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Althea?

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testingmitb · 04/02/2021 19:56

What do we think? Thinking Thea for short?

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MrsCalypsoGrant · 04/02/2021 20:13

Absolutely love both Althea & Thea

diddlediddle · 04/02/2021 20:14

Isn't it a bit Anthea?

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2021 21:07

It's like Anthea but harder to say.

HenriettaHeffalump · 04/02/2021 21:07

Love it

MoodyMarshall · 04/02/2021 21:09

Althea and Donna (tune btw)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=joh37lrvf-s

Miljea · 04/02/2021 21:10

Althea is an appalling, inept company that has snapped up NHS repair and service contracts on the cheap, which is now falling down around our ears... 😂

drumandthebass · 04/02/2021 21:11

@MoodyMarshall that was exactly my first thought. Great song

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testingmitb · 04/02/2021 21:31

Miljea Noooooooooo!

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Miljea · 04/02/2021 21:45

Sadly, yes. 😂

Toilenstripes · 04/02/2021 21:47

I cannot stand Althea and Anthea. What about Tèa?

CatandBaby · 04/02/2021 21:49

Love it. It means healing herb, I think? (That's what I read, anyway). Kind of ironic about the awful company if it does..
Alethea is also really nice.

stellarfox · 04/02/2021 22:45

I really like Alethea (ah-lay-thee-ah)

Mally2020 · 04/02/2021 23:18

At least go fo alethea althea sounds unfinished

DramaAlpaca · 04/02/2021 23:46

I can't stand either Althea or Thea. So weak and lispy sounding, both of them. Sorry.

BewareTheBeardedDragon · 04/02/2021 23:51

I like Alethea too

Cissyandflora · 05/02/2021 00:07

Althea and Donna
Also didn’t Bruce Forsyth have one?

Cissyandflora · 05/02/2021 00:08

Also in the same family as urethra

Bluesername · 05/02/2021 00:08

I like Anthea and Althea. Not keen on Alethea, it just sounds like Alicia with a lisp.

yuyubooboo · 05/02/2021 00:08

The name of Ross and Monica's grandmother in friends. Only time I've ever heard the name! So no, sorry, to me it's a tad old fashioned

SleepingStandingUp · 05/02/2021 00:10

Thea is beautiful and a perfectly acceptable name in itself. I wouldn't add the random Al

What about Athena?

I really dislike Althea

DietrichandDiMaggio · 05/02/2021 00:30

I'm another oldie- who thought of Althea and Donna and Uptown Top Ranking.

thecatfromjapan · 05/02/2021 00:33

Lovely.

Love Alethea too.

sherrystrull · 05/02/2021 00:37

You're shooting with Althea?

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DowntonCrabby · 05/02/2021 00:48

Thea is lovely as a stand-alone name, much nicer IMO.

PrawnPower · 05/02/2021 01:10

@sherrystrull

You're shooting with Althea?

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Nice shooting!