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[Opinions] How are you pronouncing it [m]

by Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly)

6/9/2008, 11:35 AM

I have a friend named Dinah she says it "DEE-nah" not "DYE'nah".

I prefer DYEnah. It's cute.

- queenv +3

6/9/2008, 4:35 PM

I would pronounce it DYE-nah. DEE-nah to me is spelled Dina or Dena, and is a completely different name. I knew a Dena, pronounced DEE-nah.

I like Dinah, and don't like Dina or Dena.

- Siri (eliorafalk) +2

6/9/2008, 5:53 PM

But only in the US.

Anywhere here else Dinah and Dena/Dina are the same names.

Just a head's up.

- Rose-Berry

6/10/2008, 3:44 AM

In the UK..

Dinah is dy-na and Dina is Dee-na like Dina Carroll, the singer.

Dinah is old-fashioned but I think it gets used occasionally. I know of a teenage Dinah.

Completely off-topic, I have never heard the expression "anywhere here else" and have to say it's confusing!

- Rosa (pinkmoon_lj)

6/9/2008, 7:15 PM

Not necessarily

I think because of the song most people would pronounce Dinah DYE-na.

I'm speaking as a New Zealander, although I certainly can't talk for other people as the name is so out of use.

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