Page 3 | help me convince dp that our next dd HAS to be called ida?

jekyllandhyde · 2008-03-03T20:28:56+00:00

i love the name ida, and i have my heart set on it, but dp won't even entertain the idea! btw i'm not pregnant but just thinking ahead if you can rid your minds of blue-rinses and nora batty style tights, don't you think this is a great name??? (or is it just me?!)

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jekyllandhyde · 03/03/2008 21:22

haha, artichokes, i can see an injunction coming here! no seriously though, we are obvoiusly of a similar mindset on this one, so come on, what is your dd called??? or is that too nosey?? (sorry fairly new to mn so not sure of the rules yet)

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expatinscotland · 03/03/2008 21:21

You're all crackers.

Ida, Ada, Stan?

francagoestohollywood · 03/03/2008 21:20

I like Ida. And Ada

artichokes · 03/03/2008 21:18

Stanley would have been DD's name had she been a boy.

Hmmmm. Feeling a bit stalkerish on this thread. I am not meaning to copy you J&H.

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jekyllandhyde · 03/03/2008 21:15

don't get me wrong i like stan and sid. but they are fairly old school too. so i can't accept the old lady argument.

mmj you are just a rotter obviously

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Oliveoil · 03/03/2008 21:15

Ada is lovely as well

I am the defender of old names

bookwormmum · 03/03/2008 21:14

There was a Stanley in my dd's nursery.

Oliveoil · 03/03/2008 21:14

ha

oh I love old names though, better than Charmaine-Loooli-Mayyyy

mazzystar · 03/03/2008 21:14

I don't mind an old granny name, but I don't think Ida is pretty at all actually. It's a bit lumpen-sounding. Ada too - I know some people like it but it was my granny's name and she hated it.

themildmanneredjanitor · 03/03/2008 21:13

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Oliveoil · 03/03/2008 21:13

my friends son is called stan

expatinscotland · 03/03/2008 21:13

No matter, ja, it's still an fug name .

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jekyllandhyde · 03/03/2008 21:12

to be fair, dp thinks if next dc is a boy then we should choose sid or stan. so i really don't think he has a leg to stand on.

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bookwormmum · 03/03/2008 21:12

I knew an old lady called Ida - she was a doughty old lady and henceforth she has coloured my expectations of what Idas should be like.It's a name for a strong (mentally tough)lady to me.

I also knew an Ada by the way - and an Asia. No Isas though .

Oliveoil · 03/03/2008 21:10

lovely name

agree with check on the surname thing though

there is a girl at dd2's playgroup called Mabel and that is lovely too

I LOVE 'old biddy' names though

ja9 · 03/03/2008 21:09

stand corrected!

Isa, Ida... same connotations i'm afraid.

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jekyllandhyde · 03/03/2008 21:01

sorry for the double post, got a bit carried away obviously

and i meant THEIR/our generations

i type far too quickly to keep up with my grammatical anal retentiveness

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jekyllandhyde · 03/03/2008 20:58

ok cheers all for your replies. i'm getting mixed feelings here! i know i know about the old-lady nursing home association, but hey, that is there/our generations problem not my potential daughters! (not that she even exists yet or course )

but to all you haters - just think about it, if it wasn't conncted to old ladies! it's really nice is it not? I recently saw a thread with the virtues of my own name being extolled to no avail, but i'm going to be an old lady one day. we all will! so come on. back me up here.

and oy artichokes, hands off!

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jekyllandhyde · 03/03/2008 20:57

ok cheers all for your replies. i'm getting mixed feelings here! i know i know about the old-lady nursing home association, but hey, that is there/our generations problem not my potential daughters! (not that she even exists yet or course )

but to all you haters - just think about it, if it wasn't conncted to old ladies! it's really nice is it not? I recently saw a thread with the virtues of my own name being extolled to no avail, but i'm going to be an old lady one day. we all will! so come on. back me up here.

and oy artichokes, hands off!

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beeper · 03/03/2008 20:55

No way, sounds like a Italian trying to speak english "I'da do ita thisaway"

Sorry hun...

expatinscotland · 03/03/2008 20:49

Oh god, NO.

And ja, that neighbour on Chewin' the Fat is iSa, short for Isabelle.

bundle · 03/03/2008 20:47

oops wrong thread

bundle · 03/03/2008 20:46

crackers lou

what happened wrt to his illness btw?

beansmum · 03/03/2008 20:44

Ida?! noooooooooooooo