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Olivette

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17caterpillars1mouse · 28/06/2018 20:05

What do you think of Olivette?

I read that it's the French version of Olivia and was also a name used to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

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sleepyducks · 29/06/2018 20:03

First thing I thought was salad dressing 😕

RavenWings · 29/06/2018 19:56

Spread for me. Would probably be found alongside Ottilie in supermarkets!

ShotsFired · 29/06/2018 11:29

I agree with the typewriter theme.

I will also admit here and now that I have genuinely, at age 40-something, only just got the joke of Olive Oyl's name Blush

Flamingosnbears · 29/06/2018 11:26

Stick with Olive.

hoping2018 · 29/06/2018 11:24

I read it as ovitrelle! Which is the trigger injection they use for ivf 😭

Joeybee · 29/06/2018 10:20

I will say though, as a positive to this name - Evie/Yvette are cool nicknames you can get from Olivette.

Joeybee · 29/06/2018 10:20

Sounds a bit try-hard and pretentious. Olivia and Olive are pretty popular. Olivette sounds like you are trying to find an alternative to those names, but it just sounds like a brand of something tbh. Go with Olivia or something instead.

DeckSofa · 29/06/2018 09:05

Reminds me of the choral music "Olivet to Calvary" about the end of Jesus' life.

JessambardKingdomBrunel · 29/06/2018 08:18

There's no Olivette in Twelfth Night - the character is called Olivia.

And, speaking as a half-French person who has a lot of French family and has spent loads of time in France, I have never heard of the name Olivette.

Olivia is far nicer than Olivette, which sounds like some brand of feminine hygiene products or margarine.

notangelinajolie · 29/06/2018 01:43

Just no. Low fat spread/contraceptive pill.

RedDwarves · 29/06/2018 01:41

As someone else said, there is no Olivette in Twelfth Night. There is an Olivia, though.

deste · 28/06/2018 22:25

Typewriter.

KerplunkChampion · 28/06/2018 21:21

Typewriter.

I can't believe someone has said it sounds like spread but then suggested Ottilie!

TatianaLarina · 28/06/2018 21:15

There’s no Olivette in Twelfth Night, there’s an Olivia though.

It sounds like a cross between Olivetti, Olivio the margarine, and a Tampax brand.

Figgygal · 28/06/2018 20:50

Are you French?

Though even if you are assuming you're not im France it's a no from me

RoseAndRose · 28/06/2018 20:50

Typewriter

FourFriedChickensDryWhiteToast · 28/06/2018 20:50

Typewriter

Faster · 28/06/2018 20:49

Sounds like a contraceptive pill to my ears.

MrsGrindah · 28/06/2018 20:47

Sir Toby Belch is also a character in Twelfth Night.....

Teddy1970 · 28/06/2018 20:46

Sounds like Ovranette the contraceptive pill...

MrsTorrence · 28/06/2018 20:42

No what's wrong with you.

Grin that made me chuckle

mosessupposes · 28/06/2018 20:42

I'm French. Never heard the name Olivette. It does sound like it could mean "little Olive" though. What it actually means is little field of olive trees.

MikeUniformMike · 28/06/2018 20:41

Olivetti typewriter.
You could use Avery as a middle name or for a sibling to keep an office theme.

Notonthestairs · 28/06/2018 20:41

Typewriter. Sorry.

Blackbirdblue30 · 28/06/2018 20:40

No what's wrong with you.