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CuckooClockWorkOrange · 08/08/2008 20:16

I can think of Rachel, Kate, Anna and Sarah
Maybe Beth?

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MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 20:51

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watsthestory · 08/08/2008 20:52

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norkmaiden · 08/08/2008 20:52

yep, I know 30s/40s/50s

Janes
Catherines
Victorias
elizabeths

etc

watsthestory · 08/08/2008 20:52

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WendyWeber · 08/08/2008 20:53

When you hear names like

Robert, David, Peter, James, Charles, Sarah, Katharine, Elizabeth, Mary

you cannot mentally assign an age to them - that's what a dateless name is!

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 20:53

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WendyWeber · 08/08/2008 20:53

Most Daniels will be under 30 or over 70

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 20:54

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MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 20:54

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Anna8888 · 08/08/2008 20:55

LOL Malory all my family have them too

All the names I listed are first cousins...

watsthestory · 08/08/2008 20:55

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MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 20:56

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watsthestory · 08/08/2008 20:57

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fishie · 08/08/2008 20:57

wendy - the persuaders caused a daniel blip in 70s i think.

mark
caroline
stuart
deborah

oh dear, they have dated

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 20:58

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WendyWeber · 08/08/2008 20:59

Oh really, fishie? I missed that! (Doesn't account for malory's cousin-in-his-late-40s though )

WendyWeber · 08/08/2008 20:59

I said Peter

MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 08/08/2008 21:01

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CuckooClockWorkOrange · 08/08/2008 21:02

Thinks it's been said, but Peter is cool.

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fishie · 08/08/2008 21:04

malory i bet all your family's names are on those room plaques, pens, little poems on name meaning etc.

most of my family have entirely stolid names but somehow all of them have been buggered about with, so no 'personalised' mugs for us i have spent much time twiddling those stands in vain.