndMyMonkey · 19/11/2008 21:53

Ace Mulholland was pretty... ace, but I always preferred louche brother Jack. Pendle, on the other hand, was horrid... emotionally cold and in love with his ex!
Read the book - it's fab!
And yeah, change your friends!

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Spidermama · 19/11/2008 21:54

Or even Dangermouse.

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