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in reply to a message by Pie
I named one of my fat little goldfish Sheila! She has no eyes, but she's still saucy, so I though it was appropriate.
I only vaguely know about the Australian use for it (it's like slang for a"girl", or something?). Actually the strongest association I have with it is the scene from Will & Grace where she's trying to get pregnant using Will's sperm and they're discussing names. Grace says "What about Sheila?" and Will says "That's a whore's name" or something like that, and then they are embarrassed because the nurse is named Sheila.
So Sheila has this kind of outspoken working-class gritty whorishness to it for me. which I like.
Shelagh looks like it's trying too hard to not be Sheila, Sile would be pronounced like Kyle in my neck of the woods, and Shila looks like "Shill-a". So I'd go with plain ol' Sheila!
I only vaguely know about the Australian use for it (it's like slang for a"girl", or something?). Actually the strongest association I have with it is the scene from Will & Grace where she's trying to get pregnant using Will's sperm and they're discussing names. Grace says "What about Sheila?" and Will says "That's a whore's name" or something like that, and then they are embarrassed because the nurse is named Sheila.
So Sheila has this kind of outspoken working-class gritty whorishness to it for me. which I like.
Shelagh looks like it's trying too hard to not be Sheila, Sile would be pronounced like Kyle in my neck of the woods, and Shila looks like "Shill-a". So I'd go with plain ol' Sheila!
This message was edited 6/7/2012, 10:35 AM
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