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Original poster

DH has just suggested DOUGRAY for our impending DS. Comments please!

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delightedoldbag34 · 19/12/2008 00:11

Our other choices include Alexander (hot favorite so far I think), also Mungo, Munro, Nairn, Hector and Rory.

DH has just suggested Dougray and my initial reaction was positive. Wondering what you ladies think to it (we are in Scotland, as you may have guessed!)

Honest opinions please, don't hold back.

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gomez · 19/12/2008 18:39

Top quality name Dougray.

Not Rory but Rhuaridh.

Hector or Hamish also good.

What about Coinneach?

hecAteAMillionMincePies · 19/12/2008 18:38

and when I refreshed and it brought me back to your op, I see that Hamish wasn't even ON your list! where did I get that from?

hecAteAMillionMincePies · 19/12/2008 18:37

is it pronounced doug-ray or do-gray?

well, sorry, not that it matters I suppose, either is still (imo only of course) not very nice.

I like Hamish, that's nice.

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 18:35

yes,me.it is a smashing name

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delightedoldbag34 · 19/12/2008 18:30

Just got back from (traumatic) Christmas shopping to find this 4 page rant. Quite shocked at the strength of the 'NO'!

I still quite like Dougray though. We are in Scotland. We are looking for something perhaps not in the Top 20. Is there ANYONE out there who knows a real live one?

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ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 15:34

Mad Dug 20-20 and electric white,now thta is rocket fuel

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:22

am gonna croak them , theyve got ma buckfast ,voddy, md and smartprice cider again!

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:20

how did you get a photo o ma bairns? some are lassies you ken?

snowleopard · 19/12/2008 15:19

I like it, though it does also make me think of a stingray. 'Gray also nice.

i know a Nairn, who's about 7 - he's cute.

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 15:18

awww ya bawbag look at these pretty boys

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:17

ma bro in law is called shug! he had a dug( but hes left her)

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:15

fook sake lassie ! whos got the tena ladies? pmsl this disny help the poor wee nameless baby and his mum!

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:13

paolo you know im gonny think of glesga neds with their staffies and trackie bottums tucked into their socks now,when i hear duggie . was bad enough with doggies.lol

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 15:13

hallux vagus is a prominent name.like it.tis on the list

wee gluteus maximus,labia minora, and hallux vagus. smashing ring tae it

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 15:11

well put like that Doo-gie and fat boab are mates wi shug who has a dug

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:11

thank fook you didny hae triplets , what whid you have done then, did you call your son after yoursel ya smartar*e lol

paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 15:09

Hear not here

paolosgirl · 19/12/2008 15:09

Can't here Dougie without thinking of a family member who mixes in rough circles in Glasgow (can't think of any other way to put it!) and his friends who all call him Duggie (say it Glesgie like ken min), or the girl from Art Attack who used to pronounce it Dooogeee.

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 15:07

aye,so whit?wee sister called labia minora

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:06

you called your bairn GLUTEUS MAXIMUS????? WHY???//

ScottishMummy · 19/12/2008 15:04

for a name thread this is quite jovial,usually folk have argued by now

i like gluteus maximus,so manly
oh arse thats a sissy name
oi that's my bairns name

CountessDracula · 19/12/2008 15:03

It sounds like a nuclear power station

claireybaubles · 19/12/2008 15:00

lol. My ds would make you change your mind if you met him

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 15:00

"a face only his mammy could love" = " a face like a coows arse in action" , youve put me right aff mckennzie now!

dsrplus8 · 19/12/2008 14:58

douggie- doggie sorry cant help it , my brain just links things in odd ways

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