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Nancy?

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 13:42

What do you think? Is it Ouch cool, or bridge-player with her specs 'round her neck.

I'm just wondering, cos I have little to think about, whether or not the new bbc programme make it chavy? Or, would the people who take their inspiration from tv not touch a name like Nancy. I think it's quite cool; in a Lois/Margot kind of way.

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tribpot · 23/03/2008 12:45

nancy75, am somewhat at your experiences - I'm a fellow Nancy and have never had negative comments about it (maybe at school like everyone about something) and only infrequently had it mistaken for Natalie. (I'm 36, btw).

Biggest problem was in Spain explaining it wasn't pronounced NanTHY I have to say!

My mum named me after Nancy Astor - not for her politics but because she was the first woman to serve as an MP.

On the OP, is there a BBC programme which is going to make my name chavvy? Must I leave the country or change it to Chardonnay or similar?

MicrowaveOnly · 23/03/2008 12:36

" whenever 'e needs me, I know I'll.." la la la. It'll always mean Oliver to me!

TaLcYonHerTodd · 23/03/2008 12:36

Nancy is a fab name, but it makes me think 'nightmare on elm street'.

shubiedoo · 23/03/2008 12:35

My sister is Nancy, I love it.

gscrym · 23/03/2008 12:35

My mum gets called Nancy but her real name is Agnes (which she hates).

Also nice because of the song 'Nancy With The Laughing Face' (really old one).

bluenosesaint · 23/03/2008 12:32

Love it - cool name

devonsmummy · 23/03/2008 11:07

I went to school with a Nancy so the name for me conjours (sp??) up an image of sensible shoes , basin haircut.

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 18:34

Absolutely fair enough. I'd hesitate myself. I have said on US boards, but that's a bit different. I didn't used to live in the US for 14 yrs. I don't know a soul there, so I don't care.

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FrannyandZooey · 22/03/2008 18:25

Mme Cholet I think a lot of us like to remain anonymous on here, so avoid identifying details such as dc's names

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 18:09

Nancy, must have seemed weird, but quite often Chinese people adopt English names, but they are of the wrong generation. Nancy is one that they sometimes use as it's close to a Chinese name. Ken is another one that made me laugh, on a 22yr old!

Before my comment is analysed any further... It was only a joke.

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 18:07

ARe you all really discreet about your children's names? I'm curious. Is it a serious breach of etiquette to reveal ones children's names?

I'd love to know what your boy's name was. As not many people would have seriously considered Nancy, so your taste must be quirky.

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nancy75 · 22/03/2008 18:06

madamech0let - what? yes i am 32, no not from china, from london, what a weird thing to say

DloeufyDoo · 22/03/2008 18:05

Love it!Ds 2 would have been a Nancybut obviously not as a boy!

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 18:03

Yeah but you're 32(?). I'd think that a 32 yr old might be from China, originally called Nan Xiu and were trying to assimilate.

They say 1 in four people is chinese. So there must be a good few on this thread, Nan Xiu.

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 18:03

Yeah but you're 32(?). I'd think that a 32 yr old might be from China, originally called Nan Xiu and were trying to assimilate.

They say 1 in four people is chinese. So there must be a good few on this thread, Nan Xiu.

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MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 17:40

Oh I knew his wife had designed a handbag called Nancy.... Imagine having a handbag named after you!

It does make me think of America, btu from that happy days era.

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nancy75 · 22/03/2008 17:38

please dont do it to her! i have lived with it for 32 years - when im introduced to people they dont believe its my real name and make comment like - didnt your parents like you?!? {sad}
and whenever you tell someone your name for something official/over the phone they always think its natalie and you've said your own name wrong

ok rant over!

ladette · 22/03/2008 17:35

That's not a name I've thought about for ages. think it's fab.

hatrick · 22/03/2008 17:33

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artichokes · 22/03/2008 17:29

I like it. But is has been a bit tarnished in my mind since I realised David Cameron had chosen it for his DD. That takes some of the cool edge of it for me!

lentengrrl · 22/03/2008 17:29

not ouch cool at all, but very nice. I like Nan as well.

brimfull · 22/03/2008 17:29

It has connotations of middle aged american to me.

FrannyandZooey · 22/03/2008 17:26

we know a little girl called Nancy
I thought it was very chic

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CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 22/03/2008 17:09

Blue's cool. Hope she didn't have a blue rinse though...