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Myrtle

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tummytickler · 26/06/2009 14:22

What do you think of the name Myrtle?

OK, i am ready - give it to me straight!

Possibly Jean as a mn.

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PortBlacksandResident · 26/06/2009 16:06

Oh and i painted her psychedelic - so a bit of a give away.

PortBlacksandResident · 26/06/2009 16:04

There's prob quite a few Myrtle Minis out there. I was at Loughborough at the time - ring any bells? .

womma · 26/06/2009 15:51

Myrtle Jean is lovely.

I used to know someone with a mini called Myrtle...I'm sure it's not you PB!

Ondine · 26/06/2009 15:24

The Harry Potter thing would stop me. 90% of children read those farking books and to be named after the toilet ghost is not the best of starts.

What about Sorrel? Or Maeve or Martha?

PortBlacksandResident · 26/06/2009 14:34

Not a big character though - i've read all the books and it never occurred to me.

gloomysue · 26/06/2009 14:32

I really like it.

Iklboo · 26/06/2009 14:29

Moaning Myrtle is a ghost that lives in the girls' toilets and, well, moans all the time (as in whinges)

ChocolateRabbit · 26/06/2009 14:29

Myrtle in Harry Potter is a very annoying ghost who lives in the toilets - regularly gets flushed.

Moaning myrtle was my first thought too.

foxinsocks · 26/06/2009 14:28

we had a myrtle the turtle

and friend birtle

Meglet · 26/06/2009 14:27

i love the name.

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tummytickler · 26/06/2009 14:26

I have resisted Harry Potter in all ints forms so i have no idea who Moaning Myrtle is? Is she a big character? Would a young Myrtle be reminded of this forever and by everyone?

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PortBlacksandResident · 26/06/2009 14:25

I like it - it's pretty but doesn't end in a ee ie ey etc. Maud has a similar feel.

My first mini was called Myrtle .

Fimbo · 26/06/2009 14:24

Truly truly awful.

Don't mind Jean for a middle name.

Iklboo · 26/06/2009 14:24

Sorry I thought of Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter

Still - I don't get a say, tis your LO