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Ofelia ?

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Imnotok · 29/09/2008 11:27

I fell in love with this name after watching Pan's labyrinth last night .
What do you think Yay or Nay .

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GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 03/10/2008 18:44

Cordelia doesn't come to the best ending either it has to be said.....better than regan or goneril though

GirlWithTheMouseyHair · 03/10/2008 18:43

Ophelia is a gorgeous name but don't do it - naming your child after the most famous suicide in literature is not a good idea

MadreInglese · 29/09/2008 13:29

LOL Imnotok, DP was saying last night what a lovely name it was after we watched Pan's Labyrinth. He was not so keen when I explained who Ophelia was.

dittany · 29/09/2008 13:28

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MamaHobgoblin · 29/09/2008 13:25

...I quite like the Italian/Iberian spelling. But only if you're of Portuguese/Spanish/Italian descent. Otherwise it just looks like you're trying an 'original' twist on the name.

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Imnotok · 29/09/2008 13:15

Dp is saying no way to the name anyway .
He did the shouting your child in a crowded place experiment and has refused point blank to use it . Bugger.

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lemonadesparkle · 29/09/2008 13:07

Also agree with previous posters that Odette and Cordelia are far prettier and less troublesome in association.

lemonadesparkle · 29/09/2008 13:05

My neice is named Opelia and although I think its a pretty name I can't get away from the Hamlet association and think perhaps naming your child after a character who goes insane and ultimately drowns herself isn't perhaps the best choice.

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UnquietDad · 29/09/2008 12:58

Ed Balls's sister is called Ophelia.

Not really.

FairLadyRantALot · 29/09/2008 12:56

it';s a nay from me ...
I quite like the name Odette though...now that is a pretty name

Buda · 29/09/2008 11:46

a p AND a h otherwise it is Opelia!

It's pretty.

frazzledoldbag34 · 29/09/2008 11:46

Absolutely. Got it.
Although I'd still have reservations about the teasing - Ophelia boobs, ophelia bum etc.
But if you can live with that.......ok!

Oblomov · 29/09/2008 11:46

No. too much like ofal. Which = awful.
Awful ofal ofelia.NICE.

Like ophelia. That is a proper name.

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Imnotok · 29/09/2008 11:45

Ok can't risk been thought of as common so if I did use it spell it with a p ?

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Tortington · 29/09/2008 11:41

yeah common as shit

frazzledoldbag34 · 29/09/2008 11:38

Yes but we're not in Italy are we? (or maybe YOU are I don't know in which case do as you please!). But if you're in UK and spell it Ofelia people will just think you can't spell. Or you're trying to be clever and trendy with it. Perhaps also a touch - ahem [coughs in embarrassed fashion] common?
[covers head and runs for cover]

fishie · 29/09/2008 11:37

there is an ofelia in love and rockets she is latin american.

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Imnotok · 29/09/2008 11:35

Shocking .

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NotQuiteCockney · 29/09/2008 11:34

Oh, those Italians, they're dreadful, aren't they.

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Imnotok · 29/09/2008 11:33

Frazzled, I didn't change the spelling the Italians did .

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CherryChapstick · 29/09/2008 11:33

No.
She will be taunted. Forever.
Ophelia BOOBS.

Tortington · 29/09/2008 11:31

well depends on your accent.

feeeeeeeeeeeelyaaaaaaaaaaaaa

wot did i tewl you abart doin' that innit

frazzledoldbag34 · 29/09/2008 11:31

ugh
why do people change the spellings like that?

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Imnotok · 29/09/2008 11:31

But I do prefer it with a P.

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