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Antigone or Tigris

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DaveMccave · 28/06/2013 21:36

I know it will be a minority that could consider either better than the other but anyone have an opinion to a preference? nn Tiggy.

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Alisvolatpropiis · 28/06/2013 23:20

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The Tiggy I knew wasn't embarrassed by her name. I believe she does go by Antigone now,except with old school friends.

Alisvolatpropiis · 28/06/2013 23:19

To be fair lolly I'm not privately educated,though was a mythology nerd as a kid.

Plus the Welsh as a people like their words to have as many syllables as possible, if the word itself doesn't give us the syllables we'll often just pop them in anyway Grin

TolliverGroat · 28/06/2013 23:17

Of those two, Antigone. I would think "Hmm, I can see why she shortens it to Tiggy" but it's a proper girls' name with a long history behind it. Tigris I think I'd probably assume (knowing that it was a person but with no other information) to be a boy, although I have no idea why given that most river names are female.

elQuintoConyo · 28/06/2013 23:17

Can't you just name her Tiggy straight out and avoid the embarassment of Antigone/Tigris?
You might as well put Lady Consuela Banana Hammock on her birth certificate if you're going to call her Tiggy anyway.

Alisvolatpropiis · 28/06/2013 23:16

Well,I live in South Wales. Smile

I think that's the correct prn though?

Rather than Anti-gon which sounds rather less attractive.

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DaveMccave · 28/06/2013 23:16

It was the first story that made dd (not Lyra, but has all those letters Wink ) belly laugh out loud, at stinky face which definitely isn't the funniest. And I love it because it's the shortest story we have. And the comedy value of saying Soggy Muff with a straight face. Smile

Don't be ridiculous floggingmolly. They are both names, with meaning and Greek and Latin origin. Just because they are not widely used or you dislike them does not mean they cease to exist. What bizarre egotistical logic.

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lollydollydrop · 28/06/2013 23:15

Ok I didnt realise that, she would prob get pronunciation problems from normal people like me (i.e. not privately educated on Greek mythology) Sad

lollydollydrop · 28/06/2013 23:13

Its obviously not a Northern name Grin Can only assume you live in the South, probs SouthEast Wink

Alisvolatpropiis · 28/06/2013 23:13

An-tig-on-ee

thecatfromjapan · 28/06/2013 23:12

I think it does sound good too.

lollydollydrop · 28/06/2013 23:12

How do you pn it?

thecatfromjapan · 28/06/2013 23:10

There's something quite Victorian/Edwardian Bohemian about naming your child after a Classical heroine.

As Dave points out: the name has strong associations (didn;t Hegel write on Antigone? or was it just the post-Hegelian, late C20th French philosophers who did? And I think Antigone was quite "big" in late C20 feminist political thought, too).

And it's a name that would be equally apt on a model, actor, scientist, head-of-industry, civil servant ... Prime Minister - so it's one of those really flexible names.

Great choice.

Alisvolatpropiis · 28/06/2013 23:10

lolly

I like the on-ee ending. Same reason I like Hermione and Persephone. Granted I like the latter two names more.

lollydollydrop · 28/06/2013 23:09

Just googled Antigone and realised its a girls name. If I were named this by my mother there is no question I would be changing my name!!! Sorry

lollydollydrop · 28/06/2013 23:05

People who like Antigone, can you explain Why? Just curious, as I think potatoprints comment on descaler/cleaner was spot on!!!

piemashandliquer · 28/06/2013 22:54

I love antigone, and tiggy. Wanted to call my dd that, but didnt go with our boring surname. Go for it, its beautiful. My greek friend's sister is an antigone but nonnie for short.

Floggingmolly · 28/06/2013 22:53

Both of those are simply random collections of letters, not names.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 28/06/2013 22:49

MerryMarigold beat me to it.

I was going to suggest Soggy Muff. Try reading that story with a straight face!

MerryMarigold · 28/06/2013 22:48

Oh Dave, that is a tragedy. I wonder why. My kids cannot have that story read to them without cracking up the entire way through! I just love the way it does that to them - and me. It's brilliant.

MerryMarigold · 28/06/2013 22:46

Am assuming your dd1 is Lyra, which is relatively normal in comparison to these two names.

Well, let's hope it's a boy. Bodkin van Horn here you come!

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DaveMccave · 28/06/2013 22:46

merrymarigold mn declined the use of Marvinogravelballoonface as a username, much to my disappointment Grin

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MerryMarigold · 28/06/2013 22:44

Oh, Kung Fu Panda's one is Tigress.

Or there's always Soggy Muff (also from Too Many Daves).

Viviennemary · 28/06/2013 22:42

I thought they were places you were thinking of visiting on holiday. But names?? Both equally dire. Sorry.

MerryMarigold · 28/06/2013 22:39

Antigone mildly better than Tigris who sounds like the character from Kung Fu Panda.

Your name reminds me of Dr Seuss and the Daves (was mcCave their surname?). My favourite name in that is Marvin O' Gravel Balloon Face. And I think that is marginally less bizarre than Antigone or Tigris!

morethanpotatoprints · 28/06/2013 22:36

Antigone sounds like some sort of decaler or cleaner. Tiggy the clown?