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WDYT of Odette?

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wisteria12 · 26/07/2010 20:08

I just wondered.

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BelligerentGhoul · 26/07/2010 20:09

Never thought of / heard of it before but now you mention it, I quite like it.

differentID · 26/07/2010 20:10

Like it.

yama · 26/07/2010 20:11

I was at school with an Odette. Nice.

DrivenToDistraction · 26/07/2010 20:11

Not my bag I'm afraid. Reminds me of odema...

PaintingTheFence · 26/07/2010 20:12

I don't really like it, sorry. It starts with Od, which reminds me of "odd".

Claudette is nicer IMO.

booboobeedoo · 26/07/2010 20:13

Just read the swan lake story with Odette and Odile - v nice!

5DollarShake · 26/07/2010 20:13

I was at school with an Odette! And an Odile - same year.

What are the chances of that?

Lovely Swan Lake connotations...

DrivenToDistraction · 26/07/2010 20:14

yy Claudette is much much nicer.

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wisteria12 · 26/07/2010 20:17

There's something about any name beginning with "Clau" that puts me off, for some reason. Each to their own, though!

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notagrannyyet · 26/07/2010 20:17

I quite like Odette......name of a french WW2 heroine.

5DollarShake · 26/07/2010 20:20

Not liking Claude/tte at all, either.

smother · 26/07/2010 20:54

I prefer/really like the name Collette and this seems along same lines??

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wisteria12 · 26/07/2010 20:57

Collette reminds me of Gillette. The best a man can get.

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Colliecross · 26/07/2010 21:01

Will be called Oddie

5DollarShake · 26/07/2010 21:01

Oh no - Collette and Odette are not the same at all!

DrivenToDistraction · 26/07/2010 21:41

Indeed 5Dollar, Collette and Odette are very different sorts of names in my book as well. I come down in the Odette camp.

Olette
Lisette
Ottily
Myrtle

Actually, Odette is rather growing on me

DrivenToDistraction · 26/07/2010 21:45

brain malfunction - Otillie, obviously.

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wisteria12 · 26/07/2010 22:33

Colliecross - I highly doubt it. You don't pronounce Harry like Hairy do you?

DrivenToDistraction - Glad you're coming round. I've never heard of Olette before, it just reminds me of Glee; "It's just a moist towelette!" Similarly not keen on any of the others, especially Myrtle; bad connotations from The Great Gatsby and, of course, HP.

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wisteria12 · 26/07/2010 22:35

Sorry, I just had to post this; www.moisttowelettemuseum.com/

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Colliecross · 27/07/2010 11:16

You've lost me Wisteria, what has Hairy Harry to do with it?

freerangeeggs · 27/07/2010 11:17

I love Odette. Nicknamed Dot (but then I like verything nicknamed Dot :P )

mamaloco · 27/07/2010 11:21

No, but I am french, it is a french name, very dated not nice at all, I wonder if it has ever been nice. Odile is awful too.

5DollarShake · 27/07/2010 11:39

I am wondering if some people think it is pronounced Odd-ette, as opposed to O-dette?

I think this is what Wisteia means by the Harry/Hairy differentiation.

MrsvWoolf · 27/07/2010 11:44

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Pasiphae · 27/07/2010 11:48

Swan lake!
But it's also my grand mother. It feels a bit strange but I can see the appeal.
I like Odile better, or Laurette. I also have cousin named Aude.