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Re: Thoughts on the name Phyllis for a girl?
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I prefer Phyllida. I've known two Phyllis people in South Africa, both English-speakers, but it bothers me because it sounds like the Afrikaans word for garbage/rubbish: vullis. It didn't seem to bother them, but I wouldn't use it here. Elsewhere, it's pleasantly vintage.

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