[Opinions] Re: Dolly and Queenie
in reply to a message by Pie
I like them both. Queenie was actually a name I thought was wicked-awesome as a youngster because one of my mom's students chose the name Queenie for herself when she moved to Canada. Maybe I was just in love with the idea of choosing something SO COOL for yourself more than the name, but it still gives me that young-and-foolish-in-love feeling. At any rate, I find it more acceptable that just "Queen".
I'd probably pair them with more stolid middles, like
Dolly Frances
Dolly Susan
Dolly Amelia
Dolly Edwina
Dolly Lucinda
Dolly Geraldine
Dolly Pearl?
Dolly Octavia
Dolly Fern
Dolly Marian
Dolly Maude
Queenie Maud (I'm nothing if not original)
Queenie Liza (sounds like Queen Eliza... hmm)
Queenie Louisa
Queenie Jamesina
Queenie Maryanne
Queenie Annemarie
Queenie Rhonda
Queenie is a tricky one because they all start to sound like queen's nicknames. "Queenie Victoria, Queenie Elizabeth" But I like Queenie Maud a lot actually. And Queenie Maryanne. There is something so brassy and cheesy about Queenie, it's growing on me.
I'd probably pair them with more stolid middles, like
Dolly Frances
Dolly Susan
Dolly Amelia
Dolly Edwina
Dolly Lucinda
Dolly Geraldine
Dolly Pearl?
Dolly Octavia
Dolly Fern
Dolly Marian
Dolly Maude
Queenie Maud (I'm nothing if not original)
Queenie Liza (sounds like Queen Eliza... hmm)
Queenie Louisa
Queenie Jamesina
Queenie Maryanne
Queenie Annemarie
Queenie Rhonda
Queenie is a tricky one because they all start to sound like queen's nicknames. "Queenie Victoria, Queenie Elizabeth" But I like Queenie Maud a lot actually. And Queenie Maryanne. There is something so brassy and cheesy about Queenie, it's growing on me.
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LOL, I wasn't sure about them at all, but I knew you could sell me them. Every single one of these works! And thinking about it now, Dolly reminds me of fabulous gay Streisand fans, which isn't a bad association, and I can see Queenie quite possibly becoming the arty-parent name du jour, at least in the grimier parts of London. It's odd enough to stay unusual, and it does have a weird charm.