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[Opinions] Stella. (problem)
One of my very best friend is due incredibly soon, and is having a girl.
Both her and her husbands favorite girl name is Stella. However, their surname begins with "Ler" (which is prn. just like it looks, "lur") and they're afraid that the "-la" sound at the end of Stella and the "Ler-" sound at the beginning of their surname will run together, and sound annoying.
What are your thoughts?

This message was edited 5/3/2008, 6:27 PM

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This would really really annoy me! Maybe they could use Estelle nn Stella? It still won't sound great, but better...S xx
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That sort of thing bothers me greatly. I couldn't do it because it sounds like stuttering. I suppose if one made an effort to pause between names it wouldn't be so noticeable.
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That it doesn't matter AT ALL.Sometimes FN/LN does matter I think. But I think Stella Lerner is just fine. I actually enjoy names like that, I know a girl named Amy Mor-(___) and I enjoy having to say the M's twice. Stella is such a gorgeous name that I would be very upset if they were put off it by something so minimal as that.
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I love Stella and it does mess up the flow a bit. But if they love the name that much then they shouldn't let something little like that stop them from using it.

This message was edited 5/3/2008, 9:17 PM

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I like Stella but I do think the "la" at the end of Stella, and the "ler" at the beginning of the surname doesn't sound right. I wouldn't use it for that reason.
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It doesn't bother me at all, nice name.
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It probably isn't the best flow, but I don't think it'd be too big of a deal. The name Stella is lovely imo! :-)
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Yeah, I agree. It sounds too choppy and I don't really like Stella to begin with.
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Agreed. It doesn't work.I hate Stella so i'm also quite glad!
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I don't see how it is a problem. Do you have a hard time pronouncing lollipop? I'm going to assume the last name is something like Lerner. Stella Lerner is fine to me. I prefer Estella.

This message was edited 5/3/2008, 6:38 PM

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