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fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> With the current trend for old-fashioned names..

> Rosie, Poppy, etc.. surely only a matter of time

> before Bruce, Nigel, and Gary become trendy.

> (Maybe quite a long time, though...)


https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/jayden-is-a-perfectly-normal-name-but-paul-is-weird-eight-year-olds-agree-20181017178382

malumbu Wrote:

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> This is a bit of fun, you can call your baby

> whatever you want, but...

>

> I've just come across 'Otterly', not sure if it

> was a local parent. What other new/strange/posh

> names are now trending?

>

> I said posh as a Google search came up with this

> name as number 20 in Mumsnet's top 20 poshest

> names in 2016 as reported in Marie Claire.

>

> Repeat this is a bit of fun. Although I hope

> Boris never trends....

>

> https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/baby-names-here

> -are-the-20-poshest-12513



My friends daughter is called Otterly, she?s 24 of close to that.


What?s your point? Oh yeah, you?ve not heard of it before, I see.


Well there you go, whatever next?!

You killjoy fleabag


Wait a second, there is good name.... (actually three good names, Fleabag, Seabag and Killjoy)


As a kid I always liked the name Lorraine. It was dreadfully exotic. I think that Lorraine Chase put pay to that. We also had friends Alexandra and Olivia. They weren't posh but the mum was trying to give that impression. They were the only ones I knew for years.

malumbu Wrote:

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> You killjoy fleabag

>

> Wait a second, there is good name.... (actually

> three good names, Fleabag, Seabag and Killjoy)

>

> As a kid I always liked the name Lorraine. It was

> dreadfully exotic. I think that Lorraine Chase put

> pay to that. We also had friends Alexandra and

> Olivia. They weren't posh but the mum was trying

> to give that impression. They were the only ones

> I knew for years.

Lorraine Chase may have had a very strong working class accent but she was exceptionally well-groomed....maybe she was named after a French relative of hers?- they are all descended from peasants but are well-groomed!

Sadly many of us will only remember the Luton Airport advert. Even more will have not heard of us. But thanks for putting me right, and pleased that Lorraine has stayed an up market name!


I also hadn't realised that she was from Deptford and is therefore a local celeb.


For those who want to know what I am talking about


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