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Ethel

87 replies

Moonbea · 30/04/2019 18:43

What do you think of the name Ethel?

Is it too old fashioned?

What middle name would go with it?

Opinions and ideas please.

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/04/2019 19:55

Ethel Mairead
Ethel Renée
Ethel Amelia
Ethel Rosanna
Ethel Maude

DramaAlpaca · 30/04/2019 19:55

It's awful, it really is. Dreary, frumpy & unusable IMO.

TQ I remember that song Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/04/2019 19:51

Awful frumpy and dowdy..However like I always make a point of saying. That's only my opinion not a fact. If you like it that's all that counts.
MN ideas.
Ethel Rose.
Ethel Jane
Ethel Grace
Ethel Jean
Ethel Ray
Ethel Joan
Ethel Corrine
Ethel Marlena
Ethel Rosabelle

bomanaise · 30/04/2019 19:41

It's really awful. I can't think of anything positive to say.

AuntieStella · 30/04/2019 19:38

I think it's a fantastic name.

But very unfashionable for quite a long time now

MikeUniformMike · 30/04/2019 19:37

It's awful

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Moonbea · 30/04/2019 19:32

@TwitterQueen1 I've just been on to YouTube and listened to it 😂

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KezzabellaB · 30/04/2019 18:57

God no. It's awful. My nana was called Ethel and absolutely hated it lol

sauvignonblancplz · 30/04/2019 18:53

I love it , timeless and classic .

TwitterQueen1 · 30/04/2019 18:49

Lyrics to 1st verse:

Lyrics
Hello, everyone, this is your action news reporter
With all the news that is news
Across the nation
On the scene at the supermarket
There seems to have been some disturbance here
Pardon me, sir, did you see what happened?
Yeah, I did
I's standin' over there by the tomaters
And here he come
Running through the pole beans
Through the fruits and vegetables
Nekkid as a jay bird
And I hollered over t' Ethel
I said, "Don't look, Ethel!"
But it's too late
She'd already been incensed.

TwitterQueen1 · 30/04/2019 18:47

They call it the streak!
Ethel! Ethel! Don't look Ethel Grin

You're too young to know what I mean OP. Google it. Very funny song.

StrawberryLollypops · 30/04/2019 18:47

It's sweet for a little girl, but will she want to be called it as a teenager?

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