What does everyone think of Jacinta??

[Roopoo]

We have one DD Matilda and for DD 2 were thinking Jacinta

Does Jacinta go with it??
Is it a bit too popular..

[AllieW]

Not keen, sorry. I dislike both pronunciations - seems a little harsh to me. Cynthia seems a little better, but not much.

[MarianneD]

I think it's lovely

[chipmonkey]

We had a cat called Topsy. She was scary!

[stleger]

I knew a nice Esme a few years ago; she worked in an office with Lois and Topsy! Time for a Topsy revival? Esme and Jacinta are very different sounds.

[Buda]

Esme. Definitely. MUCH prettier than Jacinta.

[Roopoo]

Ha ha ha no I still really love it!!!!
But I also like Esme so Im torn really......

[stleger]

Having asked my kids and dh we only know the one really nice Jacinta. So if you keep away from Dublin it is fine. My dh used to have to bring me Tiffin bars from Dublin when we were in Belfast, I think Irish Cadburys is the best chocolate.

[chipmonkey]

Poor Roopoo! Have we totally put you off Jacinta?

[pinkstripes]

yes op sorry for hijacking your thread

my SIL left school in 1990 , ill let her know about FB thanks
yes my neighbour also worked in cadburys & every Friday would hand out loads of bars & sweets to us all , used to beg my dad to get a job there lol ,

[Buda]

Oh - there is a facebook page for the school - tell your SIL in case she doesn't know. There was a reunion last thursday and there are loads of photos up.

OP - sorry for hijack!!!

[Buda]

My mum worked in Cadburys when I was about 10. It was great!

I remember that doctor.

What year did your SIL leave?

[pinkstripes]

cadburys mmmmmmmmmm , we could smell the chocolate when we walked out our front door , the doctors surgery across the road from cadburys was my old quack
my SIL went to your school ,

[Buda]

I grew up opposite Cadburys and Tayto!

[pinkstripes]

lol buda small world . my parents live on kilmore avenue ,i grew up there .

[Tortington]

only if you own horses

[Buda]

I do know that school yes. I went to Mercy College. Left school a bit before you though - 1981!

I love Malahide. Had our wedding reception at the Grand. Have a good friend who lives in Malahide so always try to meet up with her for a drink in Gibneys and then a meal when I am home.

[pinkstripes]

buda went to school near you , st john of gods , do you know it ? on the kilmore road . i now live in malahide . left school in 1992.
lolchipmonkey she's fab isn't she .

[chipmonkey]

Yes pinkstripes, it is June Rogers! in her Irish dancing cost-ew-am

[stleger]

I have 2 kids taller than me, and one is growing like a weed. I know a Concilia and a Perpetua, but she is a nun. (Could we do a spoof St Patrick's day thread on Concepta?)

[chipmonkey]

Stleger, one of the small chipmonkeys is now as tall as me!

MIL is a religious nut very holy and SIL is Bernadette Concepta. She has never forgiven MIL for this!

[Buda]

Pinkstripes - I am north! Coolock to be precise. You?

You will understand my shame at having taken Jacinta as confirmation name but in 1975 it wasn't that bad!

[stleger]

So can we agree that it is old fashioned? See,I'm not from Cork, I just live here and observe its fabulousness. I'm from Belfast, where the name 'Millie' is not to be used by the middle classes... I know a Bernadette in her late twenties,her mum is English and holy. (How are the small chipmonkeys?)

[pinkstripes]

pmsl chipmonkey - you mean June rogers lol i went to see her once on stage , had me in stitches . ds loves her CD's .

[MaggieSilver]

oh very funny chip!

[chipmonkey]

mind you, if you shout any name out in a thick Dub accent it sounds bad!