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Velveteen - cool, cruel or just mental

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xxEvadneCakexx · 03/09/2010 21:09

A friend of a friend is slightly obsessed with the name Velveteen for a girl.

I can't figure out what I think about it - on one hand the name Velvet does seem kinda boho and pretty but on the other it's reminisant of a stripper. Grin

Whats your opinion on it?

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scurryfunge · 03/09/2010 21:10

I think of rabbits.....velvet is ok though.

MsHighwater · 03/09/2010 21:11

Very low indeed.

grapeandlemon · 03/09/2010 21:11

PMSL

She must be really hormonal

Habbibu · 03/09/2010 21:12

What's that American fake cheese? Velveeta? That's what comes to mine first. And then it's a bit like calling a child acrylic, or Polyester - basically not the real stuff.

onmyhols · 03/09/2010 21:12

Isn't that the name of a cream cheese in the States??Hmm

mummyplonk · 03/09/2010 21:12

oooh nooo, am thinking of a hair removal product.

onmyhols · 03/09/2010 21:12

lol. X posts Habbubu!

WoodyAllen · 03/09/2010 21:14

Hmm. Cheese. Soft loo roll. Getting sentimental over rabbits. Velly rhymes with Smelly, Jelly and Belly. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Habbibu · 03/09/2010 21:14

Indeed. And bleeeeee!

expatinscotland · 03/09/2010 21:14

Pregnancy hormones have much to answer for.

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xxEvadneCakexx · 03/09/2010 21:14

I have never heard of Velveeta...

Fake cheese?! MMMMMMmmmmm Yummmy! Confused

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Habbibu · 03/09/2010 21:16

Look at my link and weep, Evadne.

ComedyOfErrors · 03/09/2010 21:16

It's a bit too top shelf imo

BorisTheBold · 03/09/2010 21:17

Bleugh - horrible.

herjazz · 03/09/2010 21:20

Just makes me think of transvision vamp

Northernlurker · 03/09/2010 21:20

Dh says this is the name of Transvision Vamp's biggest selling album???/ Hmm

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xxEvadneCakexx · 03/09/2010 21:20

Habibu - Cheese food product? boaks

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Northernlurker · 03/09/2010 21:20

x post - you must be the same age as us Grin

MummyLovesSadie · 03/09/2010 21:21

Atrocious. Truly truly atrocious & hideous.

scottishmummy · 03/09/2010 21:22

rank.imagine shouting come in for yer tea velveteen...and what would traipse in

seeker · 03/09/2010 21:23

Velveteen is actually a fabric which is a cheap, nasty alternative to velvet.

LynetteScavo · 03/09/2010 21:23

Does she have a partner? If so, fear not, for surely 2 grown adults couldn't think this was a suitable name for a child.

herjazz · 03/09/2010 21:23

Hehe wonder if op's friend is? Clue would be her responding to snorts of eh velveteen? with baby I don't care

Habbibu · 03/09/2010 21:27

Well, precisely, seeker. Polly-Esther it is.

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xxEvadneCakexx · 03/09/2010 21:28

Herjazz - sorry, what?

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