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What do you think of the name Ratner for a boy?

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Hilder · 12/06/2008 13:11

Also on our list are

Spar

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MsDemeanor · 12/06/2008 13:17

oooh, Ocado is lovely! Boy or girl, do you think?
I know some twins called Toni and Guy, which I think is really unusual and stylish.

Niecie · 12/06/2008 13:19

Oh no not Ratner - would be shortened to Rat, not nice.

I do like Somerfield for a girl though.

Habbibu · 12/06/2008 13:19

And for the poncy lentil weaver twins there's Abel and Cole...

pagwatch · 12/06/2008 13:20

I actually did know two children called Laura and Ashley.
Always got the giggles when she called them in from the garden

fryalot · 12/06/2008 13:20

I think it's cheap crap

(just in case this is serious, no, I don't like it. He'll get cheap crap jokes all his life)

Habbibu · 12/06/2008 13:20

Pagwatch, was she Bunty Cupcake in the flesh?

littlelapin · 12/06/2008 13:20

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MaryAnnSingleton · 12/06/2008 13:20

MacFisherie
Aldi
Lidl,of course
Robert Dyas
Monsoon for a girl
Thornton
Waterstone
Costa
Clarks

zippitippitoes · 12/06/2008 13:22

Siralan would be a good name for a boy

MaryAnnSingleton · 12/06/2008 13:22

Posh ones
Harrods
Harvey Nichols
Liberty
Hermes
Jo Malone
General Trading Company
Peter Jones
John Lewis

Habbibu · 12/06/2008 13:22
zippitippitoes · 12/06/2008 13:22

and his brother Matalan

MingMingtheWonderPet · 12/06/2008 13:28

Again, I actually do know brothers called Spencer and Mark!

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Hilder · 12/06/2008 13:30

Ok if you think that sounds cheap [offended] How about
Larry-Doute?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 12/06/2008 13:30

I think Starbuck is a really strong name for a boy.

RosaLuxembourg · 12/06/2008 13:35

Nothing wrong with Burton for a boy.

LynetteScavo · 12/06/2008 13:37

Gerald Ratner

zippitippitoes · 12/06/2008 13:37

Nero

cant actually understand why that was a good name for a coffee bar weither actually

Anna8888 · 12/06/2008 13:38

If you want something with a Gallic ring, how about:

Carrefour
Fnac

or, for girls

Auchan
Printemps

me23 · 12/06/2008 13:41

or dorothy an her brother perkin!

MingMingtheWonderPet · 12/06/2008 13:41

Aldi

Lidl

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Hilder · 12/06/2008 13:43

Some of these suggestions are very strange.

If there are no objections to Larry-Doute I may suggest it to my husband this evening. I do like the French.

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Habbibu · 12/06/2008 13:44
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Hilder · 12/06/2008 13:44

Are you talking to me?
I'm not called hullygully.

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