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How would you spell...

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Thewrongcheesegrommit · 16/08/2016 21:27

Pegatty
Peggarty
Pegarty
Pegetty
Peggotty.....

First name for a girl. Will be shortened to Peg or Peggy.

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Alisvolatpropiis · 16/08/2016 21:57

Arrietty is infinitely better than Peggy short for anything given you already have a Maggie.

RiverTam · 16/08/2016 21:56

Let's hope she doesn't turn out to be 6foot tall, being named after a Borrower might be especially crap then (tbh it's a pretty crap idea anyway, sorry).

DramaAlpaca · 16/08/2016 21:55

I think Arrietty is really cute, actually.

squoosh · 16/08/2016 21:55

Arietty! Oh dear.

Get him away from the bookcase.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 16/08/2016 21:53

Maggie and Peggy both come from Margaret. It'b like having a Lizzie and Betty.

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Thewrongcheesegrommit · 16/08/2016 21:52

Well, thanks for all the help, but dh is now set on Arrietty! I got to choose ds and dd, so he reckons it's his turn! I like it, so no problems there.

Moonface, dh said the same thing - all names are made up at some point!!

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MoonfaceAndSilky · 16/08/2016 21:47

Peggarty is the best way I think. If you spell it Peggotty you will get people saying 'peg-otty'

Those of you saying it is a made-up name - ALL names are made up Confused

RiverTam · 16/08/2016 21:47

Oh yes, Arriety.

You can't have Maggie and Peggy!

squoosh · 16/08/2016 21:44

Yes, having a Maggie and Peggy would be a bit odd.

villainousbroodmare · 16/08/2016 21:43

Peggy and Maggie are derivatives of the same name so would be a bit odd imo.
Also Peggotty or whatever is not that nice, I think.

squoosh · 16/08/2016 21:42

At least Peggy is a proper name. Why would you lumber her with Peggotty if she'd be known day to day as Peggy? This 'options' malarkey can be taken too far!

squoosh · 16/08/2016 21:42

At least Peggy is a proper name. Why would you lumber her with Peggotty if she'd be known day to day as Peggy? This 'options' malarkey can be taken too far!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 16/08/2016 21:40

Don't think you can have Maggie and Peggy OP, they're the same name. (Or from the same name)

Out2pasture · 16/08/2016 21:40

Some of your choices rhyme with spaghetti.....
Peggy is fine, the other stuff not so

squoosh · 16/08/2016 21:38

Clara Peggotty from David Copperfield was referred to as Pegotty in the novel. She's a lovely character but I wouldn't name a kid after her surname!

soundsystem · 16/08/2016 21:38

Peggoty.

In the 1980's kids series Puddle Lane, Timothy and Tessa Catchamouse's mother is called Peggoty, "but everyone calls her Pegs".

(My DD is currently obsessed with these books).

DramaAlpaca · 16/08/2016 21:37

Peggotty is the correct spelling of the surname. The other spellings just look wrong.

Sorry, but it's a very ugly name.

Just call her Peggy! Or even better, Margaret nn Peggy.

hownottofuckup · 16/08/2016 21:35

Peggarty, think it sort of is a name already.

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Thewrongcheesegrommit · 16/08/2016 21:35

Arrietty is the borrowers name (dh likes this now!)

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orangebird69 · 16/08/2016 21:34

I would spell it Peggarty. But it's bloody awful.

augustusdecimus · 16/08/2016 21:34

I would go with just Peggy, tbh.

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Thewrongcheesegrommit · 16/08/2016 21:33

(we already have a Maggie (not shortened))

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justdontevenfuckingstart · 16/08/2016 21:33

Peggatty, but why? Get out of my pub. Doesn't even sound nice to me, sorry.

RiverTam · 16/08/2016 21:32

Isn't it the name of a Borrower? Or did I make that up. It sounds made up, whatever. Just go for Margaret nn Peggy.

JinkxMonsoon · 16/08/2016 21:32

None of them look correct because it's a horrible name for a girl. Or a boy, to be honest.