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Is Benedick usable?

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Fideliney · 04/07/2014 18:11

DH thinks the ending is problematic but I like the Shakespearean reference.

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rosepetalsoup · 08/07/2014 22:08

Hahahaha - "dick"

No, OP

Clawdy · 08/07/2014 17:53

I know a grownup Benedick who insists on being called Ben. He said he hopes people will assume it's short for Benjamin.

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 08/07/2014 13:23

Ha sorry I immediately want to put 'Miss Elisabeth' before Bennett!

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 08/07/2014 13:22

I reckon Barnabas/Barnaby nn Barney is a bit of a hidden gem.

everybody knows it/can say it/no spelling issues etc.

a classic

but not generally used

nice sound

nn Barney fits in rather nicely with all the Ronnie/Gerry/Denny stuff happening at the mo so he would be with the flow so to speak.

it's a goodun.

Trills · 07/07/2014 22:35

Yes and no - the other dog i called Benedict but can't spell.

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Catsmamma · 07/07/2014 22:21

Doesn't the dog who texts have a friend called Benedick?

oxygenna · 07/07/2014 22:17

Just a bit problematic. Hmm that you needed to ask.

telsa · 07/07/2014 20:42

Well, my friend often goes by the name of Ben, but gleefully corrects people who assume he is Benjamin, by saying Benedick, actually, from 12th Night.

FidelineAndBombazine · 07/07/2014 18:16

TY telsa.

I am still loving Benedick, I have to say.

Maybe the feeling will wear off?

Bennett was DH's suggestion. I'm not really feeling it. I'm not sure he is either TBH.

I particularly like Benedick but I also like the diminutive Ben.

I actually really like Barnaby/ Barnabas although not my normal style.

Completely jumping the gun as only at the TTC/2WW stage, but the idle Benedick conversation turned into a stand-oof in record time so I decided to canvass some opinio

Alisvolatpropiis · 07/07/2014 16:36

Nooooo op! Nooooo! Grin

Bennett is ok bit very much a surname, to my mind anyway.

Is it a B name you want?

Gingerjv · 06/07/2014 19:35

Don't do it to your child;-) your HB is totaly right!

telsa · 06/07/2014 19:30

It is lovely. I have a very good friend called Benedick.

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 06/07/2014 12:42

NO.

Barnabas? Barney is cute.

brokenhearted55a · 06/07/2014 11:27

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SignYourName · 05/07/2014 10:12

Oh, you devil worshippers and your picky names rules...

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Fideliney · 05/07/2014 10:09

...and I don't like the 'ja' sound

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Fideliney · 05/07/2014 10:07

Too biblical Sign

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SignYourName · 05/07/2014 10:05

No you're not, Koala.

What's wrong with Benjamin?

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Fideliney · 05/07/2014 10:00

Or maybe Bennett

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Fideliney · 05/07/2014 05:14

Being named for after dinner mints is seeming preferable to being named for an ubiquitous actor with alien cheekbones TBF.

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AnotherSpinningFuckingRainbow · 04/07/2014 23:28

Bendicks are mints

TiggyD · 04/07/2014 23:28

Benny's what now?

Nereida · 04/07/2014 23:24

I think it is Grin but I've heard it as a name too. I think there's a character in Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks called Bendix.

Farahilda · 04/07/2014 23:12

I thought Bendix was a brand of dishwasher (probably German?)

Nereida · 04/07/2014 23:06

There's Bendix as well, which is used in Germany.