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Is Artie posh?

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NoTeaForMe · 26/11/2012 15:52

So we like the name Arthur but cant imagine it for a baby/toddler. Do you think the nickname Artie is really posh?

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pettyprudence · 15/01/2013 21:01

I have an Arthur (family name) and I don't shorten it. Its ok when other toddlers call him "arfur" but annoys the feck out of me when his gp's do it (in-laws obvs). My half of the family tend to use the welsh pronunciation more.

My DM kept trying to shorten it to Artie but it hasn't really panned out. Maybe he will get a nn one day, and if he's lucky it won't be farty arty Grin

PickledInAPearTree · 14/01/2013 21:03

Agree that kids are cunning little things. If they want to pick on a name they will find something!

(Bitter voice of experience)

PickledInAPearTree · 14/01/2013 21:02

I love Arthur but I wasn't that keen on artie.

I actually think Arthur works nicely on a toddler, i wasn't planning on shortening it.

delilah88 · 14/01/2013 14:18

Yes.

PurpleStorm · 14/01/2013 11:53

I reckon kids can find something about every name to mock if they want to.

So I wouldn't worry too much about an Artie Farty connection.

poppydaisy · 13/01/2013 16:09

But Luca is pronounced Luca, not Lukey..... I don't know why the Artie Farty connection is so strong, but in my mind it is....

CharlsCurrie · 13/01/2013 15:17

No I don't care about posh. Also about Arty Farty as Luca could be Lukey Pukey if the kids want to be mean. Some kids get Picked on regardless but not usually over a name.

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poppydaisy · 13/01/2013 07:42

Who cares if it is posh - cant see any problems with having a posh name..?

But I would worry about the Artie Farty connection, sorry.

CharlsCurrie · 12/01/2013 22:35

Did you name your son Artie in the end? The name is now top of our list. We have one son called Luca and thought Arthur is ok when older but Artie when younger. It's hard choosing a name that's different thou.

FrothyOM · 28/11/2012 17:01

I have an Arthur and we don't shorten it. Artie is nice though. No idea if it is posh.

Rowan1204 · 28/11/2012 16:05

I love Arthur and Artie for short, its on our boy's shortlist :) go for it, if you and your other half like it, that's the main thing!

I think you can think up some kind of negative rhyme with most names so wouldn't worry too much about the 'fartie' :)

Mylittlepuds · 28/11/2012 15:56

We are having an Arthur if it's a boy :-) his brother is a George

Anonymumous · 28/11/2012 10:15

BigBlueBump, I was talking about the teachers!!! Grin

meditrina · 28/11/2012 07:07

I don't think Artie is remotely 'posh'.

Ozziegirly · 28/11/2012 05:29

Arthur is my DS's middle name - we loved it for a first name (and it's a family name for DH and me) but we also assumed that he would be called Farty Arty and just couldn't inflict that.

Allalonenow · 27/11/2012 21:35

I really like Arthur, and Art or Artie are good diminutives. It is a super and historic name.
As for being made fun of in a state school, he will be in a class full of Zanders Winds Tempests Coyotes and Kestrels, so will have little to fear!

bigbluebump · 27/11/2012 21:20

"if you send him to a state school he will inevitably end up being called Fartie"

Do you think private school children don't have the same imagination Grin?

Anonymumous · 27/11/2012 20:31

You have to be posh to get away with it, because if you send him to a state school he will inevitably end up being called Fartie.

Rhubarbgarden · 27/11/2012 20:26

It's a bit twee for me. I prefer Art. And I have to say, I kind of agree with Mu1berries about it being very MC.

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NoTeaForMe · 27/11/2012 16:18

It's not an obsession bananarama it was just a question! Some names are definitely posher than others...

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bananaramma · 26/11/2012 22:48

Would 'posh' be good or bad?

Personally I don't like Artie as it rhymes with Fartie but I don't understand the obsession with poshness Confused?

SurreyWithAFringeOnTop · 26/11/2012 22:38

I love Arthur, and Art for short. Not sure about Artie; it does rather put it in the Alfie/Archie camp which I am not keen on at all, sorry.

2kidsintow · 26/11/2012 18:25

My Granddad was an Arthur. His name was shortened to Arch.

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NoTeaForMe · 26/11/2012 18:21

Thankyou for the responses, glad to see it is generally well liked.

Am still confused at Mu1berries comment, can anyone explain?

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