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Margot

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kettleonplease · 24/08/2018 01:36

Is it reasonable to assume that 'Margot' is the latest MN fad?

Personally I can't stand the name, it reminds me of maggot...but that's not the point!

Anyone else recall any prior MN fads? I'm sure Violet was one recently as well.

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GreatDuckCookery6211 · 24/08/2018 09:40

Margot harsh sounding? It's the opposite to me. Edith is a harsh sounding name imo.

I quite like Margot but think it will be a passing fad like Penelope.

pilates · 24/08/2018 09:36

Margot = The Good Life in my head

rebelrosie12 · 24/08/2018 09:32

I flippin love it. Feminine and strong without being girly and flowery.

MeyMary · 24/08/2018 09:29

Margot is lovely. I also like Juno and Clio.

The o sound is just so fresh and rajrwe plucky for girls. :)

CorneliusCrackers · 24/08/2018 09:28

English doesn’t have silent ‘t’s 😂😂😂😂

It 100% does. Depot? Filet? Ballet?

RiddleyW · 24/08/2018 09:22

Many (most?) English words are originally another language, why does that matter? In fact that's one of the reasons that there aren't really any hard and fast rules about how things are pronounced in English.

Which returns me to my original point which is that to say that something is pronounced a certain way "phonetically in English" doesn't really work. If you were talking about Japanese it would mostly.

Cbeebiesrehab · 24/08/2018 09:20

Sunflower your argument is falling apart, just accept defeat on this one and move onGrin

Cbeebiesrehab · 24/08/2018 09:19

English doesn’t have silent T’s?!Hmm

Margot is a lovely name, hadn’t even thought about the ‘maggot’ thing until MN. I think it’s silly though as you can do that with loads of names. Kids jokes aren’t usually as sophisticated as that anyway it’s usually ‘smelly Kelly’ or ‘gobby Gabby’ and as Margot doesn’t sound remotely like maggot I think all the little Margots are safe.

Sunflower321 · 24/08/2018 09:18

There is normally no silent t at the end of an English word. The examples you gave, ballet and rapport are originally French.

LastNightsMakeUp · 24/08/2018 09:05

Know, knot, gnome, gnarly, wrap, knee, fasten, whistle, mortgage.

wrong...knowledge

RiddleyW · 24/08/2018 08:40

Castle, listen, rapport, ballet off the top of my head.

And in the normal English pronunciation of Margot.

RiddleyW · 24/08/2018 08:34

Yes it does.

Sunflower321 · 24/08/2018 08:31

English doesn't have silent 't's.

RiddleyW · 24/08/2018 08:31

But if you pronounced it phonetically in English, you'd pronounce the t.

This makes no sense - English is not a particularly phonetic language.

Sunflower321 · 24/08/2018 08:26

Actually, not in French. Many English people just prefer the French pronunciation! But if you pronounced it phonetically in English, you'd pronounce the t.

bridgetreilly · 24/08/2018 08:22

Margot is indeed pronounced Mar-got in many languages including German, Dutch, Scandinavian etc.

But not in English.

Maggie sounds much more like Maggot than Margot does, imp.

Sunflower321 · 24/08/2018 08:21

Margot is indeed pronounced Mar-got in many languages including German, Dutch, Scandinavian etc.

I don't find it very feminine. I much prefer Margherita or Margaret.

bridgetreilly · 24/08/2018 08:17

Also, although I do remember with great fondness Margot Leadbetter, the first association for me is always Margot Fonteyn. Beautiful.

bridgetreilly · 24/08/2018 08:16

I think it's a beautiful name, there's nothing harsh about its pronunciation and I think the maggot reference is ridiculous. They don't sound even vaguely similar.

And I guess one of the reasons it's popular here is precisely because it's still a pretty uncommon name.

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kettleonplease · 24/08/2018 08:13

@CorneliusCrackers yes I remember Ottilie, and Elodie when expecting DD2!

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kettleonplease · 24/08/2018 08:12

@SuperstarDJ maybe I will comment on that thread. However, my point wasn't to 'bitch' about the name, I just think it's funny it seems to be the latest MN fad when I am yet to meet one under the age of 30 in real life!

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kettleonplease · 24/08/2018 08:10

@OneOfEach2 sorry I didn't mean to insult anyone personally, I just don't like the name. It might be because I knew an awful Margot at school. Anyway...my point was that MN seem to have phases with certain names being frequently mentioned, and it's not necessarily reflected in real life!

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ElizabethMainwaring · 24/08/2018 07:28

Re: pronouncing the 't' in Margot.
A possibly/probably apocryphal tale, but an amusing one none the less...
Jean Harlow (the American actress) was introduced to Margot Asquith (the British Countess, and wife of the then PM).

JH: 'So pleased to meet you, Mar-gott'
MA: 'The 't' is silent, as in Harlow'.

CorneliusCrackers · 24/08/2018 07:16

There was a time every one was raving about

Genevieve
Ottilie

Which are both awful IMO. I’ve never come across either in real life. There’s such a ridiculous obsession on here with ‘uncommon’ names that people lose all sense, and start saying that Peregrine is much nicer than Thomas as it’s ‘underused’ Hmm

Saying that, I quite like Margot Grin

SuperstarDJ · 24/08/2018 07:05

It might have been best to comment on the thread that another poster started yesterday about the name Margot rather than starting another separate thread just to bitch about the name.

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