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I hesitate to post, and ^please^ nobody pregnant read this, but I met a..........

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curlew · 26/08/2013 00:29

......Dulcimer today!

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LineRunner · 29/08/2013 09:16

remus, it's all coming back to me! Eng Lit O level 1978, Kubla Kahn.

littleomar · 29/08/2013 09:14

I was nearly called Dulcimer. Luckily my father vetoed it.

LineRunner · 29/08/2013 09:14

A damsel with a dulcimer in a vision I once saw...

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curlew · 29/08/2013 09:08

Wicked Uncle Serpent....

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ReadytoOrderSir · 29/08/2013 09:01

.... and the twins are called Hurdy and Gurdy.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 29/08/2013 08:45

EnjoyEverySandwich a Dulcibella in your family tree Envy Smile how exotic!

Laquila · 29/08/2013 01:50

I actually don't hate Dulcimer, and I can imagine it quite suiting the more solemn kind of little girl.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 27/08/2013 15:02

Littlemog - Dulcima is a name, but dulcimer IS an instrument - trust me, I'm a music graduate.

lljkk · 27/08/2013 14:56

I like Dulcimer better than a lot of MN girl faves.

EnjoyEverySandwich · 27/08/2013 14:45

Better to be named after a musical instrument than a fish, right?

Oh, I don't know. Minnow is quite sweet, and there's Zander. And wasn't there a pathologist in 'Inspector Morse' called Grayling?

How about Sting Ray? Grin

LazyMonkeyButler · 27/08/2013 13:54

I quite like it actually! Not enough to use it, but I prefer it to some of the names I read about on here - Maude, Mabel, Pippa, Philippa etc.

littlemog · 27/08/2013 13:50

Dulcima is a name not an instrument!

ShadowSummer · 27/08/2013 13:42

curlew - I think DH would strongly veto Dulcimer if I suggested it as a name for DC2!

Although I do think that Dulcimer is a much nicer name than Halibut. Better to be named after a musical instrument than a fish, right?

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 27/08/2013 13:36

Oh - and another friend was adamant his first child, if a boy, was going to be named Hal (OK so far), short for Halibut! Luckily his dw prevailed.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 27/08/2013 13:36

The 10th grandchild of one of my mum's friends was called Decima - poor thing!

littlemog · 27/08/2013 13:32

Isn't the spelling wrong? I know that Dulcima is a Spanish (I think ) girls' name but I thought that a dulcimer was an instrument?

bluecheque4595 · 27/08/2013 12:11

...singing of Mount Abora.

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curlew · 27/08/2013 12:08

Honey-Dew?

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perplexedpirate · 27/08/2013 12:03

Dulcimer for a girl, Porlock for a boy. Or Kubla, of course.
Wink

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curlew · 27/08/2013 11:36

ShadowSummer- I have good cause to be worried.. i seriously considered Halcyon when pregnant with dd.....!

It's the hormones.

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mouseymummy · 27/08/2013 11:29

Still not as bad as Peppa... :) not pippa or any other derivative, just Peppa.

I can't say as I like dulcimer or dulce but everyone has a different view on baby names.

EnjoyEverySandwich · 27/08/2013 11:24

There's a Dulcibella in my family tree. Hmm

ShadowSummer · 26/08/2013 23:59

I'm pregnant, OP.

Were you worried that I'd think "Oooh, must add Dulcimer to the shortlist for DC2"? Wink

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 26/08/2013 23:57

:)

Could I revive within me...

Love it and love the man from Porlock story too.

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