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Mireille

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doodledaffyduck · 04/12/2009 13:33

My partner is half French so we are considering using a French name or possibly a French mn. I found this on another site and think it is really pretty.
Would be pn Meer-ay.
What do you think?

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kateyfer · 04/12/2009 13:49

i went to school with a mirelle (although pronounced mir-elle), and thought it a really pretty name. go for it!

bellissima · 04/12/2009 14:29

I always confuse it with jam - and yes I know thats myrtles or mirabelles or whatever but I see mireille and think of a bonne maman jam jar...

Squishabelle · 04/12/2009 14:33

Immediately made me think of Mielle vaccuum cleaners.

AvadaKedavra · 04/12/2009 14:40

I know a girl called Mireille but they pronounce it Me-rel.

it;s pretty however you say it

mrsvwoolf · 04/12/2009 14:55

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Ondine · 04/12/2009 15:54

Is DD middle name. I don't have any connection to France, just think it is really pretty.

No one pronouces it correcty btw - always Mi-relle which may get v. annoying if it's a first name.

MitchyInge · 04/12/2009 16:02

makes me think of mille-feuille (sp?)

CAKEY things

yum

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 04/12/2009 16:05

Isn't it the name of a coil?

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doodledaffyduck · 04/12/2009 16:44

I'm sure the correct French pn is Meer-ay but I can see how people might esily think it was Meer- elle!
I think the coil is Mirena wildthings!!

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SouthMum · 04/12/2009 17:06

Sounds like a brand of The Pill....

TheBossofMe · 04/12/2009 17:13

It was my friend's Mum's name when I was little - I loved it and always thought it was impossibly glamorous and chi-chi.

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doodledaffyduck · 04/12/2009 20:34

Thebossofme- I love your name!

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TheBossofMe · 04/12/2009 21:07

Why thank you! It was one of my favourite sayings to my Mum when I was a very stroppy teenager "You are not the boss of me". Whereas now my most used phrase is "Mum, what should I do?". Still, I like to think I'm in control of my own life. Maybe not in control of my own wardrobe - DD likes to pick my outfits in the morning (I mostly ignore her choices, but sometimes they are inspired!).

xx

BikeRunSki · 04/12/2009 21:48

My sister's MIL is Mireille (she is French) and she pronounces it "Mee-ray". It think it is French for Blueberry or Bilberry - that is certainly my sister's nn for her !

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doodledaffyduck · 04/12/2009 23:27

I like it because my son says this to me (he is only little, no where near teenage years)! It reminded me of him!
bikeski- I think Mireille means 'admired'. I thought blueberry was something like myrtille.

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bellissima · 05/12/2009 14:30

Ah! BikeRunSki - so maybe I have seen it written on a jam jar!!

GrendelsMum · 05/12/2009 16:37

It's a french clapping song, isn't it? I remember doing it when I was an au pair in France.

It starts 'Mireille, Mireille l'abeille'

I think it's lovely.

Bonsoir · 05/12/2009 16:42

The most famous Mireille

Millarkie · 05/12/2009 16:48

I knew one pronounced Mee-ray. I think it looks so pretty written but not so nice spoken.

skihorse · 05/12/2009 18:28

You'll never get an anglophone to pronounce it correctly.

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