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Dallied?

43 replies

DeusEx · 07/02/2019 08:47

Would welcome thoughts?

I am in love with the spelling - it looks like an Old Testament angel or something. But dee-ell reminds me of Dell-boy...

Thoughts?

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babysharkah · 07/02/2019 09:15

Dalziel autocorrects to dallied - is that what you meant?

Gazelda · 07/02/2019 09:13

I think you and the child will spend your whole lives trying to explain the meaning and/origination.
Dallied, to me, means procrastinated, dawdled, aimless.
Sorry, I think it's a bad idea

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 07/02/2019 09:11

And if you mean Dele? Its pronounced del-y like del with an E On the end

Karigan195 · 07/02/2019 09:10

Isn’t there a song about that:

Dilly and dallied
Dallied and dillied
Lost her way and don’t know where to go...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Old_Man_(Said_Follow_the_Van)

KindnessCrusader · 07/02/2019 09:09

I'm confused.

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 07/02/2019 09:09

Dallied surel6 isnt a name its a its a past tense verb.

Do you mean Dele ? As in Dele Alli the totenham and england player? Because his full name is actually Bamidele Jermaine Alli.

Or Denzel as in mr washington.

WaitrosePigeon · 07/02/2019 09:08

Dilly Dallied

Aprilshowersarecomingsoon · 07/02/2019 09:00

Poor bairn...

Sexnotgender · 07/02/2019 08:59

Dalziel is a surname yes.

Singlenotsingle · 07/02/2019 08:56

Hmmm - result of a dalliance?

DonDrapersOldFashioned · 07/02/2019 08:55

Isn’t Dalziel a surname?

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 07/02/2019 08:52

Dee-ell - Scottish pronunciation of devil. I’d give it a miss.

tattychicken · 07/02/2019 08:52

Do you mean Dalziel?

ReaganSomerset · 07/02/2019 08:51

Yes, dilly dallied. In other words, fannied about, dragging their feet and not being productive. Careful what you wish for...

Beamur · 07/02/2019 08:51

Is it a name?

Sexnotgender · 07/02/2019 08:50

It looks like dilly dallied to me.

BertrandRussell · 07/02/2019 08:49

Do you mean Dallied- or is that a typo?

MrsBertBibby · 07/02/2019 08:49

I'd assume the baby had had to be induced.

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