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Your verdict please

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WaterBiscuit · 08/03/2013 23:35

DH has asked me to ask you. One of us likes it, one of us does not.
Ranulph.
(for a boy, obvs!)

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TobyLerone · 08/03/2013 23:38

I don't like it.

MissyMooandherBeaverofSteel · 08/03/2013 23:38

Sorry but I don't like it at all Sad

TobyLerone · 08/03/2013 23:39

DH doesn't like it either. I just asked him. He did a face like Hmm

BabyRoger · 08/03/2013 23:41

Not a fan. Raef is quite nice.

OkayHazel · 08/03/2013 23:42

I love it!

anonymosity · 08/03/2013 23:43

I also like Raef - not sure of the whole Ranulph thing. I just can't see the name on a baby, iyswim - more an aged explorer....

Wonderland121 · 08/03/2013 23:46

Sorry I don't like it.

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WaterBiscuit · 08/03/2013 23:47

Thanks all so far . . .

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thezebrawearspurple · 09/03/2013 01:17

No, sorry.

getmeoutofthismadhouse · 09/03/2013 04:58

No definitely not. Sounds too similar to rudolf for me ...

FellNel · 09/03/2013 05:08

Not keen, sorry. Rafe, Rudy, Rufus, Rafael, all lovely. Ranulph not lovely.

mathanxiety · 09/03/2013 05:33

It sounds as if it's missing a letter or two. It sounds very turn of the twentieth century to me, like Randolph Churchill. There's an air of smoking jackets and shooting parties to it.

I don't dislike it. Wouldn't be my first choice by any means though.

MorphandChas · 09/03/2013 09:09

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FranKatzenjammer · 09/03/2013 09:12

I don't like it either, sorry.

MyThumbsHaveGoneWeird · 09/03/2013 09:21

I like it, but it does always feel to me like its missing letters.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 09/03/2013 10:20

It is probably a question of getting used to it, on first hearing it I'd think was that Randolph?, I read this 20 minutes' ago and already feel more kindly towards it. Maybe spell it Ranulf?

Just tried it out on DH, like me middle-aged WASP, he said no no no.

Badvoc · 09/03/2013 10:24

No
Just...
No.

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WaterBiscuit · 09/03/2013 14:04

Glad to hear the balance is in my favour. Thank you all!

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LuluLovesYou · 09/03/2013 14:16

No..Awful!

birdofthenorth · 09/03/2013 21:07

Bad. Sorry.

I like Ralph, though not Rafe. Ranulph and Rafe sound amusingly posh to my northern ears. He'd get killed in a Manchester secondary school. Sorry!

BeeBopDingALing · 09/03/2013 21:24

Awful.

starsthatshine · 09/03/2013 21:43

I quite like it! My DH would haaaaate it & I agree it's got potential to become Rudolph! Don't think I'd use it myself,but yes, quite like it.

PurpleStorm · 09/03/2013 21:44

No, don't like it. Sorry.

bouncysmiley · 09/03/2013 22:15

Not for me

DontmindifIdo · 09/03/2013 22:16

I like it! Aged explorer connection is fine.