so what about Evadne?

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Still stuck for names so please bear with me. What's your thoughts on this?

God no, hinge and brackett, google them if you haven't heard of them, hideous

Thanks

I thought Hinge & Bracket/ Chalet School too but nobody under 40 is going to get those references.

I had to google Hinge & Brackett as I'd never heard of them. Weird that they so completely passed me by.

Squoosh - Hinge and Bracket were a camp but musically well-educated act. Think (sub) Round the Horne combined with a knowledge of middle-class music from late Victorian times to the eve of WWII. The musical jokes were sometimes clever; the gender-based satire was too broad brushed, IMHO.

On the other hand, if you are of a certain vintage (as I am) the two 'ladies' were undeniably reminiscent of certain very grand, academic, secondary school teachers....

Hinge & Bracket. I've never heard the name anywhere else.

How about Evelina?

Empress, I thought Chalet School and I'm 31! Never heard of Hinge and Bracket, though.

I think of Mrs Cake - one of Terry Pratchett's characters.

I think it's an OK name - not my personal taste but better than many.

You can't go wrong with a Chalet School name (unless it's Eustacia or Gay).

Yes, first thought was Hinge and Bracket. Not good.

TooExtra Chalet School is fine though. Has anyone under 40. Said Hinge & Bracket?

I've just watched some Hinge & Brackett on youtube. A bit like French and Saunders as written by Oscar Wilde. I can certainly see where David Walliams got the idea for his 'ladies' sketch!

Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage names of two gentlemen who dressed as ladies. They were a comedy double act in the 50s and 60s and possibly before that. Genteel and mild comedy. A bit like Joyce Grenfell x 2! Now who is Joyce Grenfell I hear you ask......?

Ee-vad-nay?
Ee-vad-nee?

It sounds awkward, too many consonants.

Oh I love Joyce Grenfell Milly!

squoosh - I agree! An era of genteel comedy. Lots of "new" comedy is old comedy recycled! So should the baby be Joyce?

Rather! I think Joyce would be a wizard name for the baby.

The more I read it the more I like it :)

I don't think either reference really matters do they? In the real world I don't think all that many people would make the asossiation nowadays :)

Evangeline
Evangelynn
Evelyn

I don't like it, it's too clunky for me. It doesn't flow nicely.

Another under-40 who came on to say "Chalet School" ...

I like it! I don't think it's old lady at all.

Tatties, or Lucinda Muriel!

Hinge and Bracket. Def an old lady name (and trying too hard to be old lady chic if you see what I mean).

No.

It's trying very hard at the old-lady chic, but in the end it's simply YET ANOTHER name starting with 'Ev' whose unfortunate owner will be known as Evie/Eve for short. To add to the other approx. 15 million of them born over the last 10 years.

'Oh but it's short for Evadne'
'Oh rilly?'