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Petronel

13 replies

ChynaDoll2006 · 23/02/2010 21:59

I think Im becoming addicted to this board I'll cool it for a while after this!

Petronel.

Cute or Ugly??

I've started to like it but I have a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that actually it is an ugly name!

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Jamieandhismagictorch · 23/02/2010 22:01

Yes, sorry -it sounds like a medication

differentID · 23/02/2010 22:02

an extra la on the end makes it slightly more acceptable, imo.

Maria2007loveshersleep · 23/02/2010 22:05

You mean for a boy?

Anyway. Boy or girl. Its really ugly, I think. Reminds me of petrol, ugh.

CathyBurns · 23/02/2010 22:08

there's an old Enid Blyton story about a doll called Peronel

that's quite sweet

but Petronel sounds like cheap fuel

ChynaDoll2006 · 23/02/2010 22:28

Ohhh, is it Peronel?? I was thinking of the Enid Blyton story myself. About a naughty doll that runs away isn't it? Peronel is actually much nicer.

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Pasiphae · 24/02/2010 10:39

Ugly. Hair lotion for men or something like that.
Petronille feels nicer.

dooit · 24/02/2010 10:41

low calorie petrol.

getawiggleon · 24/02/2010 11:09

Sounds like a French oil company, sorry.

Oquioqui · 24/02/2010 11:21

Sorry, I thought of petrol too.

Blanchet · 24/02/2010 12:49

Well, I love it! Also love Peronel. They are both valid forms of the same name, also found as Petronella or Petronilla, but I prefer the simpler versions. Peronel is softer and sweeter, I suppose. What about Petra; that's a bit more "useable" day-to-day?

weegiemum · 24/02/2010 12:51

Sounds like a bird to me but I think I am thinking "Petrel"

Don't.

diddl · 24/02/2010 14:02

I like Peronel(le).

Also knew a Petronella.

TweedyneeCole · 24/02/2010 14:43

Sounds like an STD

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