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my other half has truly horrible taste in names.

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monkeyfeathers · 16/02/2009 22:52

For boys he likes: Ace, Slevin and Art.

I laughed until I realised that he was serious. It can't just be me that thinks this sounds like a joke list. Is it?

Also, he seems to think that my suggestion of Orla for a girl is laughable.

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CoteDAzur · 16/02/2009 22:54

Marry him. You are made for each other

willowthewispa · 16/02/2009 22:57

Sounds like a joke list to me too!

Maybe you could compromise with Arthur, nn Art? Orla is a perfectly nice name.

sweetkitty · 16/02/2009 22:58

DH and I have complete oppposite taste in names

I am truly surprised we came up with3 we both liked.

hereidrawtheline · 16/02/2009 22:59

Ace, Slevin, Art

What is Slevin??? Isnt that a fungi or something?? The other two are just laughable either way.

Tidey · 16/02/2009 23:02

DP's two favourite names for DS were Zebedee and Ozric.

We didn't use either.

Clary · 16/02/2009 23:03

Art is I guess short for Arthur which is a fine name.

Ace is a bit unusual...Slevin? eh?

What do you like? Orla is a bit unusual as well, but at least recognisable as a name...

Yeah, DH and I really struggled to agree on a girl's name for DS1 (luckily didn't need it obv)

Clary · 16/02/2009 23:04

quite like Ozric actually tidey

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:04

dh wanted anakin

i mean Anakin Peach

why ot giftwrap him for the bullies and be donewith it!

tigerdriver · 16/02/2009 23:06

Slevin?

Art, Art Garfunkel?

Ace, gotta be teased in the playground for that one?

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monkeyfeathers · 16/02/2009 23:07

I knew it couldn't just be me. Now he's sulking because no one said that they were wonderful names, although he might be starting to admit that Slevin is a silly name.

Tbh, I don't think I could live with Art even as a nickname. Also, the surname is going to be Ash, so the poor kid would be lumbered with Art Ash or Ace Ash as a name.

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PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:10

no

shall I beg?

having an unusualsurname mysel;f(yoursis nothing in comparison) I am preparedto beg

artash / aceash quitescary

slevin isa name for aslug, not a baby

cece · 16/02/2009 23:12

My dh likes Anakin too sometimes I despair!

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monkeyfeathers · 16/02/2009 23:14

Apparently Art is after some famous jazz player. I'm still not willing to live with it though. I told him that if we ever get a dog he can call it Ace.

I can't believe some of the names other people's other halves have come up with. Anakin Peach may perhaps be the worst. What was he thinking.

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PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:15

he wanted maximus for ds2 as well

thank goodness I was as we moved and live inside a Roman baracks now- poor sod! he got plain Max asa middle name

edam · 16/02/2009 23:16

Slevin? Blimey. Is he sober? Does he want his firstborn son to run away from home as soon as he can toddle, and never return Daddy's calls?

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:16

mf peach is actually oursurname LOL! kinda limiting,shallwesay!

pretty on a girl- so we have 4 boys.

edam · 16/02/2009 23:18

Ace-hole (sorry, just reminded me of Red Dwarf). Ace Ventura. It is NOT good.

Art is short for Arthur so could work depending where you live and what sort of school the offspring will attend. (On the other hand, all those jokes about enjoying art lessons will get very tiresome.)

edam · 16/02/2009 23:20

Is one of them called James, Peachy?

(OK, I know it must be the millionth time someone's said that, but couldn't stop myself!)

Stitchwort · 16/02/2009 23:22

My husband suggested Gimli for a boy!

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monkeyfeathers · 16/02/2009 23:22

Peachy: wow, Peach is a pretty unusual surname. I can see that it would be more difficult with boys than girls.

edam: unfortunately he is completely sober. It's scary.
Luckily he's completely convinced that the baby is going to be a girl anyway. He hasn't come up with any girls names yet though. I dread to think what's coming.

My DS (from a previous relationship) is called Aidan, so I think Orla would go well. I have a feeling it's going to be far, far better than anything the other half suggests.

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PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:22

Now when I say that people dont get it LOL

edam i thought red dwarf too LOL
ace....... smoke me a kipper,i'll be back for breakfast

there'll always be someone who doesnt like your names: DS's hed asked me 'did oyu deliberately choose an S theme or did it just happen?'

The only one in her school at the time, ds3, is called Harold.

PMSL

PeachyHasABrokenKeyboardSorry · 16/02/2009 23:24

MF:

summer Peach,amber peach,scarlett peach, rosie peach...

girlspretty bad too LOL,and they all sound like Wilkinsons air fresheners

Tclanger · 16/02/2009 23:35

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keepingitRia · 16/02/2009 23:43

TBH I was thinking Ace as in Dr Who, and didn't get the Red Dwarf thing.

and I have to confess to wanting to call DS2 Estell for a short while... but not Gimli

Orla is nice though.

Stitchwort · 17/02/2009 00:02

Orla is a lovely name, but have to confess I read it as Orka first time - not so lovely!!