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Did anybody see Tuppence Harmony in the UK birth announcements yesterday?

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MadameCh0let · 19/03/2008 16:16

Whaddyall think? Lovely alternative to Florence or is it bl00dy awful?

I don't absolutely hate it. I've heard worse. Penny is a possible nn.

Actually, I object more to the middle name, Harmony.

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expatinscotland · 19/03/2008 20:28

It's naff, people.

lentengrrl · 19/03/2008 20:27

it is ringing bells with me too. wonder if it is the same one?

mollymawk · 19/03/2008 20:25

Gosh. My friend's sister is called Tuppence. It's not really her name but what she goes by, even professionally. Hope she doesn't work with many people from Manchester...

lentengrrl · 19/03/2008 20:24

Never heard the fanny thing.

I like it. Particularly Tuppence.

Oliveoil · 19/03/2008 20:21

tuppence is a fanjo

PrincessPeaHead · 19/03/2008 20:21

I did!
I giggled
I've heard a fanjo called a tuppence as well

Disenchanted · 19/03/2008 20:21

Im Manchester too.

I always used to giggle at the song on Mary Poppins ...

'Feed the birds... tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag'

Actully I still do

Janni · 19/03/2008 20:20

I know a Norah Harmony. Tuppence is strange.

I still love Poppy Button, once mentioned on MN

MadamePlatypus · 19/03/2008 20:20

Tuppence is an Agatha Christie detective.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_and_Tuppence

SorenLorensen · 19/03/2008 20:19

Yup, tuppence is a fanjo (I'm from Manchester).

Wonder if anyone's ever been called Fanjo?

Disenchanted · 19/03/2008 20:18

Its a fanny, a harmonious fanny.

Bad name.

expatinscotland · 19/03/2008 20:18

For real? Tuppence?

I sang in a choir with a girl called Harmony once. She was lovely. Her parents were 1970s hippies and the name suited her well.

expatinscotland · 19/03/2008 20:18

For real? Tuppence?

I sang in a choir with a girl called Harmony once. She was lovely. Her parents were 1970s hippies and the name suited her well.

Heated · 19/03/2008 20:17

Wasn't there an Agatha Christie husband & wife investigating duo called Tuppence and Tommy Beresford? She had the brains.

peachygirl · 19/03/2008 20:17

My fanjo was known as a tuppence too. (midlands term)

BroccoliSpears · 19/03/2008 20:13

I would love the name if it weren't a euphamism.

BettySpaghetti · 19/03/2008 20:09

We came across a girl called Tuppence -some days later DD (after talking to a friend who obviously enlightened her, as its not a term we use) giggled and said "but Tuppence is what your front bum is called"

I also know of a woman called Harmony.

Of the two names I definitely prefer Harmony.

WanderingTrolley · 19/03/2008 18:00

I rather fear she will be a strumpet.

VictorianPASqualor · 19/03/2008 17:59

Tuppence will work in a bird sanctuary a la Mary Poppins.

FrannyandZooey · 19/03/2008 17:54

a child I looked after had tuppence as their family word for poo

DoodleToYou · 19/03/2008 17:52

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southeastastra · 19/03/2008 17:51

daft

Calisteregg · 19/03/2008 17:51

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beansprout · 19/03/2008 17:48

I was brought up in London, and my fanjo was called a ha'penny. So much for London Weighting!!

stanleysmother · 19/03/2008 17:44

Tuppence is definitely a northern name for the fanoir!

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