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Liesha? Come tell me

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RagingHormone · 01/11/2008 15:00

What do we think of Liesha? Lacey? Libby? Lainey? Taree? Brooke Marie?

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MrsMattie · 02/11/2008 13:51

Why did you ask what people think, then?@RagingHormone

southeastalien · 02/11/2008 13:49

i can hear raginghormone bashing her head against the wall

VictorianSqualor · 02/11/2008 13:44

(By 19 and stupid I was referring to naming DD a 'made-up' name.)

VictorianSqualor · 02/11/2008 13:43

I like Brooke.
I also like Lacey.
Libby only as a nickname for either Elizabeth or Olivia.
Liesha, Lainey and Taree look made-up.
I wouldn't say that they were 'Chav' but I would assume that the parents were trying too hard to be 'different' and 'out there' and possibly lacked intelligence, sorry but it is how I would judge those names. (Like I did when I was 19 and stupid.)

Nancy66 · 02/11/2008 13:41

people also comment that names are: posh, poncey, pretentious - i don't think saying a name is 'chav' is any different. It's modern day parlance and gets the point across and explains why a somebody doesn't like a name.

MadameCastafiore · 02/11/2008 13:37

Liesha - Lisa with a speech impediment.

Lacey - Curtains

Libby - If short for Elizabeth

Lainey - Made up name

Taree - Made up name

Brooke Marie - Chav

To be honest they are all the sort of names I would snigger at if called out in the supermarket except Libby.

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RagingHormone · 02/11/2008 13:34

Dodgy is fine. Chavvy/chav/chavtastic is not. I think that word should be banned from all name threads. It suggests social class rather than the like or dislike of a name.

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Nancy66 · 02/11/2008 13:18

Blimey - you seem a bit over sensitive. I don't think anybody said YOU were a chav - just that your choice of names are a bit dodgy and only then because you did actually ask people what they think.

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RagingHormone · 02/11/2008 13:15

O and I'm sure my child will never be an MP or the queen at any point in it's life, so no need for an old fashioned name.

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RagingHormone · 02/11/2008 13:13

They are out of my baby name book. I'm not bothered if people don't like the names, as if i care. I AM bothered when people accuse me of being a chav. I'm a lecturer for God sake. I'm not upset, I just think it's pompous and arrogant and makes it sound like that person is above other people for chosing names like Elizabeth.

I don't like the name Elizabeth but I do like the name Libby. So why on earth would I burden my child with a name I really don't like? I would never call the child Elizabeth so why have Elizabeth as it's real name? Silly.

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MrsMattie · 02/11/2008 13:04

The 'c' word aside. How can you ask for opinions on a name and then get upset when people reply? I've never understood this about the Baby Names threads.

Names like Liesha (what is that spelling?), Taree and Lainey just sound completely made up to me, and like it or not, a lot of people do think those names are...urm...a bit tacky.

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RagingHormone · 02/11/2008 12:48

I know, I find it so arrogant, too. We have a family member called Lisa so we can't do that although I do like the name. I'm liking Libby best at the mo. I'll have to look up the meaning.

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southeastalien · 02/11/2008 12:26

god i hate the way 'chav' is rolled out here.

lisa is probably a nicer way to spell it though.

Nancy66 · 02/11/2008 12:24

It's a matter of opinion - you don't think they're chav and I do - but they're your choices so go with what you want.

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RagingHormone · 02/11/2008 12:18

Nancy- No they're not.

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CuppaTeaJanice · 02/11/2008 12:13

Liesha makes me think of that Craig from the first Big Brother trying to say Lisa!

Libby is the best of your choices but I'd put Elizabeth on her birth certificate.

Nancy66 · 02/11/2008 12:11

Probably best not to ask for opinions then.

Sorry, bar Libby, all the names you have chosen are pretty chavtastic.

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RagingHormone · 02/11/2008 11:08

I'm not a chav and I don't think Libby or Brooke are the least bit chavvy. I hate it when people refer to names they wouldn't chose as chavvy. I don't like Elizabeth. I like Libby.

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brimfull · 01/11/2008 16:05

Lainey
Marie
both nice

the rest nah,although Libby is nice but it's elizabeth

Sparkletastic · 01/11/2008 16:04

All very common-sounding apart from Libby but obviously only as a pet-name for Elizabeth.

I am a total snob though

Sazisi · 01/11/2008 16:00

Quite like Lainey, pet version of Elaine

Nancy66 · 01/11/2008 15:42

Libby, short for Elizabeth, is fine - others are very chavvy

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RachieB · 01/11/2008 15:36

I like Brooke and Lacey is ok too

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