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Odelie as middle name for Astrid. Come on, guys, ahhhh cayn hayyyndle eeet (Ray Winstone-style drawl.

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minouminou · 25/01/2009 22:48

Yeah, so, whattya all think?
DP is stuck on Ilse, but I can see a lifetime of people thinking it's Isla, which will be irritating.

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Swedes · 31/01/2009 21:07

Doesn't Astrid Odelie sound a bit like you are yodelling? Or am I pronouncing it all wrong?

I have an Astrid - she is Astrid Erika.

How about Astrid Mathilda?

pania · 31/01/2009 21:02

I went to school with a Dutch girl called Astrid and she was phenomenally pretty and had a really lovely personality so I've always liked the name. Although I suppose that just means I can't be objective about it!

But I must say Astrid Odelie sounds like one word. It must be the repetition of the "d" sound... "It would be astridodely expensive to replace the whole roof with real slate"..

EachPeachPearMum · 31/01/2009 20:43

Astrid Ilse is gorgeous!

I'm not sure about Odelie...

Astrid Charlotte?

GossipMonger · 26/01/2009 21:20

oh I see!!

Astrid Imogen

Astrid Elizabeth

Astrid Katrina

I do think Odelie is pretty but trying too hard with Astrid.

Astrid Odette?

Astrid Gabriella

Astrid .............I dunno............

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minouminou · 26/01/2009 14:18

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follderol · 26/01/2009 14:15

Are you german?

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minouminou · 26/01/2009 14:12

The consonant-starting has crossed my mind, but Ilse's looking like the top contender, as Astrid will be ending with a hard-ish "d", so a vowel might soften it a bit.

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follderol · 26/01/2009 14:09

Astrid Odelie?

really?

Sid · 26/01/2009 14:07

I think if you choose Astrid, which is a lovely name, you have to have a middle name that doesn't begin with a vowel....

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minouminou · 26/01/2009 14:03

Gossipmonger - Elsa will lead to the dreaded Astride situation!

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GossipMonger · 26/01/2009 14:01

Astrid Elsa sounds nicer

Dont know that I can actually say Ilse as it is supposed to be!

Fimbo · 26/01/2009 13:59

Sounds too much like a yodel - Odelie Odelay.

Glad to see you have withdrawn from it.

Annaliese?

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minouminou · 26/01/2009 13:56

Hah! That just made me laugh, Lotster! Anyway, Odelie is now off the table - they are both great names, but you just can't shoehorn them into the same birth certificate.
Sigh....back to the drawing board..........

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Lotster · 26/01/2009 11:12

They are pretty individually, I like both names.

When I try saying them together I sound like Ned Flanders ("Howdydoodelly Neighbour!") though perhaps I'm saying Odelie wrong?

BabyBaby123 · 26/01/2009 10:19

sorry, i think they are awful together.

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minouminou · 25/01/2009 23:47

see, mummyfor3, i really like it too, but it's like littlefish said - one or the other, and it's DP's turn this time.......
Ghahhhhhhhhh........

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minouminou · 25/01/2009 23:45

well, it's a bugger, this, because i had DS' name picked out in 1992 (and no, I jest not).
DP has picked astrid, and I like it, but it doesn't have the visceral "It MUST be this name" feel that i had for DS, and the middle name is proving a right pain.
I shall no doubt be on here next week with another belter

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Mummyfor3 · 25/01/2009 23:44

I knew an Anstrid who had a hellish time being teased for having a name that could be pronounced "astride" IYNWIM. Aren't teenagers lovely creatures.
I love Odelie, though!

pgwithnumber3 · 25/01/2009 23:41

minou - I am the queen of baby girl threads on here, believe me, 10 weeks is a long time to change your mind.

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minouminou · 25/01/2009 23:39

Ursula's bitten the dust, btw, as that was another contender (had a thread a few weeks back). It just kinda.....died a peaceful death.
Got at least 10 weeks to go (she may be out a couple of weeks early) so something else might spring to mind......as long as it doesn't start with "e", as then she'll be Astride....and the jokes would soon wear thin (probably).

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minouminou · 25/01/2009 23:20

Oh-deh-lee
It was one of my choices for a 1st name, but as i chose DS's 1st name, and DP chose his middle name, we're doing it the other way round this time

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pgwithnumber3 · 25/01/2009 23:19

PMSL at Custardo

Tortington · 25/01/2009 23:17

and either you have bags of confidence or something , becuase i would feel like a twat saying 'Astrid Odelie'

Tinker · 25/01/2009 23:17

Not sure that they scan. How do you pronounce Odelie? O d lee?

Tortington · 25/01/2009 23:16

its all very try hard.

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