So which names are "poncey"?

[LynetteScavo]

I've seen the word poncey used when referring to names. So which names are considered "Ponsey"?

see, pretentious is different, it's giving a kid a name purely because you think it will make them seem to be from a higher social class than they actually hail from. Pretentious=faking it imo

pretentious is what the middle classes do best

Algernon
Montmorency
Mountjoy
St John
Peregrine
Jolyon

Hortensia
Araminta
Cosima
Clementina

Nobody would name thier child St John!

Would they?

I would. Pronounce it correctly, I mean , not use it as a name. But I can also pronounce Feathersonehaugh, Cholmondely, Caius College and waistcoat and I know how to eat asparagus.

Je suis une ponce celebre!

Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw

Damn, I love poncy names!! Would love to call a kid Jolyon!

I am a Yorkshire lass from a working class background and I blame that on the fact that I didn't know Araminta was a real name, I thought it was just a joke name to make fun of our betters

I'll get my coat. I seriously considered Peregrine (Perry) first time round (but had a girl) and if I had a second girl I would seriously consider Cosima.

Also loving Maximus (that, along with Gabriel, were DHs fave boys names)

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - hate hate hate all of the names on this thread

Sorry!

So who does one pronounce St John? presumabley Saint John?

I've never, ever heard of it as a "Christian" name before.

it's pronounced 'Sinjun'

hee hee i know a really poncey lady called cassandra

her real name is rita

i love most of them - i really love Tarquin

Sinjun? Really?

you learn something new every year.

Or even every day.

Does everyone know how to pronounce waistcoat and eat asparagus then? I thought my pseudo-Edwardian childhood might have left me with one or two pieces of information not generally know in the modern world, but obviously not!

There is a kind of name which smacks of trying very hard isn't there? I once met a little boy called Skippy, short for Scipio. I'd say that was trying too hard. As well as being the name of a kangaroo.

Ok, had to change my name, but I am defending Monty. As we have one. And he is gorgeous. Montgomery for when he is a high Court judge.

Is it really pronounced Fanshaw?

I used to live next to a Ludmilla and also know a Hepzibah Japonica. Poncetastic.

Knew a Ptolemy at school who went east to find himself. He's going to be disappointed I feel.

Hugo's not poncy btw. It's lovely.