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VictorianSqualor · 19/01/2008 14:39

Chris martin and Gwyneth have Apple and Bob Geldof has Peaches, do you think I could get away with Treacle??

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preggersagain · 19/01/2008 14:41
Hmm
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Saturn74 · 19/01/2008 14:42

Definitely

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Karen999 · 19/01/2008 14:42

As loong as your second name is not Tart!!

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VictorianSqualor · 19/01/2008 14:42

Lol Karen, it would be Treacle Stone, would that matter?

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Shitemum · 19/01/2008 14:44

evryone would call her Trickle

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NomDePlume · 19/01/2008 14:46

Erm nope. Sorry

It makes me think of sitcom cockney wannabe wideboys.

"Alright treacle ?" [seedy wink]

Eurgh

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EachPeachPearMum · 19/01/2008 14:59

I know a child named Traekal, which in my head I always pronounce Treacle

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VictorianSqualor · 19/01/2008 17:13

hmmmm

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branflake81 · 22/01/2008 15:04

I think it'd be like sending a lamb to the slaughter when they started school....

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Bouncingturtle · 22/01/2008 15:08

Please tell me you are joking!

Actually, if ds was a girl we were considering Plum Chutney

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hanaflower · 22/01/2008 15:08

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LyraSilvertongue · 22/01/2008 15:08

I really wouldn't.

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Hassled · 22/01/2008 15:09

It's sort of OKish for a little girl - but as a 40 year old? Would she ever be taken seriously by anyone?

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DrippingLizzie · 22/01/2008 15:09

My kids, Molasses and Demerara, think it's a lovely name.

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LyraSilvertongue · 22/01/2008 15:10

It sounds a bit like a hooker name tbh...

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S1ur · 22/01/2008 15:11

Ooh but if its next to Stone you could have all sorts!

Cherry? Rollin'?

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Oliveoil · 22/01/2008 15:16

Yes of course

if you live in the middle of nowhere and plan to Home Ed

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Ettenna · 22/01/2008 17:20

No, it's just not fair to lumber your child with Treacle. Are you serious?!

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PurlyQueen · 22/01/2008 17:25

No. She will hate you when she is an adult. IMO only pets should be lumbered with icky names like Treacle or Honey.

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CountessDracula · 22/01/2008 17:26

My friend has a cat called treacle

it is rather twee even for a cat tbh

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peatbogfaerie · 22/01/2008 17:26

No no no no. Sorry. yr hormones are affecting yr otherwise outstanding judgement, VS.

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LoveAngel · 22/01/2008 17:27

Noooooo! Reminds me of Frank Butcher flirting with Pat.

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MrsBadger · 22/01/2008 17:28

Ambrosia?

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VictorianSqualor · 22/01/2008 17:31

LMFAO.
I totally forgot about this thread.

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peatbogfaerie · 22/01/2008 17:32

have you thought of something else since you started it?

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