Is Artie posh?

[NoTeaForMe]

So we like the name Arthur but cant imagine it for a baby/toddler. Do you think the nickname Artie is really posh?

Arty farty.

But not posh, no.

Depends on your accent. It won't sound posh oop North or areas like Dudley.

Do I take it from that that you don't like it Soup ?

No real accent to change the sound of it Pancake, my husband just thinks it's a bit posh!

I don't think of it as posh. I think of it in terms the same as Alfie, Archie etc.

Depends, Artee sounds quite posh but round here it would be Art-tehh.

I like it.

It's not that I don't like it per se, just that "arty farty" is the phrase that springs immediately to mind.

Would be pronounced Artee here!

My concern with Arthur would be people pronouncing it Arfur, could I just correct them every time or would that just look rude?!

MrsBungle does that mean common? As in popular?

No, I don;t think common. I know a 3yo Arthur but he is the only one (and he is only called Arthur - not Artie).

IMHO I find Artie a bit twee but I like Arthur :)

No. Definitely not. It is so self-consciously middle class it's embarrassing.

You're not Scottish then. Artie is one of the 'famous' children's entertainers round these parts in The Singing Kettle and posh isn't a word that would readily spring to mind.

Mu1berries what do you mean?

Poozle nope not Scottish! No children's entertainer here to put me off!

I think it is lovely!

I think it's sweet, just a shortening of Arthur, not especially posh. Not sure about "self consciously middle class", seems to be over thinking it a bit. I would put it in the same bracket as Alfie and Archie.

I'd say Art-ee.

I think it's really sweet, I knew a girl vaguely whose very cool boyfriend went by Art when I was a teenager. I don't think it's posh,more unusual in the sea of Alfie's about these days.

I love Arthur by the way OP

Thankyou for the responses, glad to see it is generally well liked.

Am still confused at Mu1berries comment, can anyone explain?

My Granddad was an Arthur. His name was shortened to Arch.

I love Arthur, and Art for short. Not sure about Artie; it does rather put it in the Alfie/Archie camp which I am not keen on at all, sorry.

Would 'posh' be good or bad?

Personally I don't like Artie as it rhymes with Fartie but I don't understand the obsession with poshness ?

It's not an obsession bananarama it was just a question! Some names are definitely posher than others...

It's a bit twee for me. I prefer Art. And I have to say, I kind of agree with Mu1berries about it being very MC.

You have to be posh to get away with it, because if you send him to a state school he will inevitably end up being called Fartie.

"if you send him to a state school he will inevitably end up being called Fartie"

Do you think private school children don't have the same imagination ?

I really like Arthur, and Art or Artie are good diminutives. It is a super and historic name.
As for being made fun of in a state school, he will be in a class full of Zanders Winds Tempests Coyotes and Kestrels, so will have little to fear!

Arthur is my DS's middle name - we loved it for a first name (and it's a family name for DH and me) but we also assumed that he would be called Farty Arty and just couldn't inflict that.

I don't think Artie is remotely 'posh'.