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Balthezar

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JJ6 · 10/07/2009 21:12

No this is not my choice! I met a Balthezar (not sure if this is the correct spelling) the other day his mum called him ZaZa and he was wearing knickerbockers and a frilly short. Seriously!! Suggestions on his future occupation??

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ZippysMum · 10/07/2009 21:15

Pantomime genie?

Scorpette · 10/07/2009 22:35

Mmm, she clearly didn't want a little girl then, did she?!

JJ6 · 10/07/2009 22:36

Oh no he's not!! Poor little thing (he was two) he had a mop of curly blonde hair and the look of a little lord Fontleroy or that strange child on the TV who became an antiques expert at the age of 10 and then a transvestite with the paper all over the news of the world - remember him/her!!??

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JJ6 · 10/07/2009 22:38

Sorry Typos:

Oh no he's not!! Poor little thing (he was two) he had a mop of curly blonde hair and the look of a little lord Fontleroy or that strange child on the TV who became an antiques expert at the age of 10 and then a transvestite in the paper's (all over the news of the world) - remember him/her!!??

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LynetteScavo · 10/07/2009 22:44

Were you in Chelsea, JJ6?

JJ6 · 10/07/2009 22:57

No. Baby swimming classes in stockwell the class had been moved from clapham as the pool had closed. Not sure where the little Lord was from?

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LynetteScavo · 10/07/2009 23:07

I reckon they live in Fulham, aksherly - tis the only place in the UK anyone would still dream of dressing their child in knickerbokers and frilly shirt.(By frilly shirt do you mean peter pan collar?)

I wonder where these items of clothing are still for sale!

bellissima · 11/07/2009 14:05

My DD's godfather has a son Balthasar. I wonder when he's going to have Caspar and Melchior (?Merchior). He also has a daughter Jackie - only it's Jacobine not Jacqueline. (NB He is Belgian but I can assure you that these names are not common there either!)

RorysRacingMa · 11/07/2009 14:07

I think Balthazar is a wonderful name, but i would never dream of calling a child by it - or doing the frilly collar and knickerbockers lark. Sounds v. Chelsea to me.

MrsSeanBean · 11/07/2009 14:10

I sometimes dress DS in peter pan collar and button on shorts. Have naturally received the full ridicule of MN in the past. But it looks cute. (I am not in Fulham, or indeed any part of London, but Wiltshire.)

MrsSeanBean · 11/07/2009 14:11

Mine was not frilly though, more like this

Kwini · 11/07/2009 14:27

That's adorable!

Beats logo-covered tat, any day.

hulabula · 11/07/2009 15:17

I wouldn't use it myself, but think Balthasar is a lovely, traditional name.

MrsSeanBean - that is adorable, I guess I really do like old-fashioned, traditional ways...

loobylu3 · 11/07/2009 15:43

A friend of mine wanted to use this for her DS but was fortuntely persuaded against it by her DP!

Ondine · 11/07/2009 17:25

I like Balthazar . Wrong I know, but I have a penchant for names which only the über rich can really get away with.

Nicknames might be a problem (yes, I have considered it enough to get to the nn stage).

Balthazar Getty?s nn is Balti which is a curry & Zaza is a bit too fabulous so nothing really viable.

bronze · 11/07/2009 17:28

I thought of Getty straight away.
I like it as a name but think you need a really cool kid to carry it off not a frilly kind of child

lockets · 11/07/2009 17:40

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wahwahwah · 11/07/2009 17:41

Wasn't that a cartoon character. I seem to remember the song
'bal...batehezar...bal..baltezar...baltezar...blatezaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr' or something like that.

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