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has Annabel become chav?

34 replies

backache · 02/07/2010 08:29

ive heard its becoming overused. i had thouht it was just a fairly pretty older name but now getting worried. what do u think?

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DramaInPyjamas · 02/07/2010 08:33

Since when did overused = 'chav' ?

EldonAve · 02/07/2010 08:34

it's lovely

Jojay · 02/07/2010 08:36

Don't think so. I think it's lovely, and I'm not chavvy

hollyoaks · 02/07/2010 08:45

Me neither

CantSleepWontSleep · 02/07/2010 08:50

Not at all IMO.

5DollarShake · 02/07/2010 09:08

Agree with Drama - 'overused' and 'chav' (which generally doesn't go down well here as a description) are two entirely different things...

JaMmRocks · 02/07/2010 09:09

Chav - rather rude

I think you mean popular

Isitmeorisither · 02/07/2010 09:34

I don't know what chav means but yes it is quite popular. Not my cup of tea, sounds a bit like a doll's name to me.

ladynotsogaga · 02/07/2010 09:54

no it's a lovelly elegant name

georgieseale · 02/07/2010 10:06

not chavvy imo, i like it

coffeefestival · 02/07/2010 10:19

I like it.

TheBossofMe · 02/07/2010 10:37

Very overused.

By posh people, wannabes and chavs equally.

dannap · 02/07/2010 11:11

The only small Annabel I know of is the product of chav-like people but I think it's used by other types too.

It used to be quite posh but has become regular, therefore used by all types of people.

FranSanDisco · 02/07/2010 11:21

How the fuck can a name become chav . Chav is used to describe a behaviour/life style. Popular isn't chav fgs.

thedollshouse · 02/07/2010 11:22

Ds2 would have been called Annabel if he had been a girl. It is quite popular in our area but certainly not chav.

MrsvWoolf · 02/07/2010 11:34

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Hedwig3 · 02/07/2010 12:13

Not at all, underused as far as I can see!

Tasala · 02/07/2010 13:37

Overused/popular doesn't equal downmarket in my book. I think 'bel' names in general are getting very popular (Isabel, Bella).

I would have said that Annabel is one of those names where you cannot identify a person's class or background just from the name.

emmyloo2 · 02/07/2010 13:52

I think it is popular but not chav. I much prefer Isabelle myself but Annabel is a perfectly lovely name.

I only think of chav names as those ones which are made up or try and use an "original" type of spelling. Oh yeah - also anything of the Jayden variety, but that is just me. Annabel certainly does not fall into that category.

Kathleen123 · 02/07/2010 14:19

It is certainly not a chav name. I think it's a beautiful name.

Thissideofchannel · 02/07/2010 17:24

Well then my daughter has a 'chav' name and my son a 'posh' name !!

I'm not English and find the whole labelling of names so ridiculous!!!

thesecondcoming · 02/07/2010 18:17

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Trucker · 02/07/2010 18:49

You thought Lucinda was chav too I think. I wonder what circles you're moving in.

thesecondcoming · 02/07/2010 19:30

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Trucker · 02/07/2010 20:25

No, I meant the OP.

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