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Ulysses

114 replies

tummytickler · 29/03/2009 12:28

Ok - this is dh favourite (mine is Cedric).
Is it at all useable? I just cant decide if it is too off the wall?

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NotanOtter · 31/03/2009 00:02

I absolutely loved Zeus for ds5 but dp wouldn't

NotanOtter · 31/03/2009 00:01

sadly wasn't marvell Andrew? not quite the same lol

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:59

dostoyevsky....
checkov
turganev?

ibsen?

marvell
donne

auden
isherwood?

.... liking marvell.... thanks mrs b.

NotanOtter · 30/03/2009 23:58

I just appreciate beautiful names

one of my favourite names of all time is nigerian Buki a girls name

no it is not culturally specific but it is beautiful - so I would use it

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:56

benedict
solomon
edwin
francis
fergus
magnus

lockets · 30/03/2009 23:56

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mrsblanc · 30/03/2009 23:56

Yes I know all about Noam Chomsky, I realise it is a name in a completely different culture!

But to call a baby Noam, in he UK in 2009 ?

Pretentious does not even approach it

You might as well suggest Dostoevsky.

hells bells, someone will pick up in that and actually consider it...

NotanOtter · 30/03/2009 23:55

lol controlfreakery!

Roam
Forrest

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:54

love mungo.... but always think you need to be a kilt wearing family....

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:54

clearly not a linguist nao....

NotanOtter · 30/03/2009 23:51

Noam - yes it is a name!

Not studied Chomsky ?

lockets · 30/03/2009 23:51

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controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:50

oh do go away mrs b you clearly have NO TASTE.

we are having a lovely time.... 'tis harmless.

FairLadyRantALot · 30/03/2009 23:49

Cedric would be my preference....actually a name I really liked but would never be brave enougvh to use....

lockets · 30/03/2009 23:48

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mrsblanc · 30/03/2009 23:47

Noam?????????

mrsblanc · 30/03/2009 23:46

dreadful beyond belief. Have not read whole thread, may have already been outed as a joke

Xavier?
Gideon?
Ferdinand?
all jokes, right?

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:45

amory
constantine
peregrine
valentine (fab)
levi
malachi (?sp?)
montgomery

NotanOtter · 30/03/2009 23:37

lucius is great but a bit too malfoy

Cosmo
Roman
Romany
Othello
noel
Otto
Pasha
Amaury
Emmanuel
ferdi nand
Tosca
angel
Raphael
Dante
Zebedee
Lucien
Remy
Noam

controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:33

oooh i do like a good name thread.. (ie one where the op and others have my taste in names!)
are you appreciating this tt?

milton
lucien
jacob
lucius

NotanOtter · 30/03/2009 23:33

my friend has just had a Quentin

fab

LaDiDaDi · 30/03/2009 23:30

Solomon
Corin

lockets · 30/03/2009 23:28

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controlfreakythecontrolfreak · 30/03/2009 23:25

comus
ludo
roman
julian
quentin
tobias
prosper
hal

LaDiDaDi · 30/03/2009 23:24

Gideon
Zeke
Gulliver
Mortimer
Henry
Jude
Xavier
Kit
Cillian
Peter

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