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Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:45 pm
by emma_p
The sentiment is sweet I guess but Lilibet Diana :look:

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:47 pm
by smalex
Trying to curry favour :lol:

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:50 pm
by Ella77
God, Lilibet is a nickname, for crying out loud. That’s so tacky.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:51 pm
by smalex
Its just SO obvious isn't it. I bet the rest of them are cringing themselves inside out about it.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:55 pm
by sally maclennane
At least she'll be Lili, that's a nice name.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:00 pm
by Kleio
Ella77 wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:50 pm God, Lilibet is a nickname, for crying out loud. That’s so tacky.
Agreed. My Betty goes by Lilabet these days but it’s not a proper a name!

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:04 pm
by Ella77
Lilibet is a recognised variant of Elizabeth too. I used to be called that when I was small, and it’s ugh :)). As you say, smal, it’s so obvious. It’s exactly what a woman from LA who married into the Royal Family would get wrong. The family over this side of the Atlantic must be absolutely full of glee.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:04 pm
by emma_p
sally maclennane wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:55 pm At least she'll be Lili, that's a nice name.
Lily is a nice name, yes.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:06 pm
by Ella77
Lili is not :)).

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:10 pm
by sally maclennane
I think it is nice :))

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:29 pm
by mischief
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought it was wrong

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:31 pm
by smalex
Lili-something is SO common. Lili-Di

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:48 pm
by smalex
Beatrix wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:46 pm Could have been slightly worse, could have been Lili-Mae. Or what smal said :)).
Two variations on that in Ws class :mog: along with a lilliana, and a somethingelse- mae and samesomethingelse

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:49 pm
by Ella77
Ella-Mae, Lili-Mae :ttth:. Where did they all come from suddenly?

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:50 pm
by smalex
I dunno, but 10yrs ago people were naming their kids that in their DROVES

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:55 pm
by Ella77
The one I know of is 10 :yes:.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:57 pm
by smalex
I dunno why I'm rolling my eyes, at one point there was 4 Williams in Will's class :lol: #commonasmuck

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:10 pm
by Leap
Honestly, my first thought was “Oh, they must be big fans of The Crown” :lol: I mean obviously PH actually knows it as her nickname first hand, but it feels like they wouldn’t have put that affectionate nickname out there so boldly if it wasn’t already very well known. And maybe it was common knowledge to everyone and it’s only me who learned it from The Crown.

But anyway, my second thought was then instantly that scene where Peter Townsend presumed to call Liz by it, without prior permission, and the camera cut to her outraged face :mog: That is my exact impression of the Buckingham Palace reaction, true or not.

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:21 pm
by Bat Macdui
My Mum is deeply outraged on the Queen's behalf. :)) She only just stopped short of something like "with Philip barely cold." :))

Re: That's not a real name!

Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:30 pm
by emma_p
I liked the Cambridges congratulations on Instagram.