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Thoughts on Winifred?

67 replies

ScarletOak · 25/06/2010 15:30

I really like it, which Winnie as a nickname.

What do you think?

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theagedparent · 25/06/2010 15:36

I love it

diplodoris · 25/06/2010 16:06

Not keen, sorry

emmyloo2 · 25/06/2010 16:07

I love Winnie as a nick name but not sure about Winifred tbh...

ExitPursuedByABear · 25/06/2010 16:08

Sorry - don't like it.

MrsvWoolf · 25/06/2010 16:28

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Magalyxyz · 25/06/2010 16:30

I love Winnie, but not Winifred.

Winnie Mandela is unfortunate I suppose, but I still like it.

Hedwig3 · 25/06/2010 17:50

LOVE it and all the nicknames

boodleboot · 25/06/2010 19:08

its fab. just fab x

BertieBasset · 25/06/2010 19:46

I'd be worried about winnie the pooh - kids and poo jokes

JackieNo · 25/06/2010 19:48

I don't think I like it - it says Winnie the pooh, or Winnie the Witch to me, or Winston Churchill.

differentID · 25/06/2010 19:50

I love Winifred, with Freda as a nickname.

Rockbird · 25/06/2010 20:02

Hideous. Not all old lady names should be revived.

jellybeans · 25/06/2010 20:03

old lady

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LetThereBeRock · 25/06/2010 21:45

Horrid.

NiceCuppaT · 25/06/2010 21:48

Winnie is sweet, but Winifred is just mean!!

MissTFied · 25/06/2010 21:50

Ugly

marriednotdead · 25/06/2010 21:52

Noooooooo. Agree with rockbird.

AlfredaMantolini · 25/06/2010 21:53

'T'was my gran's name. She hated it. She would have been 98 yesterday. I was going to give it to DD as a middle name, but Mum and Gran both talked me out of it!

riojaguzzler · 27/06/2010 20:54

Sorry- don't like it!! It screams 'old lady' and agree with the Pooh jokes

LifeOfKate · 27/06/2010 21:00

I like it. My grandmother was called Winefred and if we ever have a DD, it will be her middle name

EricNorthmansmistress · 27/06/2010 21:36

Don't do it. My mum is Winifred - it was old fashioned when she was a girl and she hated it. She got called Fred and Winnie the Pooh and still doesn't like it much (though she goes by Wini - I prefer it to Winnie if you really must)

LiquoriceLila · 27/06/2010 22:14

Awful sorry

seenyertoeslately · 27/06/2010 22:26

Really don't like it, sorry.

belledechocolatefluffybunny · 27/06/2010 22:27

Don't like it, there's too much scope for bullying (weener etc)

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