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Waht do you think of Queenie?

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mrsruffallo · 01/03/2009 16:07

Any opinions?

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Jajas · 02/03/2009 20:55

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Mumcentreplus · 02/03/2009 20:49

I dunno....Old Cockney Granny comes to mind ...

georgimama · 02/03/2009 20:47

My test is the name must not sound ridiculous if a child grows up to be a binman or governor of the bank of England.

prettypurpledaisy · 02/03/2009 20:44

i had a Nanny Queenie, and my Dad seriously thought i would call my daughter after her, I love the name because I loved my Nan but think it is abit old fashioned. That and my surname is Brown!!

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seeker · 02/03/2009 20:35

why would you do this to a child? Apart form being horrid, it fails the Kick Ass Lawyer test.

Tortington · 02/03/2009 20:34

gypsie eastenders fag toting leopard skin trouser wearing hairdresser

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georgimama · 02/03/2009 20:32

I did say "some". Two counts as "some" to me.

Jojos has just made me spray curry everywhere, must find a baby wipe.

jojosmaman · 02/03/2009 20:31

I knew a Queenie. Well, when I say knew I didn't actually know her, I just used to see her wandering the streets with an old shopping trolley and a bottle of cheap red shouting f* off to everyone on the street. Thats probably tainted my view slightly.

2pt4kids · 02/03/2009 20:27

It reminds me of Blackadder.
Shocking name (not in a good way)

NotAnOtter · 02/03/2009 20:24

FABULOUS

queenie is from some play ...now who is it by....set in the 50's - the family being re located to a new high rise...anyone???

LiffeyBag · 02/03/2009 20:23

ah now, you've been taking ketamine yourself if that's how your remember it!!!

about 2 people out of 40 thought it was nice!

georgimama · 02/03/2009 20:22

I like Mothballs.....

I struggle to take any baby name thread even slightly seriously since I started one proposing Ketamine, and at least half the responses thought I was serious. Some even liked it.

LiffeyBag · 02/03/2009 20:21

Well, no.

I can get behind Dulcie, and Elsie and Lois and Edie and loads of old names.

But not Queenie. It just sounds like either an insult, or a chain-smoking blue-haired monarchist.

What about Jeannie?! I really like that! If my parents had been stupid cruel enough to call me Queennie, I'd change it to Jeannie

Sycamoretree · 02/03/2009 20:17
georgimama · 02/03/2009 16:19

Calm down!!???

You appeal for calm on a baby name thread!!!???

Sycamoretree · 02/03/2009 16:17

yes, Georgimama - thats EXACTLY what I'm saying....

Calm down dears - it's only a baby name thread!

MumOfBaby · 02/03/2009 16:10

I haven't read all of this, but I must say Queenie is an old lady's name!!!

georgimama · 02/03/2009 16:06

So prospective DD has to live in Brighton all her life and have the "lifestyle" to carry off Queenie.

Please don't do this.

Pearl is also dreadful.

Sycamoretree · 02/03/2009 16:01

Just seen you are in Brighton - I think it would be great there! I think there is a Queenie in the novel Small Island...a very complex character with her heart in the right place.

I do also like Pearl though, another suggestion on this thread. But I bet that's already soaring up the popularity list...

Sycamoretree · 02/03/2009 15:55

I think it's great! I can see how it could feel really contemporary/a nice bit of attitude to it and very unusual.

georgimama · 02/03/2009 15:55

It's awful. Honestly it is.

Why would you do this to your child?

Please be joking.

hester · 02/03/2009 15:50

I actually really like it. But I don't think enough of the rest of the world agrees with us to make it worth the risk

Juwesm · 02/03/2009 15:47

But then I like the name Freya, and they make bras. There'll always be something negative about a name if you think hard enough. And even a name which seems lovely now, may suddenly have become derogatory in 30 years time - look at Wally.