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Roux for a girl?

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butterfly280 · 15/09/2017 18:44

This has come up between friends as a good first name for a girl. What are your thoughts? I personally thought it was a sauce made from flour and milk.

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Curtainsider · 15/09/2017 18:58

Fat n flour imo too!

TorNayDoh · 15/09/2017 18:58

Roux = sauce base
Roue = debauched old man
Rue = herb. Or bitter regret - "I rue the day..."

What about Rouxbee? ;)

GreyFluffball · 15/09/2017 18:56

I know a boy called Roux. Awful.

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butterfly280 · 15/09/2017 18:53

Definitely spelling it Roux. I thought it was a bit bonkers but everyone else seemed to think it was 'cute'.

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GiantSteps · 15/09/2017 18:50

It's the basis of a white sauce. Do people really not know this?

MyBrilliantDisguise · 15/09/2017 18:48

Although apparently it means 'red', too.

Gluetap · 15/09/2017 18:48

Reminds me of a surgical procedure - Roux en Y gastric bypass for weight loss.

Dancinggoat · 15/09/2017 18:48

It's the base to make a sauce !

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Lobsterquadrille2 · 15/09/2017 18:47

Or a chef called Michel. Sorry, I think it's awful as a first name for either sex.

NachoAddict · 15/09/2017 18:47

Its sauce...

PatriciaHolm · 15/09/2017 18:47

It's butter and flour, but yes...

MonkeyJumping · 15/09/2017 18:47

It's a sauce.

Did they mean Rue? That's pronounced the same and is a name in the hunger games book.

TheVanguardSix · 15/09/2017 18:46

Never. Just no.
It is a sauce. It is not a girl's name.

MyBrilliantDisguise · 15/09/2017 18:46

It is a sauce.

GissASquizz · 15/09/2017 18:46

Saucy.

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