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Somerby

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typsical · 24/11/2010 21:40

I have already mentioned this name on another recent thread... But just wanted to know what you all think of it...? I think it's fab and can't understand why it isn't more popular? (Knowing my luck, it'll be the height of fashion when I come to want to use it! Angry)

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FluffMacDuff · 24/11/2010 23:17

I second LetThereBeRock. The 'Summer' part and the '-by' ending make it sound more girly than anything.

OP you did ask for opinions! It's pretty obscure - not that there's anything wrong with that in itself. Can I ask where you found/saw it?

LetThereBeRock · 24/11/2010 22:38

It's dreadful.

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typsical · 24/11/2010 22:36

cory Why not?

Bunty and Lynette I agree, thank you :)

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LynetteScavo · 24/11/2010 22:26

I like it.

Beats Thomas or Daniel hands down.

cory · 24/11/2010 22:24

so why would you want to call a little boy "summer village"?

BuntyPenfold · 24/11/2010 22:20

It sounds happy, a happy name.

SaorAlba · 24/11/2010 22:17

Just realised I'm thinking of Sotheby's.

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typsical · 24/11/2010 22:00

Guacamo... I'll be very glad if it's not, so please don't be sorry

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nannynobnobs · 24/11/2010 21:56

I think that's it onimolap :) not been that way for a while.

Guacamohohohole · 24/11/2010 21:56

"Knowing my luck, it'll be the height of fashion when I come to want to use it!"

Uuuuuummmm, sorry but I doubt that very much. I personally don't like it... But it's your DC!

SaorAlba · 24/11/2010 21:56

Is it not an auction place somewhere in england?

onimolap · 24/11/2010 21:55

Yes I think of it as a village as well.

nannynobnobs - do you mean the Fox and Hounds? (no I'm not local now, but was once upon a time)

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typsical · 24/11/2010 21:53

Yes Sommersby was the film. Somerby is a boy's name, with one of it's meanings being 'summer village'. seeker and littleomar - who made you the experts...? Wink

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BelligerentGhoul · 24/11/2010 21:53

Sorry but I think it's terrible. Feel free to ignore me though.

nannynobnobs · 24/11/2010 21:52

It's a village a few miles from me with a decent food pub.

littleomar · 24/11/2010 21:48

sommersby i think the film was

it's not a first name.

Waswondering · 24/11/2010 21:44

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seeker · 24/11/2010 21:41

It isn;t more popular because it isn't a name. It sounds like a stately home!

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