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Bertha. What do we think?

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 00:57

I'm really liking this name, but my dh thinks it sounds a bit common. I say it's not common at all...your opinions please.

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tryingtoleave · 24/10/2011 10:17

Big Bertha was WWI.

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

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susiedaisy · 22/10/2011 21:50

Bertha? please god no not for a child sounds like a name for a canal boat or a train!

PeelThemWithTheirMetalKnives · 22/10/2011 21:49

It's old fashioned but still in the unattractive old-fashioned category I'm afraid.

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notlettingthefearshow · 22/10/2011 20:30

Dreadful.

scarevola · 22/10/2011 20:25

"Gonna call him Beverly"

Him? You're thinking of girl names for a boy?

Beverly - makes me think of Callard from Corrie.

RightUpMyRue · 22/10/2011 20:25

Sounds fat.

betheldeath · 22/10/2011 20:23

My name is Beth and I am quite tall compared to the rest of my family and so was nicknamed Big Bertha.

It does not hold attractive connotations.

scarevola · 22/10/2011 20:21

Sorry, but the Big Bertha associations are just too strong, even though it's over 60 years since the War.

adamschic · 22/10/2011 20:20

I know a couple of Bertha's both nicknames for fat lads. Also know a woman called Bertha, not sure if it's a nickname or not.

BeyondLimitsOfTheLivingDead · 22/10/2011 20:18
lurkinginthebackground · 22/10/2011 09:11

yes Bertha is a good name for a pug ugly fat boy.

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 01:34

Nah, changed me mind. Gonna call him Beverly. After the hills.

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 01:30

How about Beryl?

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 01:29

Look here, I'm pig ugly, my husband makes Plug look handsome, my child has no chance! Maybe what I should have said in my OP was is Bertha a good name for a pug ugly child?

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GothAnneGeddes · 22/10/2011 01:13

Bertha, oh lovely Bertha, you know she works like a dream...

Isn't Biffa Bacon mam called Bertha?

No, op, no.

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 01:10

sounds very wanky to me

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 01:07

My other kids are called Fanny and Donna. I need something to go with those.

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auntyfash · 22/10/2011 01:04

I find Emily and Martha old fashioned but they seem to be acceptable wanky names.

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