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Please give these girls name a score /10

145 replies

TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 10:27

0 being hate it, 10 being love it. DH and I are at impasse so decided to get scientific

Frieda
Claudia
Tabitha
Rosalind
Meredith
Elizabeth
Thea
Phoebe
Martha

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charlyn · 16/04/2015 10:33

Frieda 1/10
Claudia 10/10
Tabitha 9/10
Rosalind 3/10
Meredith 3/10
Elizabeth 6/10
Thea 9/10
Phoebe 8/10
Martha 8/10

DramaAlpaca · 16/04/2015 10:36

Frieda 1/10
Claudia 7/10
Tabitha 2/10
Rosalind 10/10
Meredith 6/10
Elizabeth 9/10
Thea 1/10
Phoebe 8/10
Martha 2/10

BossWitch · 16/04/2015 10:38

Frieda 3
Claudia 7
Tabitha 5
Rosalind 10
Meredith 8
Elizabeth 9
Thea 7
Phoebe 7
Martha 0

squoosh · 16/04/2015 10:41

Frieda -5/10
Claudia 8/10
Tabitha 8/10
Rosalind 2/10
Meredith 1/10
Elizabeth 1/10 (higher score for the various nicknames though)
Thea 8/10
Phoebe 6/10
Martha 5/10

KateBeckett · 16/04/2015 10:41

Frieda 2
Claudia 6
Tabitha 5
Rosalind 4
Meredith 8
Elizabeth 7
Thea 4
Phoebe 5
Martha 7

squoosh · 16/04/2015 10:42

(that's a minus 5 for Frieda. Please don't pick Frieda)

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 16/04/2015 10:42

Frieda 1
Claudia 5
Tabitha 3
Rosalind 10
Meredith 7
Elizabeth 9
Thea 3
Phoebe 7
Martha 1

TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 10:48

Wow, this is a rich seam of data! Didn't design the experiment v well though, there should have been an internal control. Please can you also score Helena. I realise it's not great that I've told you which one is the control Blush

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scarletforya · 16/04/2015 10:51

Frieda 2/10
Claudia 10/10
Tabitha 7/10
Rosalind 6/10
Meredith 0/10
Elizabeth 5/10
Thea. 5/10
Phoebe 8/10
Martha 0/10

Helena 3/10

squoosh · 16/04/2015 10:52

I like Helena a lot but it has at least three pronunciations I can think of so keep in mind that she might find that a little annoying. I think Leni is a super cool nickname though.

I'm picturing you in a lab coat collating all the data!

redautumnleaves · 16/04/2015 10:53

Frieda - 8/10
Claudia - 3/10
Tabitha - 5/10
Rosalind - 5/10
Meredith - 6/10
Elizabeth - 4/10
Thea - 6/10
Phoebe - 4/10
Martha - 7/10

redautumnleaves · 16/04/2015 10:54

Helena - 5/10

ImperialBlether · 16/04/2015 10:55

Frieda - can't give a mark low enough for this one
Claudia - 7/10
Tabitha - 0/10 - sounds like a cat
Rosalind - 7/10 - 10/10 if you call her Rosie
Meredith - 0/10 makes me think of poor Meredith Kercher
Elizabeth - 0/10 - old fashioned and not in a good way
Thea - 0/10 - sorry, awful
Phoebe - 3/10
Martha - 0/10 - awful, sorry!
Helena - 7/10

Are you particularly looking at the more old fashioned names? Do you want suggestions?

redautumnleaves · 16/04/2015 10:55

Gosh - I may be skewing your data with regards to Frieda. It is my favourite name on your list. Love it.

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 16/04/2015 10:56

Frieda 1/10
Claudia 8/10
Tabitha 6/10
Rosalind 7/10
Meredith 4/10
Elizabeth 9/10
Thea 5/10
Phoebe 9/10

Martha

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 16/04/2015 10:56

Oopps Martha 8/10

HattyMonkey · 16/04/2015 10:57

Frieda 4/10
Claudia 10/10
Tabitha 5/10
Rosalind 2/10
Meredith 8/10
Elizabeth 10/10
Thea 9/10
Phoebe 2/10
Martha 7/10

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 16/04/2015 10:58

Helena - 0/10 mainly because I dont like how some say HELena and some say heLAYna. Also my DM is Welsh and does not do Hs well.

Jackieharris · 16/04/2015 10:58

Frieda 6
Claudia 8
Tabitha 2
Rosalind 0
Meredith 9
Elizabeth 4
Thea 4
Phoebe 7
Martha 0

TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 10:59

Redautumn leaves - hence the Helena weighting, not everyone has an equal chance to skew!

squoosh It's the English pronunciation Heh-le-nah

This is fun! I feel a big spreadsheet coming on (tonight when I'm not looking at one of the big spreadsheets I actually get paid for looking at)

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happybubblebrain · 16/04/2015 10:59

Frieda 1
Claudia 7
Tabitha 8
Rosalind 1
Meredith7
Elizabeth 2
Thea 2
Phoebe 6
Martha 7

Drowsybutawake · 16/04/2015 11:00

Frieda 1
Claudia 8
Tabitha 0
Rosalind 9
Meredith 3
Elizabeth 7
Thea 2
Phoebe 5
Martha 10

Helena 5

HattyMonkey · 16/04/2015 11:00

Helena 8/10 if pronounced Helayna if 3/10 Helenna

TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 11:01

ImperialBlether We are looking for classical, timeless names that go with our very English surname. If you come up with something I haven't already discarded that would be amazing!

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DramaAlpaca · 16/04/2015 11:02

Helena 9/10