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What is your immediate reaction...

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CheerfulYank · 20/07/2014 18:29

If I ask you which name to prefer, Susannah, Suzanne, or Suzette?

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HolgerDanske · 20/07/2014 19:19

It would have to be susannah for me. Suzanne doesn't look right and all I can think of with suzette is crepes suzette.

BellMcEnd · 20/07/2014 19:16

Susannah

ashesandfire · 20/07/2014 19:15

Susannah

florascotia · 20/07/2014 19:14

Susannah here, too.

nooka · 20/07/2014 19:06

Susannah by a long way, then Suzanne, with Suzette a long way behind.

I really like Susannah, it has a cool and feisty sort of vibe to me.

For a middle name though I'd be more inclined to decide based on how well it worked with the first name (I'd not choose Susannah if the first name ended with the same 'a' sound - eg Anna, Sarah etc)

thegreengreengrass · 20/07/2014 19:06

Definitely Susanna(h).

BikeRunSki · 20/07/2014 18:59

Havn't you just had a baby Cheerful?

TheFirmament · 20/07/2014 18:56

And I didn't say all middle-aged ladies were frumpy! Just imaginary Sue.

nigerdelta · 20/07/2014 18:56

I kind of don't like Suzette, bit try hard for me. One of the others is my middle name. I like Susie, too.

TheFirmament · 20/07/2014 18:55

It's just that a very specific image of "Sue" (or Suzanne, etc) pops into my head immediately. She's about 55, frumpy and doing something in a church.

There's nothing wrong with that if it's who you are and want to be, it just doesn't seem to go with a baby girl. I'm not religious, it's not my world, I don't like the clothes imaginary Sue is wearing, and so it's not a name I like. It's just my opinion!

Sorry Sue!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 20/07/2014 18:52

Susannah - lovely.

AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves · 20/07/2014 18:52

Susannah. You could also spend it Susanna.

Re 'frumpy middle-aged ladies' - (a) what's so awful about being frumpy? and (b) not all middle-aged women are frumpy!

FixItUpChappie · 20/07/2014 18:50

Suzanne

TheFirmament · 20/07/2014 18:48

Actually I think I also prefer Suzette as it reminds me of a very cool Paulette I once knew. How about Paulette?

TheFirmament · 20/07/2014 18:48

Don't really like any of them, as all the "Sue" names make me think of frumpy middle-aged ladies who help out at the church. But if I had to, Suzette has a bit of personality even if it is the name of a pudding. "Suze" or Suzie would be OK too.

DoItTooJulia · 20/07/2014 18:44

Lone voice with Suzette! I love it!

lornemalvo · 20/07/2014 18:43

Susannah is pretty

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 20/07/2014 18:42

Id use Suzie for all three of them and never the longer version as I much prefer Suzie to any of them. So Suzie would go on the BC.

scaevola · 20/07/2014 18:42

Susannah

myusernameis · 20/07/2014 18:42

Suzanne for me.

almapudden · 20/07/2014 18:41

Susannah

suze28 · 20/07/2014 18:40

Susannah definitely. My RL name is Suzanne and I always wanted to be Susannah, I still wish it was now. My name gets shortened to Suze or Suzie but never Sue.
I had no idea my name had M&S knickers and WI connotations!Shock

Saltedcaramel2014 · 20/07/2014 18:38

Susannah is pretty. Crepe suzette

MilkandCereal · 20/07/2014 18:36

Suzanne. I can't get that song out of my head when I read/hear Susannah.

BobPatandIgglePiggle · 20/07/2014 18:35

Susannah but only with a short first name really. How about just Sue or susie?