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Humour me - what about SHEL for a boy?

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eenybeeny · 22/05/2008 12:37

And is it short for anything? Just curous it isnt really on my radar yet but I heard it and it made me wonder.

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largeginandtonic · 22/05/2008 13:57

Yes good reply VS i have had it on my list for some time now...

ShowOfHands · 22/05/2008 13:56

Oh wonderful VS, a stock response. I may steal your idea.

Going to use 'have you considered Colin?' I think.

And for girls I think 'laybeeyah is very underused'.

VictorianSqualor · 22/05/2008 13:50

Nope, use Rufus.

piratecat · 22/05/2008 13:35

i want to put 'toe' on the end, aka my fave trainers by adidas!

Amandella · 22/05/2008 13:24

Ridiculous and unfair...

jennifersofia · 22/05/2008 13:23

Shel Silverstein - fab author and generally cool kinda guy. But still wouldn't name my kid Shel.

Nancy66 · 22/05/2008 13:19

It's not even a name - it's just a collection of letters.

southeastastra · 22/05/2008 12:48

i used to go to school with a sheldon

avenanap · 22/05/2008 12:47

Sheldon Silverstien! What were they thinking?

EffiePerine · 22/05/2008 12:47

I'm rather fond of Percy. Would prob be unfair

SmugColditz · 22/05/2008 12:46

Because it's horrible

EffiePerine · 22/05/2008 12:46

ah, American

avenanap · 22/05/2008 12:46

I know. His wife wouldn't have been called Mary Shelley if it was his first name. I quite like the name Shelley though

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eenybeeny · 22/05/2008 12:45

thanks ladies but it isnt Shelley I am not a dunce!! its Shel Silverstien!!

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cheesesarnie · 22/05/2008 12:44

noooo.maybe they were saying shay but had something in there mouths??????

EffiePerine · 22/05/2008 12:44

ahem, Shelley was his surname. You'd have to call him Percy

avenanap · 22/05/2008 12:43

Poor thing will be bullied for life. Mrs Bucket (keeping up apperances) called her son Sheldon. I think he was gay, he was never seen in the TV programme though.

seeker · 22/05/2008 12:42

Why?

TheProvincialLady · 22/05/2008 12:41

Under no circumstances.

SmugColditz · 22/05/2008 12:41

no.

avenanap · 22/05/2008 12:41

Shelley. He was a poet/writer, married to Mary Shelley, writer of Frankenstein.

GooseyLoosey · 22/05/2008 12:39

If I shut my mind to all external influences, I quite like the sound. However, once I allow reality to seep in, I find myself screaming "no".

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eenybeeny · 22/05/2008 12:39

ok - will do! too poncy

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beansprout · 22/05/2008 12:38

Sheldon? But no, step away from the name!!

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eenybeeny · 22/05/2008 12:38

he is an author

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