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Shelmerdine?

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JoeyBettany · 25/10/2009 18:37

This was the name of a rich character in an old fashioned school story I read when I was a girl.

I absolutely loved this name when I was about 9, still do love it, but sadly OH vetoed it.

Anyone else heard of this name?

I think it has a lovely 1920s/30s glamorous feel to it.

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pixiestix · 05/11/2009 16:34

called something.. god, I cant type for shit today

pixiestix · 05/11/2009 16:33

Ah, now that I have read that your DD is completely something completely different (and beautiful) I can say:

Shelmerdine sounds like the noise I make when I throw up

BlueChampagne · 05/11/2009 16:32

Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine - at least in the film version with Tilda Swinton. Now there are 3 names to conjure with ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_(film)

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JoeyBettany · 05/11/2009 14:03

No, there's a male character named Shel. But there is a Euphrosyne! Now there's a name . . .

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JoeyBettany · 05/11/2009 14:01

I don't know but that would fit with the 1020s feel.

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BlueChampagne · 05/11/2009 13:23

Isn't it in "Orlando" (no, not the marmalade cat) as well?

MrsWoolf · 05/11/2009 09:44

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JoeyBettany · 04/11/2009 21:23

no,no not Chalet school ,another novel, 'shirley at charterton'

Much better actually IMO

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UnquietDad · 04/11/2009 11:59

Is it in Chalet School? (Just guessing from your user name!)

Fibilou · 04/11/2009 11:58

I think it sounds like something a kitchen worktop might be made of, sorry

seeker · 26/10/2009 23:00

And she kept on going on about having quads!

DitaVonCheese · 26/10/2009 22:51

I love the fact that you can't say it without sounding unbelievably drunk

mathanxiety · 26/10/2009 16:45

Sounds like something a committee came up with.

CinderellaRach · 26/10/2009 11:46

Sorry it's terrible!

Earthstar · 26/10/2009 08:00

Not my cup of tea

bamboostalks · 26/10/2009 07:58

I haven't thought about The Chalet School for years but yes Joey was producing a lot of eggs wasn't she?
Joey had triplets then two sets of twins with four or five singletons thrown in.
Remember Felix and Felicity?
Followed by another set of boy/girl twins?

YeahBut · 26/10/2009 07:53

Opinion coloured by the fact that I know someone with the same surname. Don't do it.

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JoeyBettany · 26/10/2009 07:49

Eliunor M Brent Dyer had a bit of a multiple birth fetish IIRC!

God, I realise I'm sounding like someone way too familiar with girls school stories.

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flabbyapronbelly · 25/10/2009 20:29

sounds like a house name to me

seeker · 25/10/2009 20:28

Stick to Len, Con and Margot, JoeyBettany. Or possibly Ruehanna or Richenda.

DitaVonCheese · 25/10/2009 20:25

Sounds like a champion racehorse to me!

bibbitybobbitycat · 25/10/2009 19:54

Don't like Shelmerdine, sorry.

But can I persuade you - or anyone actually - to consider Sheherazade? Surely tis the best girls name in the world.

InSync · 25/10/2009 19:50

It reminds me of Skelmersdale (town in lancashire).

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JoeyBettany · 25/10/2009 19:10

oh well, it's all by the by anyway as dd was named Polly, inoffensive by anyone's standards.

Interesting though why some names catch on and some are consigned to the dustbins of history.

Mind you, I am really really glad I was put off Saphirra, can't stand the name now!

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scottishmummy · 25/10/2009 19:05

imagine all the other mums pissing themselves as you shout that in playground