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Totally stupid or unusual?!

58 replies

Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 11:44

For a boy: Dymoke and Marmion!!!

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Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 12:00

Do enough people know Little Women to associate Marmion for a boy with a character in that book?!

I do like Walter Scott, well spotted!

Dymoke would be pronounced like Die-moke and I can't really see a boy being called Di/Dy

Not sure I'm over keen but they were the surnames of the King's Champions years and years ago!

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Iamkenny · 05/08/2011 11:54

I thought Dymoke was a surname? But then people do use surnames as first names. You'd get called Dy/Di. Not seeing it as a first name

Marmion like Marmy/Marmee which is the mother in Little Women (I think) which they might get problems with. Again a surname and a poem by Scott, which is always good :)

Marmion is slightly better than Dymoke (which I keep reading as Dynamo)

scurryfunge · 05/08/2011 11:53

Would you pronounce Dymoke as "Dimmock" ?

scurryfunge · 05/08/2011 11:52

Do you like Walter Scott?

scurryfunge · 05/08/2011 11:50

Odd in a bad way Grin They sound a bit made up but hey, start a trend.

Renaissance227 · 05/08/2011 11:48

No particular significance just thought they were unusual, so I thought I'd get opinions.

Odd in a good or a bad way scurryfunge?

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deemented · 05/08/2011 11:47

Odd. Very odd.

scurryfunge · 05/08/2011 11:46

Have heard of Jamoke not Dymoke or Marmion. Sounds a little odd unless they have particular significance for you.