View Message

Credit goes to someone else (can't remember who, sorry!) for bringing up a name similar to this a couple of days ago, but it got me thinking about Emmeline. I've always loved it partly because of Emmeline Pankhurst as a namesake. However, like so many -ine names, it's the pronunciation that bothers me. "Line" in a name is so ambiguous. People will read is as "lin", "leen" or even "lyne". For that reason I prefer the "lyn" spelling when that's the pronunciation I'm going for (e.g. Madelyn, Rosalyn etc.) On the other hand I like the "ine" spelling when I'm saying "lyne", e.g. Adeline "AD-eh-lyne".

---

So WDYT of Emmelyn, EM-eh-lin?

---

_____________________________________________________________________

---

"There are few more distressing sights than that
Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
Yeah we'll die in the class we were born
That's a class of our own my love"

---

♥Elinor♥

This message was edited 7/1/2005, 6:18 AM