Posted by Norah I don't think that would fly in the USA, since it's a stereotypical southern hillbilly way of saying "pretty", like "that there's real purdy-likes" -- I'm not sure if anyone really talks like this, but people at least use it around here to make fun of rednecks! --Previous Message--
on 8/11/2006, 11:17 am, in reply to "Re: name i've been obsessing over"
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Purdey? That's so weird-- where do you live again? (I'll admit I forgot everyone's back story on here--I have no short term memory!)
: Perdita is pretty - and technically she was
: not the main female dog character in 101
: Dalmatians, that honour fell to Missis, but
: Disney didn't follow the book faithfully and
: the side character of Perdita got promoted
: to main...oops, sorry, I'm obsesing here,
: aren't I! But it's just as contrived as
: Miranda and Amanda and Vanessa, all of which
: are nice names, and it's still miles better
: than some of the modern contrived names
: which come up time and again.
:
: The nickname I would use is Perdie, and
: coincidentally today I've just come across
: two baby girls who are being named Purdey -
: how weird is that? Purdey was a charcter in
: "The Avnegers", wasn't she? Never
: watched it, but it rings bells.
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: Perdita.
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: It means "lost"-- Shakespeare made
: it up. Yes, I know it's the mom dog in 101
: Dalmatians, I still think it's really
: pretty. Maybe Dita is a nice nickname? What
: do you think? Too contrived?
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