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Riley?

30 replies

LessThenIdeal · 25/05/2009 18:46

For a girl - what do you think?

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fortyplus · 27/05/2009 02:38

Slightly chavvy for a boy - unspeakable for a girl

CheerfulYank · 27/05/2009 02:50

What does chavvy mean? (Another word I'll soon be accidentally dropping into my vocab I'm sure...the other day I called something "poncey" and my friend almost laughed herself into a fit. ) I'm not a huge fan of Riley. I used to be but it's overused here, along with Bailey/Baylee, Kiley/Kylee/Caylee/Kaylee, etc. It's not as bad as those, but not great IMHO. Your kiddo though, your choice!

hellish · 27/05/2009 04:15

So many Riley/ Reillys here in Canada it's very very popular. Girl and Boy.

fortyplus · 27/05/2009 19:53

CheerfulYank - allegedly chav is an acronym - 'council house and violent' but it first appeared a few years ago to describe a group of young people whose 'badge' was Burberry print bags, baseball caps etc. It's become over-used (as you can tell by the fact that respectable people like me have started using it to label some poor unfortunate child whose name we're not keen on!)

fortyplus · 27/05/2009 20:14

Chav images - no mention of a Riley - I am feeling REALLY guilty now!

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