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On a scale of 1 to 10 - how much of a bad idea is this name?????

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coby · 22/01/2008 21:04

1 = not a bad idea at all, it's a wonderful name

10 = what on earth are you thinking???

The name is

Portley (for a boy)

Go on - do you worst

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 29/06/2010 20:12

10 sorry, it means fat!!

PeedOffWithNits · 29/06/2010 19:07

this thread is 2 yrs old folks!!

Portley is named or not by now! and may have a sister called Miss Piggy LOL

oldwomanwholivedinashoe · 29/06/2010 18:25

As a teacher I'm telling you - very very bad idea! Don't do it!

Madasajarofwasps · 29/06/2010 18:24

pmsl @ hullygully

lottiejenkins · 29/06/2010 17:10

Why the .......... has someone ressurected a two year old thread??

thisisyesterday · 29/06/2010 16:58

it's awful. sorry.
i don't think i've ever said that about a name on her before. but i really don't like it

it just shouts FAT! FAT! I AM A BIG FATTY!

differentID · 29/06/2010 16:57

10

did you really have to ask?

If it's a family surname that you want to use as a given name, then give it as a middle name. after 2 others.

Hullygully · 29/06/2010 16:35

I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!

My dc are called Ffattie Boom-Boom and Maurbidley Obees.

emmyloo2 · 29/06/2010 16:33
Kathleen123 · 29/06/2010 16:29

10

mixedmamameansbusiness · 29/06/2010 16:25

10 I am afraid

coppertop · 29/06/2010 10:15

As this thread is now 2.5yrs old I imagine Portley is probably well on his way to being a toddler by now.

George2010 · 29/06/2010 10:13

10 sorry!! It's too much like Portly as in fat! - what about Porter instead?

coffeefestival · 29/06/2010 09:38
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flopsy1974 · 29/06/2010 09:20

Definately 10 - A very bad idea.

sophieandbelly · 29/06/2010 08:40

10

Blandmum · 23/01/2008 17:31

portly is an 11, unless you plan on spending you life around people who don't make the connection to 'fat', in which case it would be an 8,

You could, I suppse , go the whole hog (no pun intended) and call Him Portly Lar'darse, because , as we all know, children can pick on anything to tease a child about

belgo · 23/01/2008 17:10

12

ConnieDescending · 23/01/2008 17:07

11 or 12

thought Oakley and Scout were bad enough

Kimi · 23/01/2008 16:48

11

Flibbertyjibbet · 23/01/2008 16:42

Is this another piss take thread like the lady pretending to call her child (I think) taquina-mahree the other day?

Portley can't POSSIBLY enter into anyone's brain as a choice of name for child, surely?

tullytwo · 23/01/2008 16:38

I love Ephram (its pronounced Ef-ram for those who are querying the spelling) - would choose it for another boy - have 2 ds's with unusual(ish) names

What about Ezra? Love it but know someone who has used it already.

Definitely not Portley - cant believe people even use it as a nickname! This is from someone who was nicknamed Fats by her dad and unfortunately have lived up to my name!

speak2deb · 23/01/2008 16:32
  1. sounds like a storybook bear.
cluckyagain · 23/01/2008 16:31

10 - hideous, hideous, hideous.

belcantavinissima · 23/01/2008 16:31
  1. sorry.
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