Daisy-Mae

[suesgirls]

Hi, i'm due another little lady soon who i am planning to name Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May. I already have a 2 year old called Lexie-Rose so I definately want the hyphen in there.

Do you like Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May?

Chavvy is definitely not exclusive to people who are working class.

Oh I know that working class doesn't mean chavvy! I think that's what I meant my last post to say - sorry if it comes across all garbled and crap (was GetOrf, just namechanged).

Am also a working class girl (also not a chav, I hope!)

"We just don't waste time having apoplexy at the thought of people having flat screen tellies etc."

Actually, flat-screen TVs, SKY and the like are the preserve of the working class.

If you take a look around many working class areas or council estates, you will see SKY dishes hooked up to every building. Go to more middle class areas and they're much fewer and further between. Go to truly posh areas, and they won't be seen at all (most stately homes are devoid of SKY dishes entirely ), as the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to have other things to do besides watching TV.

I know this is totally off-topic, but am very much enjoying some of the incorrect stereotypes being trotted out on this thread. The idea that posh people use fake tan, for example, is absolutely hilarious.

Yes 5 dollar I know that - that's what I meant by my comment, meaning the middle classes look down on the working classes who do have flat screen tellies etc.

God my earlier post made so much sense in my head! Obviously not typed up though!

The poor OP - she only asked about a bloody name. Look at us debating the finer (not really) points of class.

I read Class by Jilly Cooper when I was a teenager and it was a scream. Full of stereotypes but very funny.

if i was very wealthy i'd do nothing but sit around watching tv all day! while my staff did all my housework for me

if you are very wealthy there are far more interesting things to do then watching TV

I don't really like.They're quite nice names but too childish I think and not suitable for an adult.

However I'd sooner call my child Daisy-Mae than Margaret which is a horrid name imho.

That should be I don't really like it and together they're too childish.

Do you have many friends in RL padraig, or do they all have 'other plans' when you call them?!

highly uncool alert but anyway... does anyone remember Daisy Venables in the chalet school books? maybe her character has influenced me cos i just don't see daisy as horribly, sickeningly sweetly girly - i think it's fresh, strong, energetic, even slightly-tomboyish... actually, maybe I'm just talking about some of the attributes of my own DD - that's the point, the person shapes perceptions of their name anyway...

i think padraig must be joking - surely no-one feels that strongly about the pretty innocuous name here?

Padraig, I suggest you take a look at the Talk Guidelines. I'm not too polite to tell you you come across as abrasive. There is no need to shout and bold the word 'horrid'. You are referring to the name of someone's child here.

OP, I love Daisy-May.

Yes, its a very 'sickeningly sweet' name, and very 'little girly' and not very adult, but those 'sweet, girly' names are becoming more and more popular, so by the time your DD's are grown up, I'm sure there will be plenty of grown women with names like this, and it will never be an issue!

On a side note though, I have a friend who went with "Daisy-Mai" as another way of spelling it - just to give you even more confusing options! (and to irate all the posters who hate hypens and alternative ways of spelling names!!)

Also, I think Lexie-Rose is a lovely name. If you do decide against Daisy, what about Laila-May, or Lola-May.... both are equally 'sweet' names that also go well with Lexie.

quite like a hyphen myself - know a Gypsy-Kate and a Tara-Lily, they're almost musical

What about flipping the hyphenation around?!

Mae-daisy?

Has anybody suggested that?! It sounds less predictive naming than Daisy-May.

I like Daisy on its own.

Wow padraig, you write in a really aggressive, rude way!
It is fine to say you don't like someone else's choice but nasty insults are just unnecessary!
I guess some people feel they can bully incognito because of the internet nowadays.

What was said? [missed excitement]

Am getting really freaked out here, as padraig is my dad's name!

Pron "pawrick", it's the irish for patrick.

Dad, if it's you, get away from the keyboard
right now.

It's not big and it's not clever, and mum will kill you...

Lol Olivia.

I also missed what was said. Dammit.

It wasn't that bad actually, compared to some that appear on MN - something along the lines of people being too polite to comment on names, and if more said that they were horrible then less children would be saddled with awful names. If any of her friends told her they were naming their child Daisy then she would tell them it was awful - but she didn't know anyone daft enough to name their child Daisy. Awful grammar there, but 5 kids all trying to get my attention here.

I wonder if this message will be deleted?

@ olivia