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Baby names

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Floresca

15 replies

AndFanjoWasHisNameO · 12/04/2013 23:33

This name has just been on an episode of a murder victim Criminal Minds.
Pronounced Fleu-ress-aah.
I really like it (but am 38 weeks pregnant and therefore massively unreliable in all matters of Real Life) is it my hormones???

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CurryChip · 12/04/2013 23:48

It's the hormones.....and it looks like it should be pronounced Flor es ka which is awful.

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AndFanjoWasHisNameO · 13/04/2013 00:15

Thought as much....

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picnicbasketcase · 13/04/2013 00:16

It sounds like a brand name of glow in the dark condoms. Sorry.

Sinkingfeeling · 13/04/2013 00:19

Trust us, it's the hormones. Sounds like a strange cross between Florence and Francesca. Not good.

MardyBra · 13/04/2013 00:30

Was going to suggest it sounds like fabric conditioner, but I think picnic might be more accurate.

OkayHazel · 13/04/2013 02:35

Looks like you mushed up Flora and Francesca. The latter is lovely btw!

mathanxiety · 13/04/2013 04:36

Flourescent

itsnothingoriginal · 13/04/2013 09:24

Gardening product

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AndFanjoWasHisNameO · 13/04/2013 10:56

Ok ok- fully accept that I'm crackers and that it would be better suited to a fluorescent weed killer
This is why I need the collective sense of you lot at this stage....don't worry, you've already vetted my baby names!

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fussychica · 13/04/2013 15:19

I thought it might be a new spreadable butter

givemeaclue · 13/04/2013 15:19

Margarine?

Designjunkie · 13/04/2013 15:33

People will pronounce it Floor ess ka. Now I know the proper pronunciation I can't help but put on a southern drawl. Also sounds like a detergent. Sorry!

Unami · 13/04/2013 17:55

Agree, it sounds like Flor-eska, and makes me think of yellow flourescent paint.

thermalsinapril · 13/04/2013 21:13

A cross between Florence and Vanessa (either of those any good?)

thermalsinapril · 13/04/2013 21:13

Or Francesca?

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