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Queenie! *Yay or Nay?)

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BlackadderWentForthToMultiply · 22/08/2011 01:47

Our daughter (ETA 3+ months) I'd like to call her Queenie but my DW may have some other ideas. persuasive arguments for and against please! cheers.

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TanteRose · 22/08/2011 02:26

nay.

how about "Nursie" Grin

or actually (seriously now) how about Rowan/Rowen? can be used for boys or girls

Wabbit · 22/08/2011 02:20

No, no, oooh nooooh... just no!

Sounds like an old, 'purple rinse' haired, dance hall shuffling, fag ash spilling, bleeding red lipstick wearing, wee smelling wrinkly to me - soz

BlackadderWentForthToMultiply · 22/08/2011 02:02

famous examples of Queenie include:

Queenie Chu (born 1981), Hong Kong television presenter and actress
Queenie Leavis (1900-1982), English literary critic and essayist
Queenie McKenzie (circa 1930-1998), Australian artist
Queenie Newall (1854-1929), British archer
Queenie Rosson (1889-1978), American silent film actress
Queenie Smith (1898-1978), American stage musical performer
Queenie Watts (1926-1980), English actress
Queenie (1886-1969) aka Stephanie St. Clair, a French gangster who operated out of New York's Harlem

lifted from Wikipedia

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ZacharyQuack · 22/08/2011 01:55

Nay.

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