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Decision between Delia and Linnet?

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Zeldamoo · 09/09/2012 22:25

DH and I can't decide which we like best...both are really pretty and our final choice.

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TittyWhistles · 15/09/2012 20:41

Linnet seems to be the name du jour. nice though. Nowt special.

Delia is cool. Dahlia is cooler.

Vulgar · 15/09/2012 20:35

Linnet is gorgeous!

Can't believe there are so many Children of Green Knowe fans out there!

schplappo · 15/09/2012 20:28

I know a Linnet and she is lovely. Gets shortened to Linnie which is also lovely. Much prefer it to Delia.

merrymouse · 15/09/2012 15:18

I would go for Delia.

I don't see any problems with cookery because by the time your DD is grown up I don't think Delia Smith will be very high profile. (And there are worse people to be associated with)

Mylittlepuds · 15/09/2012 15:10

Oh God I can't tell you! Look it up online.

TheTermagantToaster · 15/09/2012 13:27

Linnet
Larch
Sorrel

All beeYOOtiful.

IHeartKingThistle · 15/09/2012 13:25

Eh? What's a Winnet? Confused

Mylittlepuds · 15/09/2012 13:23

But what about if Linnet gets called Linnet the Winnet?!

saffronwblue · 13/09/2012 11:11

Love Linnet but nickname Lin is very dull.

poppy283 · 13/09/2012 08:34

Minty - I just don't like it! It doesn't sound like a name to me, let alone a girl's name. Makes me think of rennet, limpet, lichen.

Minty82 · 12/09/2012 09:13

Stella - not Toseland then? Wink
Poppy - why is it 'not a nice thing to call a baby'? Is there some unfortunate overtone the rest of us aren't getting, or do you just not like it?

peggyblackett · 12/09/2012 08:52

Linnet. Gorgeous!

StellaNova · 12/09/2012 08:50

Linnet is lovely, yet another Green Knowe fan here. I was trying to think of another girl's name form the series,but the grandmother is called Linnet too I think, isn't she? Oh, there's Susan I suppose.

I have an Alexander, partly because of that book.

EdithWeston · 12/09/2012 06:55

Linnet - despite making me think of the main murder victim in Death On The Nile!

poppy283 · 12/09/2012 06:46

Linnet?? Sorry that's not a nice thing to call a baby, book or no book.

Delia gets my vote.

Mum8 · 11/09/2012 23:37

I like Delia, feminine and sweet!

AlwaysHoldingOnToStars · 11/09/2012 21:21

Linnet. Green Knowe fan here too!

Delia is ok, but it makes me think of Delia Smith too much.

HereBenson · 11/09/2012 19:49

The only Delia I know is a very miserable dinner lady. Linnet is lovely.

MortaIWombat · 10/09/2012 22:30

Looks lovely. Wonderful Green Knowe connotations. But just sounds a bit meh.

Linnet. Innit?

How about Corinna? Grin

Sossiges · 10/09/2012 22:18

Linnet's a lovely name. It was on my shortlist for DD.

snigger · 10/09/2012 22:11

Songbirds rock.

snigger · 10/09/2012 22:09

Love Linnet.

clabsyqueen · 10/09/2012 22:09

Both terrible in my opinion. Sorry!

mrsXsweet · 10/09/2012 22:07

Delia was our first choice for a girl, I love it! We're having a boy and really struggling with names. I think Delia is really elegant, a toddler can be dilly, a teen can be Lia (although I'm less keen on this).

Twonker · 10/09/2012 20:36

Or cordelia

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