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Bernard

36 replies

tummytickler · 13/05/2009 23:37

Ok
I love Cedric, as you may know.
Dh does not like it so much.
We do both agree on Bernard (Bernie) I really like it but dont love it as much as i do Cedric.
what is the opinion on Bernard (although i think i can guess )

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missmiss · 14/05/2009 00:12

By 70s, I mean that the hairy man in The Joy of Sex looks like a Bernard.

missmiss · 14/05/2009 00:12

I was going to say Not now Bernard!

It's quite 70s. Maybe due a comeback?

stillenacht · 14/05/2009 00:11

nooooooooooooooooo

Bernard Cribbins

nuff said

bumpybecky · 14/05/2009 00:07

Not now Bernard!

Tinker · 14/05/2009 00:06

Manning

FrankMustard · 14/05/2009 00:06

what about Bertrand instead? I have a French friend called Bertrand, Bert for short, and he is VERY nice

mrswoolf · 14/05/2009 00:05

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FrankMustard · 14/05/2009 00:00

It's a manly name but...

St Bernard dogs probably make it seem a cuddly name

Bernard Manning was cuddly (other adjectives abound)

Bernard Matthews

sorry, hope this isn't putting you off.....

LastOrders · 13/05/2009 23:59

Sounds very dog like. Sorry!

If I met a Bernard toddler I'd think "poor thing, how could the parents do that?".
You did ask...!

tigerdriver · 13/05/2009 23:54

no, no, no, no and no.

that's a no. It just doesn't compute.

Bernie Winters?

Purlease.

I know two Bernards. One is deceased. A long time ago. One is someone my mum knows who is (allegedly) a bit dodgy.

Meglet · 13/05/2009 23:51

First impressions are that of a middle aged man! But thinking about it more, if I met a toddler / child called bernard I would think he was the cutest, coolest little poppet ever . It would be a weird name for a baby, but both my dc's had names that didn't suit babies, I figured they're only tiny for a short time then they grow into a name.

You have to use it. Its quite cuddly.