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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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Alisvolatpropiis · 26/11/2012 18:18

I'd say Art-ee.

I think it's really sweet, I knew a girl vaguely whose very cool boyfriend went by Art when I was a teenager. I don't think it's posh,more unusual in the sea of Alfie's about these days.

I love Arthur by the way OP Smile

tasmaniandevilchaser · 26/11/2012 17:19

I think it's sweet, just a shortening of Arthur, not especially posh. Not sure about "self consciously middle class", seems to be over thinking it a bit. I would put it in the same bracket as Alfie and Archie.

ConfusedandBemused · 26/11/2012 17:06

I think it is lovely!

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NoTeaForMe · 26/11/2012 16:08

Mu1berries what do you mean?

Poozle nope not Scottish! No children's entertainer here to put me off!

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poozlepants · 26/11/2012 16:05

You're not Scottish then. Artie is one of the 'famous' children's entertainers round these parts in The Singing Kettle and posh isn't a word that would readily spring to mind.

Mu1berries · 26/11/2012 16:05

No. Definitely not. It is so self-consciously middle class it's embarrassing.

MrsBungleBear · 26/11/2012 16:04

No, I don;t think common. I know a 3yo Arthur but he is the only one (and he is only called Arthur - not Artie).

IMHO I find Artie a bit twee but I like Arthur :)

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NoTeaForMe · 26/11/2012 16:01

Would be pronounced Artee here!

My concern with Arthur would be people pronouncing it Arfur, could I just correct them every time or would that just look rude?!

MrsBungle does that mean common? As in popular?

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SoupDragon · 26/11/2012 16:00

It's not that I don't like it per se, just that "arty farty" is the phrase that springs immediately to mind.

MistletoeAndTomHardyPlease · 26/11/2012 15:58

Depends, Artee sounds quite posh but round here it would be Art-tehh.

I like it.

MrsBungleBear · 26/11/2012 15:57

I don't think of it as posh. I think of it in terms the same as Alfie, Archie etc.

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NoTeaForMe · 26/11/2012 15:56

Do I take it from that that you don't like it Soup ?

No real accent to change the sound of it Pancake, my husband just thinks it's a bit posh!

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Pancakeflipper · 26/11/2012 15:53

Depends on your accent. It won't sound posh oop North or areas like Dudley.

SoupDragon · 26/11/2012 15:53

Arty farty.

But not posh, no.