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Brooke and Reece. your comments please

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Leanne1989 · 16/01/2009 15:28

Brooke- girl
Reece -boy
this is my first child due start of april just wondered what you thought of these names

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pofacedandproud · 09/09/2009 14:15

They are surnames. Except in America.

anniemac · 09/09/2009 14:13

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KnickersandVests · 09/09/2009 10:02

Neither. They're chavvy and common.

Sorry.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 09/09/2009 09:56

Brooke is very american. I'm not a fan of american names TBH. I do like Reese but not spelt like that. Rhys is the proper spelling I think.

Tortington · 09/09/2009 08:16

flippin 'eck

CantSleepWontSleep · 09/09/2009 08:02

Well it appears that the OP will have had her baby 5 months ago, so I guess that comments now aren't going to influence her decision!

Tortington · 09/09/2009 07:41

yeah if your gonna do rhys - do it properly

there is a character out of a programme called one tree hill called brooke, now in this programme she was caught erm....pleasuring herself.

this act then coined the phrase 'brooking yourself'

so thats what i think of

southernbelle77 · 09/09/2009 07:25

Not my taste personally. Reece (prefer Rhys) is ok, but really don't like Brooke.

Can't, even trying out different accents, work out how Brooke sounds like duck, truck, f**k etc!!

Hollyoaks · 09/09/2009 07:13

I like both, have a family member called Brooke and it has never been even remotely linked to rhyming with fuck. Though we dont pronounce it like that.

Go with whatever names you like and never ask for others opinion because you will never please everyone.

BerylCole · 09/09/2009 05:15

Rhys better than Reece. Brooke isnt a nice name, sorry.

Kirsty86 · 09/09/2009 00:01

I like the name Brooke and would pronounce it 'Bruck'.
I must admit this conversation has somewhat put me off it, but I couldn't think of a middle name I liked with it, so I guess that's concluded that!

Aimsmum · 21/01/2009 00:03

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LaDiDaDi · 20/01/2009 23:54

I don't like either tbh.

RachieB · 20/01/2009 23:29

pmsl @ Brooke sounding same as f@ck etc

its a long oo sound in the middle

same as book ( which i do not pronounce as "buck" ?!)

I actually love the name Brooke ,not so keen on Reece / Rhys

nappyaddict · 17/01/2009 18:53

I like Brooke. Not keen on Reece/Rhys cos there are quite a few around here.

catweazle · 17/01/2009 09:44

pronunciation here

wb · 17/01/2009 09:29

Well, just to be different, I quite like Brooke. Maybe it does sound a little bit American (Brooke Shields) but that wouldn't bother me.

I don't particularly like Reece (however you spell it) but that's just me.

foxytocin · 17/01/2009 09:14

Brooke / Reece - for normal people who think there is something special about them.

bronze · 17/01/2009 09:12

S'alright ST I knew you weren't it's just so hard writing about pronunciation.

JaneLumley · 17/01/2009 08:49

Not keen either. Brooke makes me think of Broioke Shields. Rhys is nice, though.

NotADragonOfSoup · 17/01/2009 08:49

Rhys is nice, Reece is cr*p.

Brooke... not my choice but DD has a friend called that and it doesn't jar.

MadameCastafiore · 17/01/2009 08:44

They are chavvy.

Sycamoretree · 17/01/2009 08:41

Sorry Bronze, didn't mean to give you a lesson in elocution

I'm trying to answer your question but I think I'm still not completely sure what it is. Oh well, maybe the moment has passed !

choosyfloosy · 17/01/2009 08:35

Reece makes me think of Reece Shearsmith which is a good thing . Just a variant of Rhys isn't it? I think it's fine.

I'd agree with the poster who thought Brooke was a bit 'Hollywood'. I don't like it very much - I know a lovely Brooke but tbh I wish she was called something else! Just don't like the hardness of the sound. Having said that, it avoids cutesiness which is a good thing too.

bronze · 17/01/2009 08:30

Sorry when I said about the Queen I knew how she would say it. I speak the Queens English doncha know
It was more if I said how do you say it some people if they don't say them differently wouldn't be able to see/hear the differences I was asking about

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