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Sapphire - chavvy or posh?

110 replies

ThePartyArtist · 29/04/2015 11:16

Debating the name Sapphire with a friend, she puts it firmly in the 'Chardonnay' camp and I consider it posh, more akin to Cordelia or Jacinta. What do you think?

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reuset · 02/05/2015 19:28

I don't care for Topaz but it reminds me of the eccentric stepmother, who liked to commune with nature with naked walks in the countryside, from I Capture the Castle. Sad to hear it has the 'common' tag

RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime · 02/05/2015 19:29

Opal. That's nice. P rather than C I think.

Or Turquoise. Pronounced 'Toorkwahz' obv.

RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime · 02/05/2015 19:30

Victoria is different, the emphasis is not on the 'ia' unlike Sophia and Maria.

Stitchintime1 · 02/05/2015 19:31

Oh yes, I remember I Captured The Castle. She wore a tea dress and I had no idea what that was.

JasperDamerel · 02/05/2015 19:43

I think it reads as very much not posh unless the Sapphire is visibly and unmistakeably posh enough to carry it off.

Kittykatmacbill · 02/05/2015 19:44

It screeches exotic dancer...
It's a reverse, isn't it?

StampysLoveGarden · 02/05/2015 22:15

sapphire and steel so a bit 80s and a bit ............. saphhic

ceebelle83 · 03/05/2015 10:32

Too tacky for words.

MamaMotherMummy · 05/05/2015 00:35

Slightly off topic, but I met a very posh Fuschia Fucshia Fuchsia the other day.

I'm so bored of this English class thing. It's really just a free pass for people with no class to feel good about themselves and look down on other people.

MrsMarigold · 05/05/2015 08:42

How about Saffron much more sophisticated.

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