Brooke and Reece. your comments please

[Leanne1989]

Brooke- girl
Reece -boy
this is my first child due start of april just wondered what you thought of these names

Well I say it Bottbott, but I'm quite liking Bobo. Mmm, continental!

Well, you can have that one for free Bobo

Don't like either name really, sorry.

Too American - apologies if you are American

Those who think they rhyme. Are they brooke and fook or bruck and fuck if the Queen was saying it. Just interested if you all say the same?

Not keen on either.

Am in Yorkshire. Duck and book rhyme here. So do but and put.

to me I would rhyme the way you have written fuck, "fook" like spook.

The queen would rhyme brooke with book, but not with duck and fuck, the latter she would pronounce the U sound closer to an A sound.

not keen on Brooke - makes me think of Brooke Hogan

Sorry when I said about the Queen I knew how she would say it. I speak the Queens English doncha know
It was more if I said how do you say it some people if they don't say them differently wouldn't be able to see/hear the differences I was asking about

Reece makes me think of Reece Shearsmith which is a good thing . Just a variant of Rhys isn't it? I think it's fine.

I'd agree with the poster who thought Brooke was a bit 'Hollywood'. I don't like it very much - I know a lovely Brooke but tbh I wish she was called something else! Just don't like the hardness of the sound. Having said that, it avoids cutesiness which is a good thing too.

Sorry Bronze, didn't mean to give you a lesson in elocution

I'm trying to answer your question but I think I'm still not completely sure what it is. Oh well, maybe the moment has passed !

They are chavvy.

Rhys is nice, Reece is cr*p.

Brooke... not my choice but DD has a friend called that and it doesn't jar.

Not keen either. Brooke makes me think of Broioke Shields. Rhys is nice, though.

S'alright ST I knew you weren't it's just so hard writing about pronunciation.

Brooke / Reece - for normal people who think there is something special about them.

Well, just to be different, I quite like Brooke. Maybe it does sound a little bit American (Brooke Shields) but that wouldn't bother me.

I don't particularly like Reece (however you spell it) but that's just me.

pronunciation here

I like Brooke. Not keen on Reece/Rhys cos there are quite a few around here.

pmsl @ Brooke sounding same as f@ck etc

its a long oo sound in the middle

same as book ( which i do not pronounce as "buck" ?!)

I actually love the name Brooke ,not so keen on Reece / Rhys

I don't like either tbh.

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I like the name Brooke and would pronounce it 'Bruck'.
I must admit this conversation has somewhat put me off it, but I couldn't think of a middle name I liked with it, so I guess that's concluded that!

Rhys better than Reece. Brooke isnt a nice name, sorry.

I like both, have a family member called Brooke and it has never been even remotely linked to rhyming with fuck. Though we dont pronounce it like that.

Go with whatever names you like and never ask for others opinion because you will never please everyone.