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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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Juwesm · 02/03/2009 15:44

Takes me straight to Blackadder too. Also scallops.

Jojay · 02/03/2009 15:40

Nooooooo

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mrsruffallo · 02/03/2009 11:17

Thanks for all your feedback!
TBH the Asda/Morrisons type quotes make me wince- so provincial!- but thanks to the rest of you for your input

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treacletart · 02/03/2009 10:28

I think historically it was used as a diminutive for girls called Mary Alexandra, Or Victoria Alexandra or any other regal combo. To be really honest, I'm not keen for the same reasons I don't like girls being called Princess - even as a petname - just think it sends all the wrong messages. Sorry.

SoupDragon · 02/03/2009 10:12

Dreadful.

mickeylou · 02/03/2009 10:11

i think its really cute. it needs quite a confident little girl to carry it off though! what are your other children called or is this number 1?

Yeni · 02/03/2009 09:46

A scallop.

mags98 · 01/03/2009 20:34

Awful. Sorry.

DeeBlindMice · 01/03/2009 20:29

well done TheFallenMadonna

Poor Queenie, Maud and Lilian are such nice names

TheFallenMadonna · 01/03/2009 20:27

or weird even...

southeastastra · 01/03/2009 20:27

it's right cockney innit

TheFallenMadonna · 01/03/2009 20:27

Queenie Baxter in Andrian Mole was Maud Lilian.
It is wierd that I remember that!

Ivykaty44 · 01/03/2009 19:41

Well there were nearly 15000 Queenie's registered after 1880, 10000 of them were after 1910 so it was a name in its own right and mostly in the south east as it was a cockney name. Often used though as a nick name for the first daughter of the family, and not always the actual name of the first born daughter.

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DeeBlindMice · 01/03/2009 19:16

yuck, so awful.

the only Queenie I've ever heard of is Bert Baxter's mot, so it reminds me of pots of rouge too, although I always thought it was an unfortunate name for even a fictional old lady

Quattrocento · 01/03/2009 19:10

Wonderful for a dog.

Lawks · 01/03/2009 19:09

I like it very much.

PrammyMammy · 01/03/2009 19:03

I like it. I've never met a Queenie before. Cute.

Guadalupe · 01/03/2009 18:43

There were a lot of Queenie's in Lena Kennedy novels I think.

I'm not very fond of it I must say.

Nancy66 · 01/03/2009 18:39

Not keen on it.
It was the 'chavvy' name of the day in the 20s, 30s and 40s.

I think it's the sort of name you'd be embarrassed by as an adult. Cute for a kid but not very sophisticated.

MadameCastafiore · 01/03/2009 18:32

Was it you who asked about Pearly too?

You could have Pearly and Queenie - both shouted in very nasal estuary english in the middle of Morrisons or Asda!

Wolfblass · 01/03/2009 18:31

Now i absolutley love it - have known three people with this name and they were all lovely!

troutpout · 01/03/2009 17:43

Not keen
Had an Aunty Queenie.She hated it.
How about (her sisters names) Gladys, Florrie (florence), Doris,Margaret or Iris if you like old lady names

suwoo · 01/03/2009 17:37

Phew

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