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[Opinions] Re: Theo
by New_Chloe
10/3/2009, 9:24 PM
in reply to a message by BBH
For a girl, I think Theo is much cooler than Teddy. The name Teddy on a girl only makes me think of lacy lingerie. Girl-Theo seems very cosmopolitan, sharp and brisk. What about Dora as a nickname?
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- BBH   +7
10/3/2009, 10:11 PM
I have an aversion to Dora. Somewhere in my life someone introduced me to the expression "Dumb Dora" and it sort of marred any chance for becoming Theodora-worthy.

This message was edited 10/3/2009, 11:26 PM

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- MariaNikolaievnaRomanova (MariaNikolaievnaRoma)
10/3/2009, 11:13 PM
Lol, "Dumb Dora" was a term used in vaudeville. Generally, a husband and wife team would do an act and the wife was almost always the "Dumb Dora", a dumb character that would play to the husband's straight-man character. Dumb Doras were generally the secondary characters in the skit, the spotlight falling on the suffering husband, who would then receive sympathetic laughs from the audience. Except for Gracie Allen, whose Dumb Dora character outshone her husband, because she was so dumb yet made sense on a very technical level. Portland Hoffa was another who garnered a lot of attention, but her husband was still the bigger star of the two.< / useless knowledge >Sorry!That said, I'm not liking Theo much as a nickname of Theodora, but I do like Dori and Téa, the latter a bit more. Is Téa an option?
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- Akua Topaz
10/3/2009, 10:48 PM
ahaha that's from Match Game!Gene Rayburn: Dumb Dora was so dumb...
Audience: How dumb was she?
Gene Rayburn: Dumb Dora was so dumb, she thought Camelot was a place you parked your blank.

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- New_Chloe   +4
10/3/2009, 10:22 PM
Ah, I see. I sort of have a similar thing with Nancy. I have a friend who always says "Don't be a Negative Nancy" - so now I think of Nancy as a contrary, pessimistic name :)
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- BBH   +3
10/3/2009, 10:27 PM
You could always reply with "I'm being a Realistic Rita."
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- New_Chloe   +2
10/3/2009, 10:28 PM
LOL, I'll try that on him!
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- BBH   +1
10/3/2009, 10:33 PM
Wouldn't that be the funniest screenname for ME on here (or one of the less romantic namers) lol
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- New_Chloe
10/3/2009, 11:07 PM
Totally!At the very least, you should add "BtN's Realistic Rita" to your signature! ;)
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