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Jocasta

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KerryMmmmkay · 31/10/2008 19:44

Love the name, but is it too "sullied" by it's associations (mother and wife(!) of Oedipus)?

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LurkerOfTheUniverse · 02/11/2008 18:14

don't put your finger in the jam, sam

don't put your finger in the cheese, louise

cece · 02/11/2008 17:40

It is a great work of fiction....

Also includes such classic lines as;

'Don't put your finger in the shake, Jake'

and

'Don't put your finger in there, Clare'

MadamAnt · 02/11/2008 17:30

lol

SmugColditz · 02/11/2008 17:29

My name is Shanice, how dare you.

kormAaaarrrggghhhchameleon · 02/11/2008 17:28

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LurkerOfTheUniverse · 02/11/2008 17:27
Grin
MadamAnt · 02/11/2008 17:27

I'm KerryMmmmKay by the way!

MadamAnt · 02/11/2008 17:26

lol at x-posts of lurker and cece (I've never heard of it though!)

MadamAnt · 02/11/2008 17:26

korma - I hope you are being ironic, as I was.

cece · 02/11/2008 17:25

'Don't put your finger in the pasta, Jocasta' from Nick Sharratt book... Sorry that was my first thought

LurkerOfTheUniverse · 02/11/2008 17:25

don't put your finger in the pasta, Jocasta

annasmami · 02/11/2008 17:24

I like Jocasta - it's a feminine, beautiful name.

kormAaaarrrggghhhchameleon · 02/11/2008 17:23

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MannyMoeAndJack · 02/11/2008 17:20

If you like Cass, then why not Cassidy (as per the character in Lost)?

Tarantella · 02/11/2008 09:54

My daughter was at STATE SCHOOL with a girl named Jocasta, tiny but with a huge personality I think being called Jocasta has only ever been an asset to her!

Anglepoise · 01/11/2008 22:42

The Pauper's Cookbook started me on a (so far) 12 year love affair with cooking which has occasionally included the desire to be a chef ...

I like Jocasta

prettybutterfly · 01/11/2008 22:22

Very nice. Whyever not? Some nice short forms which you can use too.
I like Antigone and Electra too!

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KerryMmmmkay · 01/11/2008 17:15

Er, why not? Will the plebs not be able to handle it? Guess I should stick to calling her Shanice or whatever.

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artichokes · 01/11/2008 15:54

If she is going to be state educated then please don't lumber her with Jocasta.

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KerryMmmmkay · 01/11/2008 12:04

Jocasta Innes is author of "the Pauper's Cookbook"

FWIW, our DCs will be state educated. DH and I are both ex-public school, but not at all snobby. Or wealthy . The name would go very well with our surname imo (pleasant alliteration). Provisional middle name would be Lillith.

Would call her Cass for short.

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RottenOtter · 31/10/2008 21:07

one of my all time faves

MrsMattie · 31/10/2008 21:05

Poncetastic.

southeastalien · 31/10/2008 20:30

Jocasta innes used to present home front

frazzledoldbag34 · 31/10/2008 20:24

Sorry but am trying very hard to find something nice to say about Jocasta...........
I guess it depends on your background etc but to me it sounds a little, tiny bit pretentious.
But then, some people like that - (I've got a thread about Portia at the moment, and am sure people would say similar things!)
It is a bit of a mouthful though.
Hmmmmm.

MrsGhoulofGhostbourne · 31/10/2008 20:20

EPIS & Minko - yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!