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your first off the cuff reaction to Kingston, nn kingy.

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Iheartpasties · 01/05/2013 00:16

thanks :)

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fruitpastille · 01/05/2013 00:19

Not keen. I think Upon Thames i am afraid.

PurpleBlossom · 01/05/2013 00:21

Kingston- trying too hard

Kingy- just awful!

snice · 01/05/2013 00:22

its the name of a black labrador I know-sorry!

SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 01/05/2013 00:23

Fresh meat.

thornrose · 01/05/2013 00:25

I know a Kingston, he's horrible which clouds my judgement terribly.

Kingy is awful.

AgnesBligg · 01/05/2013 00:25

Are you having a larf? No, really no.

somuchtosortout · 01/05/2013 00:36

Posh and Becks, the poorer version. SW London V Brooklyn.

But if you don't live in London then it's not that bad.

thornrose · 01/05/2013 00:38

Could refer to Kingston Jamaica I suppose!

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 01/05/2013 00:40

Yeah, I made the Jamaican connection. NN horrid, sorry.

GColdtimer · 01/05/2013 00:47

Awful. Sorry

Fuckwittery · 01/05/2013 00:48

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thermalsinapril · 01/05/2013 01:02

Place name.

Still18atheart · 01/05/2013 01:04

Kingston - ok just about wouldn't chose it personally

kingy - sounds too much like clingy

skyebluesapphire · 01/05/2013 01:11

Kingston Town by UB40 springs to mind

Kingy? Sorry but no way.

Bunson · 01/05/2013 01:15

Absolutely bloody awful. I would have no respect for someone with that name. Assuming you're white British. If you're from Caribbean origins then fine.

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RichManPoorManBeggarmanThief · 01/05/2013 01:30

Kingsley??

K8Middleton · 01/05/2013 01:33

Kingy? To rhyme with 'thingy'? Erm, no.

HerRoyalNotness · 01/05/2013 01:49

I know a little boy with connections to Jamaica called this. It's his MN but its what is used everyday. For short I think they just use King. The other 2 DC have placename names too.

deleted203 · 01/05/2013 02:44

Awful, unless you're Jamaican.

NN is just awful, whatever.

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ClaraDeLaNoche · 01/05/2013 03:53

Kingy is mingie. Sorry.

noblegiraffe · 01/05/2013 04:35

Kingy? Like Queenie? Just sounds daft.

Gingerbreadlatte · 01/05/2013 04:39

Dreadful. Sorry.

Chubfuddler · 01/05/2013 05:02

Kingy is dreadful. Sorry.

Kingston is fine unless you're white British. If you are, then I agree with Bunsen. If you're black or mixed race fine.