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Views on Hugh please

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Smilewearingthin · 16/12/2008 14:03

Struggling to find a boys name ... what does anyone think of Hugh? For some reason, my mother feels it is 'very aristocratic', and we're not!

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PoinsettiaPussyCat · 16/12/2008 14:18

Mmm.... Hugo Spears...

shitehawk · 16/12/2008 14:15

I went out with a boy called Hugh when I was at school ... he was lovely [sigh]

I like the name, and I certainly prefer it to Hugo.

cyLENTeeNIGHT · 16/12/2008 14:15

Ugh, hate it. Uptight middle-aged man telling children off for playing on the furniture. WRONG.

Hate Hugo too, but at least that's got a bit of adventure about it.

PoinsettiaPussyCat · 16/12/2008 14:15

I like it

When I lived in Northern Ireland they all seemed to pronounce it 'Kew' for some bizarre reason...

And if you are in Scotland there is a danger of it being shortened to Shug/Shuggie

AdventCandleQueen · 16/12/2008 14:13

Moston, it's Pugh, Pugh, Barney, Magrew
(the Pugh's were brothers I believe!)
but yes, people will still sing Hugh, Pugh, at him.
But i do like the name Hugh, less pretenious than Hugo.
Fearnley-Whittingstall anyone?

PestoHoHoHoMonster · 16/12/2008 14:13

I like it too.

And Hugo

mazzystartled · 16/12/2008 14:11

had a lovely boyfriend called Hugh

he [and the name] both quite posh

quite like it

belgo · 16/12/2008 14:11

Lovely name, so is Hughie.

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Smilewearingthin · 16/12/2008 14:10

Blinks and Moston ... good points

Hugo is a possibility then.

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Marne · 16/12/2008 14:10

I like it

mrsbabookaloo · 16/12/2008 14:10

Ugh, typos! Sorry.

moston · 16/12/2008 14:10

oh and then there will be Hugh Pugh Barney Magrew cuthbert dibble and grub

mrsbabookaloo · 16/12/2008 14:09

I like it, but it's defninitely considered "posh" and some people will immediately think Hugh Grant.

It may well be our middle name if the one I'm cooking now is a boy, as it was dh's granfather's name.

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 16/12/2008 14:09

It's a name to grow into I think. I also think I prefer Hugo because it has more sound to it. Hugh is almost just an exhalation.

moston · 16/12/2008 14:09

you will spend your life going "Hugh not you"

My best friend is called Hugh.

blinks · 16/12/2008 14:09

i knew a Hugh. he smelled of poo. toodloo

givethedogachristmaspudd · 16/12/2008 14:08

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Penthesileia · 16/12/2008 14:07

I quite like it. Though also prefer Hugo...

More importantly though, I think from now on all thread titles should rhyme...

SnowOfHands · 16/12/2008 14:04

Prefer Hugo.