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What would a girl called Odette look like?

57 replies

BoyMeetsWorld · 29/06/2013 21:27

Need to settle a debate with DH. We have drastically different opinions about this name.

So go for it please & describe your imaginary Odette...

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Shattereddreams · 29/06/2013 21:28

Mine isn't imaginary. I went to school with one

Tall, lanky, greasy skin and hair. Sorry!

PoppyAmex · 29/06/2013 21:29

I'm from Southern Europe, where this name is fairly common, so my experiences will be different from yours.

With that caveat...

Odette is middle aged, wears her hair "set" with tons of hairspray, has a very ample bosom and red nails.

VivaLeBeaver · 29/06/2013 21:30

She'd look French.

Brunette, slim, pale.

runningonwillpower · 29/06/2013 21:30

Well, she'd be tall and slender. Dark haired and definitely striking but not necessarily pretty. And she'd be well snooty.

I don't think I would be friends with Odette.

sittinginthesun · 29/06/2013 21:30

Dark haired, angular Parisian girl.

ninah · 29/06/2013 21:31

fat with pale skin and blue eyes

98percentchocolate · 29/06/2013 21:32

My DD is an Odette - long dark hair, nice skin and features - beautiful! (But then I am biased!)

LesAnimaux · 29/06/2013 21:32

I knew an Odette. She had black hair and dark skin. Very Asian looking, but was South African. She slept with my boyfriend (who was cocklodging living in my flat) and when I asked her if she had slept with him, she told me it was none of my business.

I called her Odious Odette after that.

That is the one and only experience of this name...I'm sure there are some lovely Odettes out there. Personally I'd go for Ottilie.

(Did I over answer the question?)

FrancesFarmer · 29/06/2013 21:32

Proustian!

Marlinspike · 29/06/2013 21:35

Petite, dark, vivacious, stylish ... a hint of the Audrey Hepburn about her.

As a negative she can be capricious and spiteful.

Happiestinwellybobs · 29/06/2013 21:36

French looking, brunette, short hair, angular features, tres chic! But imagine she will be quite insular and hard to get to know.

austenozzy · 29/06/2013 21:39

I knew an Odette. She's Portuguese, dark hair, petite, pretty - and a very forthright woman! Great laugh, but don't piss her off... :-)

takeaway2 · 29/06/2013 21:42

Beautiful. She goes to school with
My son and she's v sweet, smart and polite.

SugarandSpice126 · 29/06/2013 21:44

fat, dumpy, and very unlike able! As with every name, at least some people are going to know a horrible person with that name! It's why I hate "simon", "mark", "john", "sophie" - it's hard not to connect them with the people you know!

TolliverGroat · 29/06/2013 21:46

Pretty, dark, slender.

RakeABedOfTyneFilth · 29/06/2013 21:46

Long necked, very pale, almost completely white, and powerful yet apparently serene. Has a dark side.

PistachioTruffle · 29/06/2013 21:46

My imaginary Odette is pretty, long blonde hair and fair skinned. Quite feminine and girly in style and appearance.

bugsybill · 29/06/2013 21:48

I think of a young girl, quiet, shy, pale skin, dark straight long hair an freckles.

bugsybill · 29/06/2013 21:53

I think of a young girl, quiet, shy, pale skin, dark straight long hair and freckles. With a musical/artistic streak.

Thurlow · 29/06/2013 21:59

Sturdy.

beachesandbuckets · 29/06/2013 22:00

Fat and from the Deep South, likes fried food and lives in a trailer.

ninah · 29/06/2013 22:01

yes, beaches! def a fat name
cries big fat tears, too

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mikkii · 29/06/2013 22:05

My cousin is called Odette. I haven't seen her in about 35 years.

She was, quite petite, dark skinned with dark hair.

nulgirl · 29/06/2013 22:14

Like someone's gran. According to my French husband it would be like calling a child the french equivalent of Jean or Hilda

JassyRadlett · 29/06/2013 22:15

I always get a mental image of Odette Churchill/Hallowes, so that's my association.

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