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would you tell a friend that her new baby's name is used by some to refer to vulva/fanny/tuppence/girlie bits...

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FlyingInTheCLouds · 04/09/2010 21:10

My mate is calling her little girl Minnie (she's now 10 days old).

I thought nothing of it, apart from the Minnie mouse/me connections until I mentionned it to a few friends who said that they used as a baby word for vulva/fanny {insert much argued over word of your choice here].

I had never come across this before but having re-read a few threads on this topic that some people do. It appears to be gaining in popularity.

So should I make my friend aware of this connotation of the name, in case it becomes like being called Fanny (as one of my aunts was much to our amusement as kids).

Or just leave it be.

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ZENZIZENZIZENZIC · 04/09/2010 22:39

onepieceoflollipop, there were so many bad names in our book, I doubt it was a mistake.

I just can't wait to find the poor unfortunate named Anal Grin

scottishmummy · 04/09/2010 22:36

ned in scotland=plooky chancer.much derision.might be ok for chaterati but no way in scotland

Thissideofchannel · 04/09/2010 22:32

No, I don't think many people call a penis a Lily, but many call it Willy, don't they?

Hence, I'd probably avoid William.

grammar · 04/09/2010 22:32

To Rhianninthescribbler, Muffy's real name is Rhiannon!

onepieceoflollipop · 04/09/2010 22:30

I quite like ned (is is equivalent to willy?)

PlumBumMum · 04/09/2010 22:29

Seeker think its only my MILGrin

scottishmummy · 04/09/2010 22:29

have revised my opinion,if is common parlance.do tell.as i said if someone was going to pick ned in scotland id say

seeker · 04/09/2010 22:27

Why would you not tell her? Wouldn't you want to know?

I don't think emay peope call a penis a Lily. Minnie is in veyr common usage for a vulva.

Doodleydoo · 04/09/2010 22:26

But I lived in London with dd and never heard it, and lived in London for many years prior to dd and never heard it, was born and raised in Kent and have never heard it and now live back in kent and HAVE NEVER HEARD IT. WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD MY FANJO CALLED A MINNIE? Am so confused I really am, why do I seemn to be the only one? Am I hanging out in the wrong places? Confused

PlumBumMum · 04/09/2010 22:25

I wouldn't, just because this happened to me, I thought it was stupid, she has obviously never heard it so don't worry

my dd1s name is a very common name and I had never heard it used in that context at all until my MIL told me, but then I also had to tell MIL off for calling ds's penis Lily

seeker · 04/09/2010 22:23

Honestly. Tell her. Wouldn;t you want to know?

scottishmummy · 04/09/2010 22:23

bit like ned.maybe ok for london chatterati.not in scotland.ned=plooky bawbag

Thissideofchannel · 04/09/2010 22:21

Minnie isn't any different to Willy/William, and most people don't make a big deal about that name (although 5-6 year olds probably do Grin)

scottishmummy · 04/09/2010 22:21

ok,given potential for derision.tell her

onepieceoflollipop · 04/09/2010 22:20

I did wonder if someone at the book company was being "naughty" and slipped that name in as a joke. Shock

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FlyingInTheCLouds · 04/09/2010 22:19

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onepieceoflollipop · 04/09/2010 22:19

Just think "mouse" or "roll" - as in Cadbury's, rather than "fanjo" when you see the baby or put this whole thing out of your mind. Grin

scottishmummy · 04/09/2010 22:18

anal as name aye id say something about uphill gardener name

scottishmummy · 04/09/2010 22:15

am unfamiliar with the minnie=bush thang.so chosen as in on birth cert and registered?eeek id still say nowt given she clearly has no such association

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FlyingInTheCLouds · 04/09/2010 22:14

anal - now I would be having words Grin

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FlyingInTheCLouds · 04/09/2010 22:12

grammar - muffy made me chortle. But it's lovely. Our DS1 is nned wobble, which he now gets embarrassed at across the supermarket.

scottishmummy - the name is definately choosen.

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onepieceoflollipop · 04/09/2010 22:12

Thanks for confirming my post ZEN :) After I typed it I wondered if people might think I had made it up. Grin

ZENZIZENZIZENZIC · 04/09/2010 22:10

onepieceoflollipop we must have had the same name book. At one point DS was named Anal Humperdink.

We had a sick game to come up with the worst name possible.

hormonesnomore · 04/09/2010 22:10

Never heard of Minnie being a fanjo-type name.

My mum had a friend called Minnie - short for Williamina.

seeker · 04/09/2010 22:05

scottishmummy - it was like that! I was really proud of him, thought, he did try very hard.

it was like the time a friend of ours came to dinner, without telling us that since we had last seen him, he had shaved his head and grown a gigantic handlebar mustache. I have NEVER been prouder of my children.