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Harlow?

42 replies

pompypomppomp · 13/05/2023 23:02

Middle name for Harlow (boy)?

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KirstenBlest · 14/05/2023 15:07

According to a Hollywood legend there was a pointed verbal encounter between the movie siren Jean Harlow and the sharp-tongued English aristocrat Margot Asquith. When Harlow attended a party given by Asquith, the movie star presumptuously referred to the hostess by her first name, and she repeatedly mispronounced it as “Margott”, i.e., she pronounced a “t” at the end of the name. Eventually, Asquith responded with a squelcher: "No, no, Jean. The ‘t’ is silent, as in Harlow."

BritInAus · 14/05/2023 15:07

It would be like calling a child Luton.

kitsuneghost · 14/05/2023 15:07

If he has a sister you can call her Paisley.

Comedycook · 14/05/2023 15:09

Harlow is a dreadful name...I also was surprised to see it used as a boy's name. Sounds more like a girl's name to me.

SecretVictoria · 14/05/2023 15:10

Mill - if you’re rural, Town - if you’re near a town. Roydon, Broxbourne…🤔

midsomermurderess · 14/05/2023 15:13

Sorry, of course, the t is silent in that riposte. Just being dumb here.

phobiaofsocialmedia · 14/05/2023 15:13

What about Pitsea?

TheShellBeach · 14/05/2023 15:33

Giggleswick.

ErrolTheDragon · 14/05/2023 15:46

Harlow Carr is very nice but it'd be a weird thing to call a child.

Bananalanacake · 14/05/2023 15:49

I was about to say Harlow is an area in Harrogate. Lots of happy memories of walking to Harlow Hill towers with my gran.

Lamelie · 14/05/2023 15:52

Arlo is a lovely old English name.

pompypomppomp · 14/05/2023 18:27

So glad I asked, didn't know about the location references

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Daisybuttercup12345 · 19/07/2023 23:03

Harlow is awful.

Ormally · 19/07/2023 23:07

Harlow Vange (need an Essex accent for it)

Harlow Bulphan?

Harlow Quendon?

HeyDiddleDumplings · 19/07/2023 23:09

RubaiyatOfAnyone · 13/05/2023 23:08

i believe this name has been raised before, but it bears repeating - have you ever been to harlow? I’m local and it’s a total dump. Do you really want to wish that association on another human being for life?

100% this

rickaaaayyyy · 20/07/2023 12:03

Harlow is horrible.

Henley is pretty cool though.

JaneJeffer · 20/07/2023 12:13

Kanyego

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