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Do I dare ask for Dulcie opions?!

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rachxx · 30/07/2010 23:07

Well what do you think?

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blametheparents · 31/07/2010 09:40

My niece is called Dulcie.
It is often shortened to the first syllable which I hate.

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 31/07/2010 09:12

I like Dulcie, and to be honest once she is at school you will have all the smart answers about how to pronounce and so on.

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rachxx · 31/07/2010 09:10

Thanks for some POSITIVE opinons.

Just because Dulcie isn't used in the country as much anymore does not mean its not 'real'

At the hospital I work at, there are many patients with Dulcie as their name in their eighties, and I don't think any of them have been told their name isn't real.

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aJumpedUpPantryBoy · 31/07/2010 00:33

I love it.

SirBoobAlot · 31/07/2010 00:21

Really dislike it, sorry.

LJS666 · 31/07/2010 00:16

I think a "real" name would be better. "dulcet tones".

LaundryLyne · 30/07/2010 23:37

I think it's the "dull" that puts me off Dulcie.

AllarmBells · 30/07/2010 23:36

as in, I like the name Dulcie

AllarmBells · 30/07/2010 23:35

In Sarah Harrison's The Flowers Of The Field there was a Dulcie, short for Dulcimer. It is a great book. I like it.

lovely74 · 30/07/2010 23:31

Hmmmnn it's ok, but I prefer Darcy

skidoodly · 30/07/2010 23:24
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rachxx · 30/07/2010 23:17

I know what you mean. A kind of 'genre' of names

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ValiumSingleton · 30/07/2010 23:13

I don't know really skidoodly, they just seem like old buddies in an old people's home, but the cool ones. Both very eau de wee chic, but in a good way.

skidoodly · 30/07/2010 23:12

How Lois similar to Dulcie? Don't get that...

Although I really don't like that either. It's like it had a missing syllable,

ThatVikRinA22 · 30/07/2010 23:11

i like it.

skidoodly · 30/07/2010 23:10

I really dislike it. It manages to sound both ugly and sickly sweet to my ears. It is popular around here, so my view may not be a common one.

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rachxx · 30/07/2010 23:10

opinions (my keys are sticking sorry!)

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ValiumSingleton · 30/07/2010 23:09

I love it.

I love Lois as well which is kind of a similar feel.