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penny?

36 replies

ditsydoll · 19/11/2012 18:42

Thoughts on the name penny..

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ThePathanKhansWitch · 23/11/2012 01:19

Love it.

hjtunny · 23/11/2012 01:15

My friend's mum used to use Penny to refer to our lady bits when we were little girls so it is a no-no for me. The same friend's mum now has a dog called Penny and was mortified when I pointed out her dog is called "Lady Bits"

ellesabe · 22/11/2012 20:49

I prefer Penelope

shirash1 · 22/11/2012 19:16

Lovely!

shirash1 · 22/11/2012 19:07

Lovely!

IHeartKingThistle · 22/11/2012 00:19

I love it.

I also have to tell you this, though it may out me. For several years I taught a quite angry teenager who was genuinely called Penny Lane. She hated it, bless her.

Complicated24 · 22/11/2012 00:12

I'm called Penelope and I do like it. Am not in PTA (expecting first baby next month so maybe one day) do have a decent job and am only a little bit mad but am blaming pregnancy hormones! My family call me Penel which I love, friends call me Penny, Penn or Pen. Have lived overseas and works well in Europe too.

gobbin · 21/11/2012 22:39

Dog's name, sorry. Penelope is good though, just don't like the shortening.

chocolateicecream · 20/11/2012 21:00

It is a sweet gentle name.

Rhubarbgarden · 20/11/2012 20:56

All the Pennys I've known have been mad as a box of frogs.

It's a good name.

MulledWineOnTheBusLady · 20/11/2012 20:44

Love Penelope, but I just can't seem to like Penny. I get all the head girl/PTA woman associations too. And Penny Crayon, who was a right tit.

janey68 · 20/11/2012 19:12

I would choose Penelope as the proper name though. It's so elegant and classy. If its PTA mumsy it would definitely need to be a grammer school. Penny/ Pen are very cute as a nickname

LegArmpits · 20/11/2012 14:04

NOT PENNY'S BOAT

Jusfloatingby · 20/11/2012 14:01

I like it. It has a kind of Enid Blyton vintagey feel to it. (Definitely not a bossy PTA type at all.)

YDdraigGoch · 20/11/2012 12:46

Siwmae twllbach!

PurpleGentian · 19/11/2012 22:10

Agree Penny is better as a nickname for Penelope.

And I could never think of Penny as a jolly PTA mum after watching all of Big Bang Theory many many times.

TwllBach · 19/11/2012 22:04
Grin
YDdraigGoch · 19/11/2012 21:20

Agree with TidyDancer. I love Penny as a nickname, but it is a nickname, not a name. Would go for Penelope and shorten it. I also know a grown up Penny who is very head girl-ish, though lovely too!

Kelerina · 19/11/2012 21:17

Find a penny, pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck

TwllBach · 19/11/2012 20:54

Thumbs up from me Grin

MaryAstor · 19/11/2012 20:53

Penny is a jolly PTA mum with a sensible bob and a mock-wrap top from Next who always has a handy-pack of tissues in her bag.

I think it is quite wrong for a little girl. And also horrid.

Penelope is ok.

Alisvolatpropiis · 19/11/2012 20:17

I agree with TidyDancer.

TidyDancer · 19/11/2012 20:08

It's really sweet, but I think I would go for Penelope and use Penny as a nickname.

clippityclop · 19/11/2012 20:07

Lovely!

Anonymumous · 19/11/2012 20:06

It's a bit cheap. Blush

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